Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2019Texas State
Jaylin Nelson
RB • 5'8" • 200 lbs • Duncanville, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jaylin Nelson leans balanced backfield option traits and 48 efficiency.
Impact Production
4
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
1
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
16
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Texas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina
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- Committed To
- Texas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Jaylin Nelson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas State. Jaylin Nelson leans balanced backfield option traits and 48 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 148
- Rushing yards
- 144
- Receiving yards
- 4
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Jaylin Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 148
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Texas State
- Top game
- Coastal Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Duncanville · Texas State
- High school pipeline
- Duncanville · 60 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Junior
- 2019 Scrimmage yards rank
- 27 scrimmage yards · RB 575th (top 87%) · Sun Belt 155th (top 77%) · National 1,954th (top 77%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas State | 7 | 98 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 44.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas State | 3 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 19.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas State | 4 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 36.3 |
Related Context
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Jaylin Nelson played RB for Texas State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jaylin Nelson recorded 69 passing yards, 144 rushing yards, and 4 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Texas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Texas State paired 98 primary output with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 48 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Loss with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Texas State
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
6.8
Efficiency
48
Usage
2.9
Consistency
61.5
Best Game by takeover score
UL Monroe
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. SMU: 6. Nicholls: 6. UL Monroe: 15. Louisiana: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SMU: 2 by 31.3. Nicholls: 2 by 31.3. UL Monroe: 2 by 81.3
Split Comparison
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Wins6 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 3 · +1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UL Monroe
Best efficiency game
81.3 vs UL Monroe
Career Arc
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Texas State
2017-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas State | 98 | 37.9 | 5.8 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas State | 23 | 25.2 | 3.8 | -75 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas State | 27 | 48 | 2.9 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Coastal Carolina
Week 9 · W 27-7 · Conference game
Win with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
52
Scrimmage Yards
69.3 takeover
52 scrimmage yards and 7.6 usage.
#2
vs UL Monroe
Week 7 · L 14-24 · Conference game
15
Scrimmage Yards
64.4 takeover
Loss with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
15 scrimmage yards and 4.2 usage.
#3
vs Arkansas State
Week 13 · L 7-33 · Conference game
21
Scrimmage Yards
58.6 takeover
Loss with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
21 scrimmage yards and 7.4 usage.
#4
@ Wyoming
Week 5 · L 10-45
19
Scrimmage Yards
34.8 takeover
Loss with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
19 scrimmage yards and 17.5 usage.
#5
vs UTSA
Week 4 · L 14-44
15
Scrimmage Yards
33.7 takeover
Loss with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
15 scrimmage yards and 7.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Texas State
98 primary output · 37.9 efficiency · 5.8 usage
44.6
#2
2019 Regular Season · Texas State
36.3
27 primary · 48 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Texas State
19.9
23 primary · 25.2 efficiency · 3.8 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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