#15

Jordan Byrd

Senior running back for San Diego State. 2022: 390 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 10 catches.

RB · San Diego State · Sr. · #15

5′9″ · 170 lb · Albuquerque, NM

CFB Index 26 · #315 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamSan Diego State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1835 nationally · Signed with San Diego State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for San Diego State. 2022: 390 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 10 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San Diego State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at San Diego State, 1,347 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20189 games

Signed with San Diego State3-star out of Manzano

20208 games

All-Mountain Westsecond

202113 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

202213 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1835 national

CFB

College

San Diego State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2019

Rocky Long

San Diego State

2020–2022

Brady Hoke

San Diego State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018San Diego State7-6HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2019San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-leaning

2020San Diego State4-4HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2022San Diego State7-6HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

26Below cohort / limited sample #315 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / carry (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#258 / 398 · 35th pct

3.4%

Explosive rate#297 / 398 · 26th pct

4.6%

Yards / carry#364 / 398 · 9th pct

4.0

Success rate#381 / 398 · 4th pct

32.2%

EPA / carry#393 / 398 · 1st pct

-0.19

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#119 / 346 · 65th pct

Carries#161 / 346 · 53rd pct

102

Receptions#169 / 338 · 48th pct

Rush yards#212 / 346 · 39th pct

390

Rec yards#213 / 338 · 37th pct

Rush TDs#209 / 346 · 34th pct

Yards / carry#306 / 346 · 11th pct

3.8

Fumbles lost#231 / 244 · 4th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	31.2	4.7	0.4
Road5g	28.0	3.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	44.0	5.8	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	13.7	2.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #315 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #315 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	San Diego State	102	390	3.8	3	--
2021	San Diego State	36	245	6.8	3	--
2020	San Diego State	34	220	6.5	2	--
2019	San Diego State	78	355	4.6	3	--
2018	San Diego State	23	137	6.0	1	--
Career		273	1,347	4.9	12	--

Season	Team
2022	San Diego State	10	60	6.0	1	--
2021	San Diego State	13	76	5.8	0	--
2020	San Diego State	7	12	1.7	0	--
2019	San Diego State	16	64	4.0	0	--
2018	San Diego State	1	7	7.0	0	--
Career		47	219	4.7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 38–7

vs Idaho State

58 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 31-point win at home against Idaho State.

With J. Browning — 26 rush yds (1 car) · B. Burmeister — 108 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 27.8 · 80 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Idaho State · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA -4.41Jordan Byrd run for a loss of 1 yard to the IdaSt 19 Jordan Byrd fumbled, recovered by IdaSt Raemo Trevino
Week 2 · Idaho State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.10Jordan Byrd 53 Yd Run (Jack Browning Kick)
Week 4 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Jordan Byrd run for 43 yds for a TD, (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 4 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Jordan Byrd run for 37 yds to the Toled 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Hawai'i · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jordan Byrd for 15 yds for a TD, (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 3 · Utah · 2&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.19Jordan Byrd run for 18 yds to the SDSt 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.93Jordan Byrd run for a loss of 5 yards to the Toled 45
Week 5 · Boise State · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +1.82J.Byrd rushed to SDSU 46 for 9 yards. Pushed out of bounds by J.Skinner at SDSU 46.
Week 5 · Boise State · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +1.67J.Byrd rushed to BOISE 5 for 16 yards. Pushed out of bounds by K.Kaniho at BOISE 5.
Week 12 · New Mexico · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA -1.60Jordan Byrd run for a loss of 2 yards to the SDSt 45

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-38vs Arizona	3	22	7.3	0	10
Wk 2	W 38-7vs Idaho State	4	58	14.5	1	53
Wk 3	L 7-35@ Utah	6	29	4.8	0	18
Wk 4	W 17-14vs Toledo	16	115	7.2	2	43	Season-high 115 yds
Wk 5	L 13-35@ Boise State	13	61	4.7	0	16
Wk 6	W 16-14vs Hawai'i	10	22	2.2	0	7
Wk 8	W 23-7@ Nevada	10	30	3.0	0	9
Wk 9	L 28-32@ Fresno State	6	8	1.3	0	8
Wk 10	W 14-10vs UNLV	5	18	3.6	0	11
Wk 11	W 43-27vs San José State	3	1	0.3	0	4
Wk 12	W 34-10@ New Mexico	9	12	1.3	0	6
Wk 13	L 3-13vs Air Force	6	13	2.2	0	8
Bowl	L 23-25vs Middle Tennessee	11	1	0.1	0	3
Total		102	390	4.0	3	53

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

Jordan Byrd

20189 games

20208 games

202113 games

202213 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Back

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