#12

Jaylon Jackson

Former running back at Iowa State. 2024: 388 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 7 catches.

RB · Iowa State · Sr. · #12

5′7″ · 180 lb · Burleson, TX

CFB Index 35 · #257 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceIowa State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 2819 nationally · Signed with Lamar

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Iowa State. 2024: 388 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 7 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Lamar in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Iowa State, 1,378 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with Lamar3-star out of Centennial

202213 games

All-MACfirst

202313 games

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2819 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Eastern Michigan9-4HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Iowa State11-3HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

35Below cohort / limited sample #257 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / carry (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#360 / 442 · 19th pct

2.2%

Yards / carry#371 / 442 · 16th pct

4.2

Explosive rate#385 / 442 · 13th pct

3.2%

Success rate#408 / 442 · 7th pct

33.3%

EPA / carry#416 / 442 · 6th pct

-0.10

Box-score rates (7)

Long run#140 / 335 · 58th pct

Carries#171 / 335 · 49th pct

Rush yards#203 / 335 · 40th pct

388

Receptions#229 / 330 · 29th pct

Rec yards#244 / 330 · 25th pct

Rush TDs#231 / 335 · 25th pct

Yards / carry#267 / 335 · 20th pct

4.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

14th → 6th percentile

Success rate

25th → 7th percentile

Explosive rate

36th → 13th percentile

Yards / carry

42nd → 16th percentile

TD rate

8th → 19th percentile

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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	30.4	3.1	0.3
Road6g	29.2	3.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	52.3	4.9	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	10.6	1.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #257 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #257 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Iowa State	93	388	4.2	2	--
2023	Eastern Michigan	136	576	4.2	2	--
2022	Eastern Michigan	92	414	4.5	2	--
Career		321	1,378	4.3	6	--

Season	Team
2024	Iowa State	7	41	5.9	1	--
2023	Eastern Michigan	24	234	9.8	2	--
2022	Eastern Michigan	13	127	9.8	0	--
Career		44	402	9.1	3	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Baylor · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.93Jaylon Jackson run for 20 yds for a TD (Kyle Konrardy KICK)
Week 6 · Baylor · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Jaylon Jackson run for 10 yds for a TD (Kyle Konrardy KICK)
Week 5 · Houston · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.77Jaylon Jackson run for 50 yds to the HOU 16 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Kansas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylon Jackson for 27 yds for a TD Kansas Penalty, (2 Yards) to the KU 0 (R. Becht Run For Two-point Conversion)
Week 6 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.34Jaylon Jackson run for 51 yds to the BAY 8 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Utah · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.53Jaylon Jackson run for a loss of 3 yards to the ISU 34
Week 10 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -1.53Jaylon Jackson run for a loss of 3 yards to the TTU 44
Week 5 · Houston · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA -1.49Jaylon Jackson run for a loss of 1 yard to the ISU 42
Week 13 · Utah · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.46Jaylon Jackson run for a loss of 2 yards to the UTAH 47
Week 7 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.36Jaylon Jackson run for a loss of 2 yards to the ISU 34

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 21-3vs North Dakota	4	13	3.3	0	6
Wk 2	W 20-19@ Iowa	5	26	5.2	0	7
Wk 4	W 52-7vs Arkansas State	10	53	5.3	0	12
Wk 5	W 20-0@ Houston	14	96	6.9	0	50
Wk 6	W 43-21vs Baylor	15	107	7.1	2	51	Season-high 107 yds
Wk 7	W 28-16@ West Virginia	12	19	1.6	0	7
Wk 8	W 38-35vs UCF	8	15	1.9	0	10
Wk 10	L 22-23vs Texas Tech	6	12	2.0	0	7
Wk 11	L 36-45@ Kansas	2	2	1.0	0	2
Wk 12	W 34-17vs Cincinnati	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 13	W 31-28@ Utah	8	17	2.1	0	12
Wk 14	W 29-21vs Kansas State	4	15	3.8	0	11
Wk 15	L 19-45@ Arizona State	4	15	3.8	0	9
Total		93	388	3.2	2	51