Markell Jones

Senior running back for Purdue. 2018: 537 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 17 catches.

RB · Purdue · Sr. · #8

5′11″ · 210 lb · Columbus, IN

Purdue 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1306 nationally · Signed with Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Purdue. 2018: 537 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 17 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Purdue, 2,594 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201512 games

Signed with Purdue3-star out of Columbus East

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1306 national

CFB

College

Purdue

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

3 coaches

2015

Darrell Hazell

Purdue

2016

Gerad Parker

Purdue

era →

2017–2018

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Darrell Hazell, Gerad Parker, and Jeff Brohm. Multi-era developmental context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Purdue2-10HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Purdue3-9HC: Gerad Parker · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017Purdue7-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

2018Purdue6-7HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long run (26th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#84 / 326 · 73rd pct

Rec yards#108 / 326 · 67th pct

119

Carries#154 / 339 · 54th pct

108

Rush TDs#144 / 339 · 54th pct

Rush yards#160 / 339 · 53rd pct

537

Yards / carry#163 / 339 · 49th pct

5.0

Fumbles lost#56 / 217 · 48th pct

Long run#248 / 339 · 26th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	37.4	4.1	0.3
Road6g	45.8	4.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	47.3	5.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	34.3	3.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Purdue	108	537	5.0	5	--
2017	Purdue	113	566	5.0	1	--
2016	Purdue	153	616	4.0	4	--
2015	Purdue	168	875	5.2	10	--
Career		542	2,594	4.8	20	--

Season	Team
2018	Purdue	17	119	7.0	1	--
2017	Purdue	13	54	4.2	0	--
2016	Purdue	32	215	6.7	0	--
2015	Purdue	34	239	7.0	1	--
Career		96	627	6.5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2018

W 49–20

vs Ohio State

12 rush yds (5 car)

Dominant 29-point win at home against Ohio State.

With R. Moore — 24 rush yds (2 car) · D. Blough — 378 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · -7 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 27-31vs Northwestern	7	27	3.9	0	14
Wk 2	L 19-20vs Eastern Michigan	12	109	9.1	0	32	Season-high 109 yds
Wk 3	L 37-40vs Missouri	2	5	2.5	0	4
Wk 4	W 30-13vs Boston College	8	40	5.0	0	16
Wk 5	W 42-28@ Nebraska	14	59	4.2	1	14
Wk 7	W 46-7@ Illinois	7	56	8.0	1	23
Wk 8	W 49-20vs Ohio State	5	12	2.4	0	16
Wk 9	L 13-23@ Michigan State	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Wk 10	W 38-36vs Iowa	14	40	2.9	1	12
Wk 11	L 10-41@ Minnesota	6	32	5.3	0	9
Wk 12	L 44-47vs Wisconsin	10	29	2.9	1	12
Wk 13	W 28-21@ Indiana	11	95	8.6	1	32
Bowl	L 14-63@ Auburn	10	35	3.5	0	9
Total		108	537	4.4	5	32

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