Jordan James: RB · Oregon · #20.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jordan James
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Three seasons in the Oregon backfield to date. First career honor, 2024: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 166 rushing yards and 4 receiving yards against Michigan State — Week 6, 2024.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
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.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
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.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
18 of 23 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (78.3%). 21 of the team's 32 inside-the-5 carries (65.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 14 games
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| 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 No. 2 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 No. 20 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 No. 3 Penn State | 20 | 87 | 4.4 | 2 | 12 | |
 Bowl | L 21-41vs No. 6 Ohio State | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 233 | 1267 | 5.4 | 15 | 41 |
Week 15 · 2024
W 45-37
vs Penn State · neutral site
87 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD · 3 rec · 20 yds
Edged out Penn State at a neutral site in a shootout.
With D. Gabriel — 283 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · 17 rush yds (6 car) · T. Johnson — 11 rec · 181 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
60%223 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.4 yds/carry on 233 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 60% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Dan Lanning — 35-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 98.4 | 5.8 | 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
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
48.7%
458 pass / 483 run
Plays / game
67.2
14 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
489 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
The All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #7 of 310 FBS backs by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2024 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #7 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oregon, 2,215 rushing yards — drafted at #147 overall by the San Francisco 49ers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dan Lanning.
Next stop · NFL
San Francisco 49ersEntering 2nd NFL season
San Francisco 49ersEntering 2nd NFL season
