Jordan Simmons

Senior running back for Georgia State. 2025: 543 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 28 catches.

RB · Georgia State · Sr. · #9

5′11″ · 200 lb · Marietta, GA

CFB Index 54 · #104 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Georgia State for 2026

The numbers

192

receiving yards · 2025

28 catches · 1 TD · 6.9 per catch

Best game: 6 rec, 64 yds, vs Marshall

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Georgia State. 2025: 543 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 28 catches.

183 receiving yards in 2024. Then 192 in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins in space out of the backfield.

Success rate: 64th percentile.

The full scouting read

Jordan Simmons

RB · Georgia State · Sr · #9

Wins in space out of the backfield. Across six seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Mel Tucker, Joe Moorhead and Dell McGee. The receipt: 164 rush yds, 64 rec yds against Marshall — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Michigan State2-5HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning

2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2023Michigan State4-8HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2024Akron4-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2025Georgia State1-11HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #104 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (98th percentile). Strength: receptions (88th percentile). Concern: td rate (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#165 / 456 · 64th pct

46.3%

EPA / carry#261 / 456 · 43rd pct

0.09

Yards / carry#270 / 456 · 41st pct

4.7

Explosive rate#332 / 456 · 27th pct

4.2%

TD rate#400 / 456 · 6th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Long run#7 / 349 · 98th pct

Receptions#39 / 338 · 88th pct

Rec yards#59 / 338 · 82nd pct

192

Yards / carry#82 / 349 · 74th pct

5.6

Rush yards#144 / 349 · 59th pct

543

Carries#173 / 349 · 50th pct

Rush TDs#236 / 349 · 26th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

74th → 43rd percentile

Success rate

77th → 64th percentile

Explosive rate

63rd → 27th percentile

Yards / carry

88th → 41st percentile

TD rate

16th → 6th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	52.2	5.0	0.2
Road6g	47.0	4.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	8.0	3.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	83.8	5.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #104 of 326 RBs

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #7 of 36 Sun Belt RBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Georgia State	97	543	5.6	2	--
2024	Akron	110	664	6.0	2	--
2023	Michigan State	7	14	2.0	0	--
2022	Michigan State	4	9	2.2	0	--
2021	Michigan State	70	278	4.0	0	--
2020	Michigan State	56	219	3.9	0	--
Career		344	1,727	5.0	4	--

Season	Team
2025	Georgia State	28	192	6.9	1	--
2024	Akron	21	183	8.7	0	--
2023	Michigan State	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Michigan State	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Michigan State	7	29	4.1	1	--
2020	Michigan State	5	34	6.8	0	--
Career		61	438	7.2	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 37–21

vs Murray State

10 rush yds (2 car)

With R. Chandley — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · T. Hurst — 10 rec · 172 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Marshall · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +7.17(13:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 J.Simmons rush left for 92 yards gain to the MU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:05, 1ST DOWN #92 L.Rickman kick attempt good (H: #93 B.Gaines, LS: #97 S.Radnoti)
Week 12 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.73(06:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Finley pass complete deep middle to #9 J.Simmons caught at MU49, for 32 yards to the MU43 (#2 D.Sweeting), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · South Alabama · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.33(13:13) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 J.Simmons rush right for 14 yards gain to the GSU49 (#14 C.Blaylock; #8 M.Harris), 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · Vanderbilt · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.22Cameran Brown pass complete to Jordon Simmons for 4 yds for a TD (Braeden McAlister PAT BLOCKED)
Week 6 · James Madison · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.91TJ Finley pass complete to Jordon Simmons for 15 yds to the JMU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Coastal Carolina · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.90No Huddle-Shotgun #9 J.Simmons rush left for 1 yard gain to the Chants00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:42 #4 T.Finley pass attempt failed
Week 11 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.89No Huddle-Shotgun #9 J.Simmons rush middle for 22 yards gain to the Chants43 (#2 J.Wayne), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Old Dominion · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.85No Huddle-Shotgun #9 J.Simmons rush middle for 11 yards gain to the GSU40 (#18 J.Forrest; #33 D.Iles), 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.80No Huddle-Shotgun #9 J.Simmons rush middle for 20 yards gain to the GSU45 (#14 M.Woods), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · James Madison · 2&21 · Q1 · EPA -1.72Jordon Simmons run for a loss of 4 yards to the JMU 36

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-63@ Ole Miss	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 3	W 37-21vs Murray State	2	10	5.0	0	6
Wk 4	L 21-70@ Vanderbilt	4	21	5.3	0	7
Wk 6	L 7-14vs James Madison	3	2	0.7	0	4
Wk 7	L 20-41vs App State	2	7	3.5	0	4
Wk 8	L 24-41@ Georgia Southern	2	7	3.5	0	6
Wk 9	L 31-38vs South Alabama	11	78	7.1	0	15
Wk 11	L 27-40@ Coastal Carolina	20	99	5.0	1	22
Wk 12	L 18-30vs Marshall	19	164	8.6	1	92	Season-high 164 yds
Wk 13	L 19-31@ Troy	17	67	3.9	0	9
Wk 14	L 10-27@ Old Dominion	17	88	5.2	0	30
Total		97	543	4.8	2	92

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

Jordan Simmons

2025 snapshot

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Awards

Starter

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Signature game

Signature plays

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