#28

Jordan Nettles

Junior running back for Northern Illinois. 2019: 274 rushing yards, 4 catches.

RB · Northern Illinois · Jr. · #28

5′9″ · 187 lb · Romeoville, IL

Northern Illinois 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 2181 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Northern Illinois. 2019: 274 rushing yards, 4 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Northern Illinois, 491 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2017

Signed with Northern Illinois3-star out of Romeoville

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2181 national

CFB

College

Northern Illinois

2018–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2019

2 coaches

2018

Rod Carey

Northern Illinois

2019

Thomas Hammock

Northern Illinois

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rod Carey → Thomas Hammock. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Northern Illinois8-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2019Northern Illinois5-7HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush tds (2nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#53 / 218 · 50th pct

Long run#223 / 326 · 31st pct

Carries#238 / 326 · 27th pct

Receptions#241 / 314 · 21st pct

Rush yards#270 / 326 · 17th pct

274

Yards / carry#276 / 326 · 14th pct

4.1

Rec yards#292 / 314 · 7th pct

Rush TDs#313 / 326 · 2nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	22.6	2.7	0.0
Road7g	23.0	2.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	23.2	1.9	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	22.5	3.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Northern Illinois	67	274	4.1	--
2018	Northern Illinois	61	217	3.6	--
Career		128	491	3.8	--

Season	Team
2019	Northern Illinois	4	8	2.0	--
2018	Northern Illinois	5	10	2.0	--
Career		9	18	2.0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 24–10

vs Illinois State

2 rush yds (2 car)

With M. Ference — 44 AVG · 51 LONG · 8 NO · R. Bowers — 299 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.5 · -10 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-10vs Illinois State	2	2	1.0	4
Wk 2	L 17-35@ Utah	10	37	3.7	14
Wk 3	L 8-44@ Nebraska	9	43	4.8	22
Wk 5	L 18-24@ Vanderbilt	10	64	6.4	34
Wk 6	L 20-27vs Ball State	2	-5	-2.5	0
Wk 7	W 39-36@ Ohio	1	-2	-2.0	0
Wk 8	L 24-27@ Miami (OH)	3	0	0.0	6
Wk 9	W 49-0vs Akron	12	71	5.9	21	Season-high 71 yds
Wk 10	L 10-48@ Central Michigan	2	6	3.0	4
Wk 12	W 31-28@ Toledo	3	13	4.3	7
Wk 13	L 17-45vs Eastern Michigan	1	6	6.0	6
Wk 14	W 17-14vs Western Michigan	12	39	3.3	26
Total		67	274	2.8	34

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