Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Miami paired 841 primary output with 43.4 efficiency.
Player Stats
Jaylan Knighton College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,609
- Rushing yards
- 1,981
- Receiving yards
- 628
- Touchdowns
- 22
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami | 9 | 344 | 209 | 135 | 2 | 44.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami | 8 | 841 | 561 | 280 | 11 | 77.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 10 | 505 | 423 | 82 | 1 | 54 |
| 2023 Postseason | SMU | 12 | 44 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 69.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 790 | 720 | 70 | 7 | 69.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 85 | 43 | 42 | 0 | 47.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Player insights
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 42.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami, SMU, West Virginia.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Loss with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2024 Regular Season · SMU
Games
2
Scrimmage Yards / G
42.5
Efficiency
42.4
Usage
14.9
Consistency
93.3
Best Game by takeover score
BYU
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 34. BYU: 51
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins34 · Games = 1 · -17 vs Losses
Losses51 · Games = 1 · +17 vs Wins
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