Sophomore cornerback on Jacksonville State's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 180 lb · Cornelius, NC · William A. Hough HS
How he projects
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Grades highest in speed and zone coverage.
The full scouting readRecruiting
CB recruit
No. 2771 nationally · Signed with Jacksonville State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 cornerback on Jacksonville State's 2025 roster.
RJ Rainer
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Delaware — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
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.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 45–10
vs Murray State
1 TOT
Dominant 35-point win at home against Murray State.
With G. Wimsatt — 188 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.7 · 50 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · C. Donaghy — 1 PTS · 42 AVG · 4 IN 20
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 34-24vs Liberty | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Murray State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-25vs Delaware | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 35-26vs Kennesaw State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-34vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 15-19vs Kennesaw State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 17-13vs Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Jacksonville State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Jacksonville State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #93 · 2026 recruiting class #86
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Charles McCartherens’s 2023 season.
Matches Charles on
Differs from Charles on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Omillio Agard's freshman season at Wisconsin (2025).
Matches Omillio on
Player DNA
2025: Saw action in 11 games with a start in the Air National Guard Conference USA Championship...Totaled 13 stops and a pass breakup...Had season-high five solo stops against Delaware (10/15)...Made two tackles and a pass breakup in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl win over Troy (12/16). PRIOR T...
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