Senior running back for Western Michigan. 2022: 235 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 5 catches.
6′1″ · 238 lb · Columbia, MS
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 638 nationally · Signed with Michigan State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Western Michigan. 2022: 235 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 5 catches.
La'Darius Jefferson
Wears you down at the goal line. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mark Dantonio and Tim Lester. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-MAC. One game to point at: 66 rush yds, 16 rec yds against Ball State — Week 2, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Western Michigan, 1,964 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tim Lester.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (88th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (17th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 27.5 | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 41.7 | 3.8 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 33.6 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 56 | 235 | 4.2 | 5 | -- |
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 185 | 836 | 4.5 | 10 | -- |
| 2020 | Western Michigan | 108 | 613 | 5.7 | 5 | -- |
| 2019 | Michigan State | 19 | 25 | 1.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Michigan State | 78 | 255 | 3.3 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 446 | 1,964 | 4.4 | 24 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Western Michigan | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Michigan State | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Michigan State | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 22 | 174 | 7.9 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022
W 44–7
36 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 37-point win at home against New Hampshire.
With S. Tyler — 35 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · J. Salopek — 252 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 58.9 · 28 rush yds (4 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-35@ Michigan State | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-30@ Ball State | 17 | 66 | 3.9 | 3 | 9 | Season-high 66 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 13-34vs Pittsburgh | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-34@ San José State | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-7vs New Hampshire | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-45vs Eastern Michigan | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-33vs Ohio | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 56 | 235 | 4.1 | 5 | 17 |
Play style
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Thad Franklin’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Marco Lee's graduate season at South Alabama (2022).
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Player DNA