Usage / Role
24%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2010Tulane
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.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Tulane | 6 | 189 | 124 | 65 | 4 | 50.8 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Tulane | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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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
2008 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 32 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: UAB
Loss with 108 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · Tulane
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
31.5
Efficiency
32
Usage
16
Consistency
25.4
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rice: 3. LSU: -1. Houston: 4. UAB: 108. Tulsa: 52. Memphis: 23
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 1 by 31.3. LSU: 1 by 0. Houston: 2 by 39.6. UAB: 15 by 51.4. Tulsa: 16 by 35.6. Memphis: 7 by 34.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half2 · Games = 3 · -59 vs Second Half
Second Half61 · Games = 3 · +59 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UAB
Best efficiency game
51.4 vs UAB
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
Tulane
2008-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Tulane | 189 | 32 | 16 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Tulane | -2 | 0 | 4.7 | -191 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | — | — | 2 |
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
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