Usage / Role
58%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Purdue
Markell Jones
RB • 5'11" • 210 lbs • Columbus, IN, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Markell Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
62
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
Markell Jones built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Columbus, IN wearing No. 8, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Markell Jones' career was his backfield work: 2,594...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Markell Jones, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Purdue. Markell Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,221
- Rushing yards
- 2,594
- Receiving yards
- 627
- Touchdowns
- 22
Quick Answers
Markell Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,221
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Michigan State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Columbus East · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Columbus East · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 656 scrimmage yards · RB 157th (top 23%) · Big Ten 33rd (top 11%) · National 325th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 1,114 | 875 | 239 | 11 | 78.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Purdue | 11 | 831 | 616 | 215 | 4 | 66.2 |
| 2017 Postseason | Purdue | 10 | 90 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 52 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 10 | 530 | 480 | 50 | 1 | 52 |
| 2018 Postseason | Purdue | 13 | 58 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 53.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 13 | 598 | 502 | 96 | 6 | 53.3 |
Related Context
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Markell Jones played RB for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Markell Jones recorded 2,594 rushing yards, 627 receiving yards, and 22 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Purdue paired 1,114 primary output with 53.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 43.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
75.5
Efficiency
43.7
Usage
30
Consistency
60.9
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 169. Cincinnati: 49. Nevada: 139. Maryland: 29. Iowa: 63. Nebraska: 63. Penn State: 105. Minnesota: 69. Northwestern: 51. Wisconsin: 42. Indiana: 52
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Kentucky: 28 by 62.9. Cincinnati: 18 by 30.9. Nevada: 23 by 60.4. Maryland: 14 by 20.6. Iowa: 13 by 43.1. Nebraska: 14 by 41.3. Penn State: 13 by 74.7. Minnesota: 17 by 41. Northwestern: 12 by 44.4. Wisconsin: 9 by 42.9. Indiana: 24 by 19
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins154 · Games = 2 · +95.9 vs Losses
Losses58.1 · Games = 9 · -95.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Kentucky
Best efficiency game
74.7 vs Penn State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Indiana | L 24-26 | 22 | 35 | 1.60 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2.2 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Wisconsin | L 20-49 | 8 | 30 | 3.80 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4.7 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Northwestern | L 17-45 | 11 | 47 | 4.30 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.3 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Minnesota | L 31-44 | 13 | 50 | 3.80 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 4.1 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Penn State | L 24-62 | 7 | 46 | 6.60 | 1 | 6 | 59 | 8.1 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Nebraska | L 14-27 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 4.5 |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Iowa | L 35-49 | 9 | 33 | 3.70 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Maryland | L 7-50 | 12 | 23 | 1.90 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2.1 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Nevada100 rush yards | W 24-14 | 22 | 124 | 5.60 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6.0 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Cincinnati | L 20-38 | 15 | 47 | 3.10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.7 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Eastern Kentucky100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 45-24 | 24 | 145 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 |
Player Story
Markell Jones story
Markell Jones built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Columbus, IN wearing No. 8, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Markell Jones' career was his backfield work: 2,594 rushing yards, 542 carries, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 627 receiving yards across 46 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Purdue. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 627 receiving yards and 29 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 46 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Purdue.
The arc is straightforward: Markell Jones moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Purdue
2015-2018
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Season Value Progression
201520162017201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Purdue | 1,114 | 53.6 | 29 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Purdue | 831 | 43.7 | 30 | -283 |
| 2017 Postseason | Purdue | 620 | 43.6 | 21.8 | -211 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 620 | 43.6 | 21.8 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Purdue | 656 | 47.5 | 17 | 36 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 656 | 47.5 | 17 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Michigan State
Week 5 · L 21-24 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
159
Scrimmage Yards
91.1 takeover
159 scrimmage yards and 48.9 usage.
#2
vs Indiana
Week 13 · W 31-24 · Conference game
217
Scrimmage Yards
91 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
217 scrimmage yards and 52.5 usage.
#3
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 1 · W 45-24
169
Scrimmage Yards
87.6 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
169 scrimmage yards and 43.1 usage.
#4
@ Indiana
Week 13 · W 28-21 · Conference game
120
Scrimmage Yards
83.8 takeover
Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
120 scrimmage yards and 22 usage.
#5
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 2 · L 19-20
116
Scrimmage Yards
83.4 takeover
Loss with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
116 scrimmage yards and 23.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Purdue
1,114 primary output · 53.6 efficiency · 29 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Purdue
66.2
831 primary · 43.7 efficiency · 30 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Purdue
53.3
656 primary · 47.5 efficiency · 17 usage
Milestones
5
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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