Malik Jackson

Former running back at Jacksonville State. 2023: 897 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 15 catches.

RB · Jacksonville State · Sr. · #5

5′10″ · 185 lb · Lufkin, TX

CFB Index 59 · #74 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDenver — drafted 2012, Rd 5, Pick 2, #137 overall

The story

Former running back at Jacksonville State. 2023: 897 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 15 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Jacksonville State, 1,860 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #137 overall by Denver.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Army.Army · L 7-372020

202312 games

All-Conference USAfirst

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted (yet)

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2022

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Jacksonville State

2023

Rich Rodriguez

Jacksonville State

era →

Played his entire career under Rich Rodriguez.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 15th NFL season

#137Rd 5 · Pick 2

DenverEntering 15th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019UL Monroe5-7HC: Matt Viator · Balanced

2020UL Monroe0-10HC: Matt Viator · Pass-leaning

2021UL Monroe4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning

2022UL Monroe4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Jacksonville State9-4HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #74 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (87th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#57 / 426 · 87th pct

6.5

Explosive rate#63 / 426 · 85th pct

10.5%

Success rate#148 / 426 · 65th pct

47.4%

TD rate#160 / 426 · 62nd pct

5.3%

EPA / carry#201 / 426 · 53rd pct

0.18

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#35 / 333 · 88th pct

6.1

Long run#45 / 333 · 86th pct

Rush yards#52 / 333 · 85th pct

897

Carries#78 / 333 · 77th pct

146

Rush TDs#73 / 333 · 76th pct

Receptions#111 / 327 · 65th pct

Rec yards#156 / 327 · 52nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

8th → 53rd percentile

Success rate

6th → 65th percentile

Explosive rate

9th → 85th percentile

Yards / carry

1st → 87th percentile

TD rate

30th → 62nd 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

146 carries

16%

Stuffed (≤0)

36%

Grind (1–3)

32%

Chunk (4–9)

15%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	103	8.9	0.8
Road7g	54.6	4.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	76.9	5.3	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	70.5	8.5	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Kelly

Pass share

43.2%

79 pass / 104 run

Plays / game

61.0

3 games

Team sack rate

4.5%

88 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #74 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Jacksonville State	146	897	6.1	7	--
2022	UL Monroe	141	507	3.6	6	--
2021	UL Monroe	80	451	5.6	3	--
2020	UL Monroe	1	5	5.0	0	--
2019	UL Monroe	--	--	--	--	--
Career		368	1,860	5.1	16	--

Season	Team
2023	Jacksonville State	15	82	5.5	0	--
2022	UL Monroe	16	63	3.9	0	--
2021	UL Monroe	10	40	4.0	0	--
2020	UL Monroe	23	189	8.2	4	--
2019	UL Monroe	11	83	7.5	0	--
Career		75	457	6.1	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 49–3

vs East Tennessee State

100 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 46-point win at home against East Tennessee State.

With J. Dawson — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 54 LONG · L. Smothers — 127 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 39.8 · 40 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Louisiana Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.48Malik Jackson run for 68 yds to the LT 2 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Louisiana Tech · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +4.16Malik Jackson run for 65 yds to the LT 9 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · East Tennessee State · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.52Malik Jackson run for 42 yds for a TD (Alen Karajic KICK)
Week 5 · Sam Houston · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.29Malik Jackson run for 48 yds to the SHSU 26 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UTEP · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Zion Webb pass complete to Malik Jackson for 16 yds to the UTEP 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Sam Houston · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.72Malik Jackson run for 26 yds for a TD (Alen Karajic KICK)
Week 1 · East Tennessee State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.65Malik Jackson run for 22 yds to the ETSU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Louisiana Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Malik Jackson run for 13 yds for a TD (Alen Karajic KICK)
Week 13 · New Mexico State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.52Malik Jackson run for 11 yds for a TD (Z. Webb Run For Two-point Conversion)
Week 1 · UTEP · 1&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Malik Jackson run for 7 yds for a TD, (Alen Karajic KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 17-14vs UTEP	13	76	5.8	1	44
Wk 1	W 49-3vs East Tennessee State	12	100	8.3	1	42
Wk 2	L 16-30@ Coastal Carolina	18	73	4.1	0	15
Wk 4	W 21-0vs Eastern Michigan	21	127	6.0	0	27
Wk 5	W 35-28@ Sam Houston	13	129	9.9	1	48
Wk 6	W 45-30@ Middle Tennessee	21	54	2.6	1	23
Wk 7	L 13-31vs Liberty	6	19	3.2	0	9
Wk 9	W 41-16@ Florida International	9	37	4.1	0	10
Wk 10	L 28-38@ South Carolina	3	9	3.0	0	4
Wk 12	W 56-17vs Louisiana Tech	9	193	21.4	2	68	Season-high 193 yds
Wk 13	L 17-20@ New Mexico State	8	43	5.4	1	15
Bowl	W 34-31@ Louisiana	13	37	2.8	0	8
Total		146	897	6.4	7	68

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