Jordan Scarlett: RB · Florida · #25.
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Jordan Scarlett
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at Florida: Jim McElwain and Dan Mullen. A game that shows it: 159 rushing yards and 1 reception against South Carolina — Week 11, 2018.
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 20.7% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.7% of his carries. 10 carries for 21 yds vs Mississippi State; 18 for 159 vs South Carolina.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
26.6% of carries overall (130/488) → 19.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/92) — 72.2% 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
8 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (80.0%). 3 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (11.5%).
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 53-6vs Charleston Southern | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-27vs Kentucky | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-10vs Colorado State | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 1 | 30 | |
| Wk 4 | W 47-21@ Tennessee | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 5 | W 13-6@ No. 23 Mississippi State | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-19vs No. 5 LSU | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-27@ Vanderbilt | 16 | 113 | 7.1 | 1 | 48 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-36vs No. 7 Georgia | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-38vs Missouri | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-31vs South Carolina | 18 | 159 | 8.8 | 0 | 28 | Season-high 159 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 63-10vs Idaho | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-14@ Florida State | 20 | 88 | 4.4 | 1 | 18 | |
 Bowl | W 41-15vs No. 8 Michigan | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 1 | 30 | |
| Total | 131 | 776 | 5.9 | 5 | 48 |
Week 11 · 2018
W 35-31
159 rush yds (18 car)
Edged out South Carolina at home in a shootout.
With F. Franks — 161 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 36 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD · T. Townsend — 60 yards per punt · 2 punts · 2 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
47%122 carriesFumble rate
0.8%1 of 131 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.9 yds/carry on 131 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 47% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 51.7 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 74.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 55.0 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 67.2 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
41.7%
364 pass / 508 run
Plays / game
67.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
386 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
131 carries and 10 catches in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida, 1,846 rushing yards — drafted at #154 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
A stat line in 35 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jim McElwain, Randy Shannon, and Dan Mullen. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 8th NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 8th NFL season
