Senior running back for Penn State. 2021: 177 rushing yards, 9 catches.
6′0″ · 212 lb · Burlington, NJ
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 502 nationally · Signed with Baylor
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Penn State. 2021: 177 rushing yards, 9 catches.
John Lovett
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. John Lovett has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 45 rush yds, 1 rec yds against Villanova — Week 4, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Penn State, 1,980 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under James Franklin.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: td rate (3rd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 26.6 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 14.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 31.7 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 16.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #308 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Penn State | 52 | 177 | 3.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Baylor | 45 | 130 | 2.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Baylor | 103 | 655 | 6.4 | 5 | -- |
| 2018 | Baylor | 109 | 573 | 5.3 | 6 | -- |
| 2017 | Baylor | 98 | 445 | 4.5 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 407 | 1,980 | 4.9 | 17 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Penn State | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Baylor | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Baylor | 8 | 66 | 8.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Baylor | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Baylor | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 38 | 219 | 5.8 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 28-20vs Auburn | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-17vs Villanova | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 0 | 13 | Season-high 45 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 24-0vs Indiana | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 8 | L 18-20vs Illinois | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-33@ Ohio State | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-14@ Maryland | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-21vs Michigan | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30@ Michigan State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 52 | 177 | 3.7 | 0 | 18 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Rahjai Harris’s 2021 season.
Matches Rahjai on
Differs from Rahjai on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Fredderick Graves’s path through North Carolina A&T.
Fredderick Graves
Julien Gums
Matches Fredderick on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Rashod Dubinion's senior season at Arkansas (2023).
Matches Rashod on
Differs from Rashod on
Player DNA