Jerrion Ealy

Sophomore running back for Ole Miss. 2021: 768 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 32 catches.

RB · Ole Miss · So. · #9

5′8″ · 190 lb · Walnut Grove, MS

CFB Index 68 · #39 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceOle Miss 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

5★

RB recruit

No. 29 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 running back for Ole Miss. 2021: 768 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 32 catches.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ole Miss, 2,235 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201912 games

Signed with Ole Miss5-star out of Jackson Prep

20209 games

All-SEC

202111 games

All-SEC

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#29 national

CFB

College

Ole Miss

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019

Matt Luke

Ole Miss

2020–2021

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

68Quality starter #39 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (94th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / carry#121 / 409 · 71st pct

0.26

Yards / carry#126 / 409 · 69th pct

6.0

Explosive rate#129 / 409 · 67th pct

9.1%

Success rate#182 / 409 · 56th pct

47.0%

TD rate#241 / 409 · 41st pct

3.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#19 / 331 · 94th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 222 · 86th pct

Rec yards#48 / 331 · 86th pct

218

Long run#57 / 343 · 83rd pct

Yards / carry#68 / 343 · 79th pct

5.8

Rush yards#82 / 343 · 76th pct

768

Carries#104 / 343 · 70th pct

133

Rush TDs#125 / 343 · 59th pct

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	86.7	7.7	0.7
Road4g	24.0	2.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	44.6	5.3	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	80.0	6.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #39 of 315 RBs

Former five-star. Now #39 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Ole Miss	133	768	5.8	5	--
2020	Ole Miss	147	745	5.1	9	--
2019	Ole Miss	104	722	6.9	6	--
Career		384	2,235	5.8	20	--

Season	Team
2021	Ole Miss	32	218	6.8	2	--
2020	Ole Miss	15	155	10.3	1	--
2019	Ole Miss	20	172	8.6	1	--
Career		67	545	8.1	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 29–19

vs Texas A&M

152 rush yds (24 car)

With M. Brown — 2 rush yds (1 car) · M. Corral — 247 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.6 · -5 rush yds (10 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Liberty · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +5.98Jerrion Ealy run for 70 yds for a TD, (Caden Costa KICK)
Week 1 · Louisville · 1&1 · Q1 · EPA +5.46Jerrion Ealy run for 1 yd for a TD (Cale Nation PAT MISSED)
Week 8 · LSU · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +4.92Jerrion Ealy run for 36 yds for a TD (Caden Costa KICK)
Week 5 · Alabama · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -4.13Jerrion Ealy run for no gain to the Alab 6
Week 8 · LSU · 3&19 · Q2 · EPA +4.03Jerrion Ealy run for 29 yds to the LSU 2 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.74Jerrion Ealy run for 53 yds to the TexAM 37 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Baylor · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +3.29Jerrion Ealy run for 31 yds to the Bayl 36 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · LSU · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.94Jerrion Ealy run for 9 yds to the LSU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Tulane · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Jerrion Ealy run for 23 yds to the Miss 43 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Mississippi State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Jerrion Ealy 15 Yd pass from Matt Corral (Cale Nation Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 43-24vs Louisville	12	37	3.1	1	12
Wk 2	W 54-17vs Austin Peay	4	48	12.0	0	28
Wk 3	W 61-21vs Tulane	15	103	6.9	0	23
Wk 5	L 21-42@ Alabama	9	16	1.8	0	5
Wk 7	W 31-26@ Tennessee	7	19	2.7	0	7
Wk 8	W 31-17vs LSU	12	97	8.1	1	36
Wk 9	L 20-31@ Auburn	3	1	0.3	0	5
Wk 10	W 27-14vs Liberty	10	115	11.5	2	70
Wk 11	W 29-19vs Texas A&M	24	152	6.3	0	53	Season-high 152 yds
Wk 12	W 31-17vs Vanderbilt	9	55	6.1	1	17
Wk 13	W 31-21@ Mississippi State	16	60	3.8	0	12
Total		121	703	5.7	5	70