Jevon Jackson

Senior running back for UAB. 2025: 900 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 19 catches.

RB · UAB · Sr. · #4

5′8″ · 210 lb · Decatur, AL

CFB Index 58 · #87 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to UAB for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETat LouisianaCajun FieldLouisiana by 7.5

The numbers

900

rushing yards · 2025

5 TD · 5.4 per carry · 19 catches

The play that turned itSwung UAB from 21% to 63% to win.UAB at Tulsa · 31-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for UAB. 2025: 900 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 19 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Austin Peay in 2021.
Transferred from UTEP to UAB in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

Explosive rate: 68th percentile.

The full scouting read

Jevon Jackson

RB · UAB · Sr · #4

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Scotty Walden and Alex Mortensen. The receipt on tape: 166 rush yds, 2 rush TD against Alabama State, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024UTEP3-9HC: Scotty Walden · Run-leaning

2025UAB4-8HC: Alex Mortensen · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #87 of 326?

High confidenceAscending12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (85th percentile). Strength: rush yards (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#146 / 456 · 68th pct

7.9%

Yards / carry#162 / 456 · 65th pct

5.3

EPA / carry#269 / 456 · 41st pct

0.08

Success rate#290 / 456 · 36th pct

40.9%

TD rate#318 / 456 · 30th pct

1.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Carries#52 / 349 · 85th pct

167

Rush yards#53 / 349 · 85th pct

900

Receptions#77 / 338 · 75th pct

Long run#102 / 349 · 70th pct

Yards / carry#108 / 349 · 68th pct

5.4

Rush TDs#115 / 349 · 62nd pct

Rec yards#134 / 338 · 61st pct

115

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

19th → 41st percentile

Success rate

12th → 36th percentile

Explosive rate

26th → 68th percentile

Yards / carry

14th → 65th percentile

TD rate

18th → 30th 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

164 carries

21%

Stuffed (≤0)

36%

Grind (1–3)

29%

Chunk (4–9)

15%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	90.8	5.9	0.3
Road6g	59.2	4.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	64.7	4.6	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	85.3	5.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #87 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #87 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #9 of 37 American Athletic RBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	UAB	167	900	5.4	5	--
2024	UTEP	191	754	3.9	4	--
Career		358	1,654	4.6	9	--

Season	Team
2025	UAB	19	115	6.1	1	--
2024	UTEP	16	99	6.2	2	--
Career		35	214	6.1	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 52–42

vs Alabama State

166 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Alabama State at home in a shootout.

With J. Kitna — 247 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.0 · 14 rush yds (2 car) · S. Beebe — 51 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Alabama State · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.18Jevon Jackson run for no gain to the ALST 3
Week 12 · North Texas · 3&18 · Q2 · EPA +4.16(00:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 J.Jackson rush left for 29 yards gain to the UNT35 (#14 Q.Hammonds), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Alabama State · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +4.05Jevon Jackson run for 48 yds to the ALST 16 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Rice · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.58(10:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 J.Jackson rush right for 51 yards gain to the RICE42 (#4 M.Williams), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY RICE Holding (#7 O.Porter) 10 yards from RICE42 to RICE32, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Alabama State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.54Jevon Jackson run for 46 yds for a TD (Jonah Delange KICK)
Week 12 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.17(13:56) Shotgun #4 J.Jackson rush right for 58 yards gain to the UNT05 (#2 D.Armstead), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · North Texas · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +3.03(00:20) #4 J.Jackson rush middle for 13 yards gain to the UNT46 (#12 P.Smith-Young), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Navy · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.83Jevon Jackson run for 12 yds for a TD (Jonah Delange KICK)
Week 14 · Tulsa · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.62(10:46) Shotgun #4 J.Jackson rush middle for 20 yards gain to the Tulsa00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:42, 1ST DOWN #39 J.Delange kick attempt good (H: #27 P.Foley, LS: #47 C.Moser)
Week 6 · Army · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Jevon Jackson run for 30 yds to the ARMY 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-42vs Alabama State	17	166	9.8	2	48	Season-high 166 yds
Wk 2	L 24-38@ Navy	15	66	4.4	1	15
Wk 3	W 31-28vs Akron	14	45	3.2	0	12
Wk 4	L 24-56@ Tennessee	5	3	0.6	0	3
Wk 6	L 13-31vs Army	12	89	7.4	0	30
Wk 7	L 33-53@ Florida Atlantic	8	19	2.4	0	9
Wk 8	W 31-24vs Memphis	17	54	3.2	0	10
Wk 10	L 19-38@ UConn	9	61	6.8	0	18
Wk 11	L 17-24@ Rice	15	89	5.9	0	51
Wk 12	L 24-53vs North Texas	16	159	9.9	0	58	159-yard day
Wk 13	L 18-48vs South Florida	16	32	2.0	0	7
Wk 14	W 31-24@ Tulsa	23	117	5.1	2	20
Total		167	900	5.1	5	58

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

164Carries

875Yards

26.6%Top-5 share

20.7%Stuffed rate

Just 26.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 20.7% of his carries. 5 carries for 3 yds vs Tennessee; 17 for 166 vs Alabama State.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

46.9%Carry share

40.5%Q4-lead share

100.0%In competitive games

46.9% of carries overall (166/354) → 40.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/37) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

13/173rd/4th & short

10/23Inside-5 share

13 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (76.5%). 10 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (43.5%).

2026 Outlook

UAB

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · UAB

Returning around him

80% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
Transfer portal: +5 net (38 in / 33 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

UAB · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #92 · 2026 recruiting class #133

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaylen Warren’s 2021 season.

Jaylen Warren

81%match

Oklahoma State · 2021

Kamari Moulton

Iowa · 2025

72%

Caleb Ramseur

Nevada · 2025

71%

Jevyon Ducker

Temple · 2025

69%

Kyle Monangai

Rutgers · 2024

All-Big TenNFL Rd 7

69%

Matches Jaylen on

Weight

Yards / carry

Rush TD rate

Differs from Jaylen on

Yards / reception (lower)

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gerrid Doaks’s path through Cincinnati.

Gerrid Doaks

95%match

Cincinnati · 2020

All-AACNFL Rd 7

Kierre Crossley

Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 2021

93%

Gary Brightwell

Arizona · 2020

NFL Rd 6

89%

Amani Givens

Louisiana Tech · 2025

89%

Pat Garwo III

Nevada · 2024

89%

Matches Gerrid on

Yards per carry

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Harrison Waylee's senior season at Wyoming (2023).

Harrison Waylee

79%match

Wyoming · 2023

All-MAC

Jevyon Ducker

Sam Houston · 2024

77%

Rashod Dubinion

App State · 2025

All-Sun Belt

77%

Pat Garwo III

Boston College · 2023

76%

BJ Harris

Central Michigan · 2024

76%

Matches Harrison on

Weight

Yards / carry

Receiving share

Differs from Harrison on

Height (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jevon Jackson

Amani Givens

Louisiana Tech · 2024

75%

Tawee Walker

Cincinnati · 2025

67%

The backfield · UAB

#4Jevon JacksonRB · Sr.900 rushing yards · 2025
#3Braylon McReynoldsRB · Sr.614 rushing yards · 2025
#7Ja'Vin SimpkinsRB · Jr.590 rushing yards · 2025
#3Isaiah JacobsRB · Sr.342 rushing yards · 2025
#2Roderick Robinson IIRB · Jr.22 rushing yards · 2025

7 more on the roster · UAB team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jevon Jackson

2021

202412 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Back

Players who play like Jevon Jackson

The backfield · UAB