Jawhar Jordan: RB · Louisville · #25.
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Jawhar Jordan
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Dino Babers, Scott Satterfield and Jeff Brohm. The first one came in 2023: All-ACC. One game to point at: 163 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Duke — Week 9, 2023.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
36.7% of carries overall (180/490) → 29.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (29/97) — 75.9% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
13 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (76.5%). 10 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (37.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisville | 181 | 1,128 | 6.2 | 13 | 74 |
| 2022 | Louisville | 142 | 815 | 5.7 | 4 | 49 |
| 2021 | Louisville | 14 | 94 | 6.7 | 0 | 21 |
| 2020 | Syracuse | 29 | 72 | 2.5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2019 | Syracuse | 15 | 105 | 7.0 | 1 | 18 |
| Career | 381 | 2,214 | 5.8 | 18 | 74 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisville | 21 | 246 | 11.7 | 1 | 75 |
| 2022 | Louisville | 10 | 85 | 8.5 | 0 | 15 |
| 2021 | Louisville | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2020 | Syracuse | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 18 |
| 2019 | Syracuse | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 0 | 81 |
| Career | 39 | 476 | 12.2 | 1 | 81 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 39-34vs Georgia Tech | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 1 | 74 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-0vs Murray State | 7 | 135 | 19.3 | 2 | 72 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-14vs Indiana | 18 | 113 | 6.3 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-28vs Boston College | 18 | 134 | 7.4 | 2 | 42 | |
| Wk 5 | W 13-10@ NC State | 16 | 32 | 2.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | W 33-20vs No. 10 Notre Dame | 21 | 143 | 6.8 | 2 | 45 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-38@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-0vs No. 20 Duke | 21 | 163 | 7.8 | 2 | 23 | Season-high 163 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 34-3vs Virginia Tech | 14 | 57 | 4.1 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24vs Virginia | 17 | 95 | 5.6 | 0 | 42 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-31@ Miami | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-38vs Kentucky | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 2 | 17 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-16vs No. 4 Florida State | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 0 | 22 | |
| Total | 181 | 1128 | 6.2 | 13 | 74 |
Week 6 · 2023
W 33-20
vs Notre Dame
143 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD
With B. Travelstead — 44.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20 · J. Plummer — 145 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.7
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
53%180 carriesFumble rate
1.1%2 of 181 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.2 yds/carry on 181 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 53% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 113 | 7.8 | 1.6 |
| Road3g | 24.3 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 94.4 | 8.5 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 77.8 | 4.8 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
44.0%
408 pass / 519 run
Plays / game
66.2
14 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
439 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #13 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Syracuse and Louisville, 2,214 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #205 overall by the Houston Texans.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2023)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2023)
ACC Running Back Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Dino Babers, Scott Satterfield and Jeff Brohm.
Next stop · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 3rd NFL season
Houston TexansEntering 3rd NFL season
