Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2016-2020Arkansas State
Jamal Jones
RB • 5'9" • 193 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jamal Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
55
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Arkansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Arkansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Player Story
Jamal Jones built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 21, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Jamal Jones' career was his backfield work: 1,168...
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- Committed To
- Arkansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Jamal Jones, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Arkansas State. Jamal Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,296
- Rushing yards
- 1,168
- Receiving yards
- 128
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Jamal Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arkansas State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,296
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Arkansas State
- Top game
- South Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Trezevant · Arkansas State
- High school pipeline
- Trezevant · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2020 Scrimmage yards rank
- 665 scrimmage yards · RB 79th (top 14%) · Sun Belt 17th (top 9%) · National 138th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 35.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 8 | 206 | 197 | 9 | 0 | 43.9 |
| 2018 Postseason | Arkansas State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 2 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 29.1 |
| 2019 Postseason | Arkansas State | 9 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 54.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 9 | 346 | 316 | 30 | 3 | 54.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 11 | 665 | 576 | 89 | 3 | 66 |
Related Context
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Jamal Jones played RB for Arkansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jamal Jones recorded 1,168 rushing yards, 128 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Arkansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Arkansas State paired 665 primary output with 42.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 42.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Loss with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Arkansas State
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
60.5
Efficiency
42.9
Usage
22.2
Consistency
57.8
Best Game by takeover score
South Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 80. Kansas State: 95. Coastal Carolina: 14. Central Arkansas: 45. Georgia State: 48. App State: 19. Troy: 37. Louisiana: 74. Texas State: 104. South Alabama: 104. UL Monroe: 45
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 17 by 48.2. Kansas State: 17 by 60.4. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 39.6. Central Arkansas: 12 by 39.1. Georgia State: 14 by 34. App State: 7 by 28.8. Troy: 10 by 19.2. Louisiana: 16 by 50.9. Texas State: 15 by 72.2. South Alabama: 20 by 52.3. UL Monroe: 15 by 27.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins58.3 · Games = 4 · -3.5 vs Losses
Losses61.7 · Games = 7 · +3.5 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
South Alabama
Best efficiency game
72.2 vs Texas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/5 | vs UL Monroe | W 48-15 | 14 | 33 | 2.40 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Sat 11/28 | vs South Alabama | L 31-38 | 19 | 93 | 4.90 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5.2 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Texas State100 rush yards | L 45-47 | 15 | 104 | 6.90 | 1 | — | — | 6.9 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Louisiana | L 20-27 | 15 | 76 | 5.10 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4.6 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Troy | L 10-38 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 3.7 |
| Thu 10/22 | @ App State | L 17-45 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.7 |
| Thu 10/15 | vs Georgia State | W 59-52 | 13 | 41 | 3.20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3.4 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Central Arkansas | W 50-27 | 12 | 45 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Coastal Carolina | L 23-52 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.5 |
| Sat 9/12 | @ Kansas State | W 35-31 | 16 | 95 | 5.90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.6 |
| Sun 9/6 | @ Memphis | L 24-37 | 14 | 64 | 4.60 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 4.7 |
Player Story
Jamal Jones story
Jamal Jones built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 21, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Jamal Jones' career was his backfield work: 1,168 rushing yards, 264 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 128 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 128 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 5 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jamal Jones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Arkansas State
2016-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Arkansas State | -1 | 15.7 | 2.6 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 206 | 44.2 | 10 | 207 |
| 2018 Postseason | Arkansas State | 21 | 54.7 | 3 | -185 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 21 | 54.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Arkansas State | 405 | 43.7 | 16.5 | 384 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 405 | 43.7 | 16.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 665 | 42.9 | 22.2 | 260 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs South Alabama
Week 13 · L 31-38 · Conference game
Loss with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
104
Scrimmage Yards
81.5 takeover
104 scrimmage yards and 32.3 usage.
#2
vs Georgia Southern
Week 13 · W 38-33 · Conference game
79
Scrimmage Yards
79.3 takeover
Win with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
79 scrimmage yards and 21.6 usage.
#3
@ Kansas State
Week 2 · W 35-31
95
Scrimmage Yards
78.5 takeover
Win with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
95 scrimmage yards and 29.3 usage.
#4
@ Texas State
Week 12 · L 45-47 · Conference game
104
Scrimmage Yards
78.4 takeover
Loss with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
104 scrimmage yards and 22.1 usage.
#5
@ Memphis
Week 1 · L 24-37
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Scrimmage Yards
67.4 takeover
Loss with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
80 scrimmage yards and 27 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Arkansas State
665 primary output · 42.9 efficiency · 22.2 usage
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#2
2019 Postseason · Arkansas State
54.5
405 primary · 43.7 efficiency · 16.5 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Arkansas State
54.5
405 primary · 43.7 efficiency · 16.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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