Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021Eastern Michigan
Jawon Hamilton
RB • 5'8" • 195 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jawon Hamilton leans balanced backfield option traits and 61 efficiency.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UCF • Eastern Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Jawon Hamilton built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a running back from Miami, FL, spending time with Eastern Michigan and UCF. The clearest part of Jawon Hamilton's career was his backfield work: 1,177...
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Jawon Hamilton, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Jawon Hamilton leans balanced backfield option traits and 61 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,257
- Rushing yards
- 1,177
- Receiving yards
- 80
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Jawon Hamilton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Eastern Michigan · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,257
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · South Dade · UCF
- High school pipeline
- South Dade · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2021 Scrimmage yards rank
- 638 scrimmage yards · RB 161st (top 24%) · Mid-American 33rd (top 16%) · National 318th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | UCF | 13 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 62.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCF | 13 | 537 | 481 | 56 | 4 | 62.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UCF | 2 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 27.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 638 | 631 | 7 | 4 | 63.3 |
Related Context
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Jawon Hamilton played RB for UCF and Eastern Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jawon Hamilton recorded 1,177 rushing yards, 80 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Eastern Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Eastern Michigan paired 638 primary output with 61 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 61 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCF, Eastern Michigan.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Win with 187 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
58
Efficiency
61
Usage
15
Consistency
49.3
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. St. Francis (PA): 64. Massachusetts: 122. Texas State: 53. Northern Illinois: 12. Miami (OH): 28. Ball State: 47. Bowling Green: 28. Toledo: 64. Ohio: 24. Western Michigan: 187. Central Michigan: 9
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. St. Francis (PA): 15 by 44.4. Massachusetts: 16 by 79.4. Texas State: 10 by 55.2. Northern Illinois: 2 by 62.5. Miami (OH): 7 by 41.7. Ball State: 9 by 53. Bowling Green: 9 by 32.4. Toledo: 9 by 74.1. Ohio: 5 by 50. Western Michigan: 19 by 91. Central Michigan: 1 by 87.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins78 · Games = 7 · +55 vs Losses
Losses23 · Games = 4 · -55 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
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
91 vs Western Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/26 | @ Central Michigan | L 10-31 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 |
| Wed 11/17 | vs Western Michigan100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 22-21 | 19 | 187 | 9.80 | 0 | — | — | 9.8 |
| Wed 11/10 | vs Ohio | L 26-34 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Tue 11/2 | @ Toledo | W 52-49 | 9 | 64 | 7.10 | 1 | — | — | 7.1 |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Bowling Green | W 55-24 | 9 | 28 | 3.10 | 0 | — | — | 3.1 |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Ball State | L 31-38 | 8 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5.2 |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Miami (OH) | W 13-12 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Northern Illinois | L 20-27 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Texas State | W 59-21 | 10 | 53 | 5.30 | 1 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Massachusetts100 rush yards | W 42-28 | 16 | 122 | 7.60 | 1 | — | — | 7.6 |
| Fri 9/3 | vs St. Francis (PA) | W 35-15 | 15 | 64 | 4.30 | 1 | — | — | 4.3 |
Player Story
Jawon Hamilton story
Jawon Hamilton built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a running back from Miami, FL, spending time with Eastern Michigan and UCF. The clearest part of Jawon Hamilton's career was his backfield work: 1,177 rushing yards, 254 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 80 receiving yards across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with UCF. 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 80 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 80 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Eastern Michigan and UCF.
The arc is straightforward: Jawon Hamilton 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
UCF
2016-2017
Opening stop
- 2
Eastern Michigan
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2016201620172021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | UCF | 568 | 36.9 | 20.2 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCF | 568 | 36.9 | 20.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UCF | 51 | 24.3 | 10.2 | -517 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 638 | 61 | 15 | 587 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Michigan
Week 12 · W 22-21 · Conference game
Win with 187 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
187
Scrimmage Yards
95.4 takeover
187 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#2
vs Cincinnati
Week 11 · W 24-3 · Conference game
83
Scrimmage Yards
77.1 takeover
Win with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
83 scrimmage yards and 29.2 usage.
#3
@ Massachusetts
Week 3 · W 42-28
122
Scrimmage Yards
74.5 takeover
Win with 122 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
122 scrimmage yards and 27.6 usage.
#4
@ South Florida
Week 13 · L 31-48 · Conference game
75
Scrimmage Yards
70 takeover
Loss with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
75 scrimmage yards and 27 usage.
#5
@ West Virginia
Week 1
28
Scrimmage Yards
66.7 takeover
Game with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
28 scrimmage yards and — usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
638 primary output · 61 efficiency · 15 usage
63.3
#2
2016 Postseason · UCF
62.3
568 primary · 36.9 efficiency · 20.2 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · UCF
62.3
568 primary · 36.9 efficiency · 20.2 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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