Senior running back for Middle Tennessee. 2020: 153 rushing yards, 9 catches.
5′9″ · 191 lb · Oakland, CA
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 254 nationally · Joined Middle Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Middle Tennessee. 2020: 153 rushing yards, 9 catches.
Jayy McDonald
Second year in the Middle Tennessee backfield, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 76 rush yds, 25 rec yds against UTSA, Week 4, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Middle Tennessee, 357 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Rick Stockstill, all balanced offenses — 7-14 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 12.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 19.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 21.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 8.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 37 | 153 | 4.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 40 | 204 | 5.1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 77 | 357 | 4.6 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2020
W 20–17
at Troy
5 rush yds (4 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With A. O'Hara — 210 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 86 rush yds (25 car) · K. Ulbrich — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-42@ Army | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-47vs Troy | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-37@ UTSA | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 0 | 64 | Season-high 76 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 17-20vs Western Kentucky | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-28@ Florida International | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-52vs North Texas | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-34@ Rice | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-42@ Marshall | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-17@ Troy | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 37 | 153 | 3.1 | 0 | 64 |
Final Heisman position · 2020
Jayy McDonald finished 241st in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.