Player Dossier

2008-2010

Tulane

J.T. McDonald

RB • 5'9" • Flower Mound, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

J.T. McDonald leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

0

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

10

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Tulane

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Tulane
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Player Story

J.T. McDonald built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a running back from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of J.T. McDonald's career was his backfield work: 122...

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2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.7222

Flower Mound · Flower Mound, TX

Committed To
Tulane
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

J.T. McDonald, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Tulane. J.T. McDonald leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
187
Rushing yards
122
Receiving yards
65
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

J.T. McDonald quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulane · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
187
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Tulane
Top game
UAB
Recruit profile
2-star · Flower Mound · Tulane
High school pipeline
Flower Mound · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 22 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonTulane618912465450.8
2009 Regular SeasonTulane1-2-20026.7
2010 Regular SeasonTulane00000-

Related Context

J.T. McDonald played RB for Tulane. Across 3 tracked seasons, J.T. McDonald recorded 122 rushing yards, 65 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Tulane.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Tulane paired 189 primary output with 32 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Loss with -2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · Tulane

Games

1

Scrimmage Yards / G

-2

Efficiency

0

Usage

4.7

Consistency

66.7

Best Game by takeover score

Houston

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All Games-2 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Houston

Best efficiency game

0 vs Houston

Result
Sat 10/17vs HoustonL 16-443-2-0.700-0.7

Player Story

J.T. McDonald story

J.T. McDonald built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a running back from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of J.T. McDonald's career was his backfield work: 122 rushing yards, 40 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 65 receiving yards across 7 career games in the available record. His career also includes 65 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives J.T. McDonald's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Tulane

    2008-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200820092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonTulane1893216
2009 Regular SeasonTulane-204.7-191
2010 Regular SeasonTulane02

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UAB

Week 12 · L 24-41 · Conference game

Loss with 108 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

108

Scrimmage Yards

83.8 takeover

108 scrimmage yards and 35.7 usage.

#2

@ Tulsa

Week 13 · L 7-56 · Conference game

52

Scrimmage Yards

57.8 takeover

Loss with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

52 scrimmage yards and 31.4 usage.

#3

@ Memphis

Week 14 · L 6-45 · Conference game

23

Scrimmage Yards

37.5 takeover

Loss with 23 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

23 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.

#4

@ Houston

Week 11 · L 14-42 · Conference game

4

Scrimmage Yards

18.5 takeover

Loss with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

4 scrimmage yards and 4.3 usage.

#5

vs Rice

Week 9 · L 17-42 · Conference game

3

Scrimmage Yards

13.3 takeover

Loss with 3 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

3 scrimmage yards and 2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Tulane

189 primary output · 32 efficiency · 16 usage

50.8

#2

2009 Regular Season · Tulane

26.7

-2 primary · 0 efficiency · 4.7 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · Tulane

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games