#20

Jordan James

Former running back at Oregon. 2024: 1,267 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 26 catches.

RB · Oregon · Jr. · #20

5′10″ · 205 lb · Nashville, TN

CFB Index 87 · #7 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSan Francisco — drafted 2025, Rd 5, Pick 9, #147 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 196 nationally · Signed with Oregon

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Oregon. 2024: 1,267 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 26 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oregon in 2022.
Drafted round 5 by the San Francisco in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Oregon, 2,215 rushing yards — drafted at #147 overall by San Francisco.

His career

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

20229 games

Signed with Oregon4-star out of Oakland

202414 games

All-Big Tensecond

2025

Drafted by San Franciscoround 5, pick 147

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#196 national

CFB

College

Oregon

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #147

San Francisco · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Dan Lanning

Oregon

Played his entire career under Dan Lanning.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 2nd NFL season

#147Rd 5 · Pick 9

San FranciscoEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dan Lanning — 35-6 over that span.

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

2023Oregon12-2HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

2024Oregon13-1HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

87All-Conference level #7 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (97th percentile). Strength: rush tds (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#12 / 442 · 97th pct

60.1%

EPA / carry#89 / 442 · 80th pct

0.34

TD rate#124 / 442 · 72nd pct

6.5%

Yards / carry#171 / 442 · 61st pct

5.6

Explosive rate#306 / 442 · 31st pct

5.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#12 / 335 · 96th pct

Carries#15 / 335 · 96th pct

233

Rush yards#16 / 335 · 95th pct

1267

Receptions#41 / 330 · 88th pct

Rec yards#47 / 330 · 86th pct

209

Yards / carry#102 / 335 · 68th pct

5.4

Long run#188 / 335 · 43rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

91st → 80th percentile

Success rate

99th → 97th percentile

Explosive rate

87th → 31st percentile

Yards / carry

94th → 61st percentile

TD rate

96th → 72nd 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

231 carries

Stuffed (≤0)

33%

Grind (1–3)

41%

Chunk (4–9)

17%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home9g	87.8	5.2	0.9
Road5g	95.4	5.5	1.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	97.3	5.5	0.9
Weeks 8+7g	83.7	5.1	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #7 of 310 FBS backs by CFB Index Score.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

87 · #7 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #7 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Oregon	233	1,267	5.4	15	--
2023	Oregon	107	759	7.1	11	--
2022	Oregon	46	189	4.1	5	--
Career		386	2,215	5.7	31	--

Season	Team
2024	Oregon	26	209	8.0	0	--
2023	Oregon	15	132	8.8	1	--
2022	Oregon	1	6	6.0	0	--
Career		42	347	8.3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2024

W 32–31

vs Ohio State

115 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Ohio State at home in a shootout.

With D. Gabriel — 341 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.9 · 32 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · E. Stewart — 7 rec · 149 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.25Jordan James run for 41 yds to the MSU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Purdue · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Jordan James run for 1 yd for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 8 · Purdue · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.68Jordan James run for 8 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 1 · Idaho · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Jordan James run for 6 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.65Jordan James run for 11 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 10 · Michigan · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Jordan James run for 2 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 7 · Ohio State · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.36Jordan James run for 9 yds to the ORE 48 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Oregon State · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.33Jordan James run for 4 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 15 · Penn State · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.27Jordan James run for 1 yd to the PSU 39 for a 1ST down Penn State Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the PSU 24 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · UCLA · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.26Jordan James run for 16 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-14vs Idaho	15	95	6.3	1	16
Wk 2	W 37-34vs Boise State	17	102	6.0	0	12
Wk 3	W 49-14@ Oregon State	12	86	7.2	2	14
Wk 5	W 34-13@ UCLA	20	103	5.2	1	16
Wk 6	W 31-10vs Michigan State	24	166	6.9	1	41	Season-high 166 yds
Wk 7	W 32-31vs Ohio State	23	115	5.0	1	25
Wk 8	W 35-0@ Purdue	10	50	5.0	2	10
Wk 9	W 38-9vs Illinois	15	83	5.5	0	12
Wk 10	W 38-17@ Michigan	23	117	5.1	1	22
Wk 11	W 39-18vs Maryland	7	29	4.1	1	10
Wk 12	W 16-13@ Wisconsin	25	121	4.8	1	14
Wk 14	W 49-21vs Washington	15	99	6.6	2	16
Wk 15	W 45-37vs Penn State	20	87	4.4	2	12
Bowl	L 21-41vs Ohio State	7	14	2.0	0	11
Total		233	1267	5.3	15	41

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

fact

231Carries

1283Yards

9.6%Top-5 share

9.1%Stuffed rate

Just 9.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 9.1% of his carries. 7 carries for 14 yds vs Ohio State; 24 for 170 vs Michigan State.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

49.1%Carry share

28.1%Q4-lead share

69.4%In competitive games

49.1% of carries overall (231/470) → 28.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (36/128) — 69.4% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

18/233rd/4th & short

21/32Inside-5 share