#22

Jaylen Warren

Senior running back for Oklahoma State. 2021: 1,216 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 25 catches.

RB · Oklahoma State · Sr. · #22

5′8″ · 215 lb · Salt Lake City, UT

CFB Index 65 · #52 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceOklahoma State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Oklahoma State. 2021: 1,216 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 25 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to East in 2017.
Transferred from Utah State to Oklahoma State in 2021.
Named Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year in 2021.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 3176 nationally · Signed with East

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Oklahoma State, 2,037 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Recruited2-star out of East

201912 games

Signed with Utah State3-star out of Snow College

202112 games

Entered the portal
Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Yearwinner

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3176 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

Played his entire career under Mike Gundy.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Utah State7-6HC: Gary Andersen · Balanced

2020Utah State1-5HC: Frank Maile · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Oklahoma State12-2HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

65Quality starter #52 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (97th percentile). Strength: rush yards (93rd percentile). Concern: success rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#232 / 409 · 43rd pct

6.4%

TD rate#266 / 409 · 35th pct

3.4%

Yards / carry#270 / 409 · 34th pct

4.8

EPA / carry#313 / 409 · 24th pct

0.05

Success rate#328 / 409 · 20th pct

38.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#10 / 343 · 97th pct

256

Rush yards#25 / 343 · 93rd pct

1216

Long run#32 / 343 · 89th pct

Receptions#35 / 331 · 89th pct

Rush TDs#41 / 343 · 87th pct

Rec yards#46 / 331 · 86th pct

225

Fumbles lost#63 / 222 · 46th pct

Yards / carry#187 / 343 · 44th pct

4.8

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	76.0	4.3	1.1
Road5g	120	5.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	118	4.1	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	71.5	5.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #52 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #52 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Oklahoma State	256	1,216	4.8	11	--
2020	Utah State	39	252	6.5	3	--
2019	Utah State	112	569	5.1	5	--
Career		407	2,037	5.0	19	--

Season	Team
2021	Oklahoma State	25	225	9.0	--
2020	Utah State	5	33	6.6	--
2019	Utah State	15	182	12.1	--
Career		45	440	9.8	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Boise State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Jaylen Warren run for 75 yds for a TD, (Alex Hale KICK)
Week 9 · Kansas · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -3.83Jaylen Warren run for no gain to the Kans 16
Week 4 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.41Spencer Sanders pass complete to Jaylen Warren for 52 yds to the KanSt 23 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Baylor · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Jaylen Warren run for 4 yds for a TD (Tanner Brown KICK)
Week 11 · TCU · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.87J.Warren rushed to TCU End Zone for 6 yards. J.Warren for 6 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 2 · Tulsa · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA +2.86Jaylen Warren 11 Yd Run (Alex Hale Kick)
Week 5 · Baylor · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Jaylen Warren run for 8 yds for a TD (Tanner Brown KICK)
Week 2 · Tulsa · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Spencer Sanders pass complete to Jaylen Warren for 21 yds to the Tulsa 39 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Texas · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.67Jaylen Warren run for 9 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Boise State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.55Jaylen Warren run for 16 yds to the OKSt 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-16vs Missouri State	6	9	1.5	1	5
Wk 2	W 28-23vs Tulsa	14	37	2.6	1	11
Wk 3	W 21-20@ Boise State	32	218	6.8	2	75	Season-high 218 yds
Wk 4	W 31-20vs Kansas State	27	123	4.6	0	19
Wk 5	W 24-14vs Baylor	36	125	3.5	2	21
Wk 7	W 32-24@ Texas	33	193	5.8	0	29	193-yard day
Wk 8	L 21-24@ Iowa State	18	76	4.2	0	13
Wk 9	W 55-3vs Kansas	9	69	7.7	0	23
Wk 10	W 24-3@ West Virginia	16	78	4.9	1	18
Wk 11	W 63-17vs TCU	17	113	6.6	3	43	3 rushing TDs
Wk 12	W 23-0@ Texas Tech	12	37	3.1	0	13
Wk 13	W 37-33vs Oklahoma	17	56	3.3	1	24
Total		237	1134	4.5	11	75