Jordan Byrd

#15 · RB · Sr. · San Diego State5′9″ · 170 lb · Albuquerque, NM · Manzano

Jordan Byrd: RB · San Diego State · #15.

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Jordan Byrd

RB · San Diego State · Sr · #15

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. The five seasons at San Diego State span two head coaches: Rocky Long and Brady Hoke. Named All-Mountain West three seasons running, most recently in 2022. One game to point at: 115 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Toledo — Week 4, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

San Diego State in the news

Nevada snaps 16-game losing streakNevada Sports Net Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	San Diego State	102	390	3.8	3	53
2021	San Diego State	36	245	6.8	3	55
2020	San Diego State	34	220	6.5	2	73
2019	San Diego State	78	355	4.6	3	56
2018	San Diego State	23	137	6.0	1	72
Career		273	1,347	4.9	12	73

Season	Team
2022	San Diego State	10	60	6.0	1	16
2021	San Diego State	13	76	5.8	0	20
2020	San Diego State	7	12	1.7	0	9
2019	San Diego State	16	64	4.0	0	20
2018	San Diego State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Career		47	219	4.7	1	20

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 14 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	3.8	3	53

Signature game

Week 4 · 2022

W 17-14

vs Toledo

115 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD

A close one, won by 3 at home.

With J. Browning — 40.4 yards per punt · 9 punts · 6 inside the 20 · B. Burmeister — 65 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 28.6 · 44 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Idaho State · 2nd and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.10Jordan Byrd 53 Yd Run
Week 4 · Toledo · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Jordan Byrd run for 43 yds for a TD, (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 4 · Toledo · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Jordan Byrd run for 37 yds to the Toled 43 for a
Week 6 · Hawai'i · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jordan Byrd for 15 yds for a TD, (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 3 · Utah · 2nd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +2.19Jordan Byrd run for 18 yds to the SDSt 38 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Toledo · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.93Jordan Byrd run for a loss of 5 yards to the Toled 45
Week 5 · Boise State · 2nd and 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 · 4th and 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 · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA −1.60Jordan Byrd run for a loss of 2 yards to the SDSt 45

Rushing profile

Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security

How he gets his yards, and how often it works

102 car · 390 yds · 3 TD

98 of 102 carries matched to play-by-play

Success rate

31%86 carries

Fumble rate

3.9%4 of 102 carries · 3 lost

Stuffed

0 or fewer yds

32%of carries

31 carries

Grind

1–3 yds

31%of carries

30 carries

Chunk

4–9 yds

29%of carries

28 carries

Explosive

10+ yds

9%of carries

9 carries

3 of 7 (43%) converted on 3rd/4th & short (≤2 to go)

3.8 yds/carry on 102 carries · 9% explosive (10+ yds) · 31% success rate.

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 26 (#315 of 317). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

26Below cohort / limited sample #315 of 317 · 2022?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	35.6	5.3	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

2022 season

Head Coach

Brady Hoke

Pass share

42.5%

341 pass / 462 run

Plays / game

61.8

13 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

370 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

26 · #315 of 317 RBs · 2022

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

Jordan Byrd

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Style of play

Fans

San Diego State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Rushing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Five seasons at San Diego State

2018 9 games

2020 8 games

2021 13 games

2022 13 games