Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024San Diego State
Jaylon Armstead
RB • 5'11" • 222 lbs • Los Angeles, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jaylon Armstead leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · San Diego State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- San Diego State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Player Story
Jaylon Armstead built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from Los Angeles, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Jaylon Armstead's career was his...
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- Committed To
- San Diego State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Jaylon Armstead, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · San Diego State. Jaylon Armstead leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 905
- Rushing yards
- 883
- Receiving yards
- 22
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
Jaylon Armstead quick answers
- Latest team and position
- San Diego State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 905
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · San Diego State
- Top game
- San José State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Junipero Serra · San Diego State
- High school pipeline
- Junipero Serra · 73 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 48 scrimmage yards · RB 550th (top 78%) · Mountain West 168th (top 75%) · National 1,812th (top 68%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | San Diego State | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | San Diego State | 4 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | San Diego State | 7 | 313 | 313 | 0 | 4 | 54.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | San Diego State | 11 | 464 | 448 | 16 | 8 | 60.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | San Diego State | 3 | 48 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 41.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San Diego State to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 18 | Jul 27, 2025 |
Jaylon Armstead played RB for San Diego State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jaylon Armstead recorded 883 rushing yards, 22 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with San Diego State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
San Diego State paired 464 primary output with 40.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: California
Loss with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · San Diego State
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
16
Efficiency
46.5
Usage
10.5
Consistency
78.3
Best Game by takeover score
California
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. East Texas A&M: 9. Oregon State: 18. California: 21
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. East Texas A&M: 5 by 18.8. Oregon State: 7 by 26.8. California: 2 by 93.8
Split Comparison
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Wins9 · Games = 1 · -10.5 vs Losses
Losses19.5 · Games = 2 · +10.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
California
Best efficiency game
93.8 vs California
Player Story
Jaylon Armstead story
Jaylon Armstead built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from Los Angeles, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Jaylon Armstead's career was his backfield work: 883 rushing yards, 193 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 22 receiving yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with San Diego State. 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 22 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 20 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across San Diego State.
The arc is straightforward: Jaylon Armstead 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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San Diego State
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | San Diego State | 5 | 52.1 | 1.5 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | San Diego State | 75 | 34.9 | 9.9 | 70 |
| 2022 Regular Season | San Diego State | 313 | 60.1 | 13.5 | 238 |
| 2023 Regular Season | San Diego State | 464 | 40.2 | 17.3 | 151 |
| 2024 Regular Season | San Diego State | 48 | 46.5 | 10.5 | -416 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ San José State
Week 12 · L 13-24 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
134
Scrimmage Yards
88.8 takeover
134 scrimmage yards and 37.5 usage.
#2
vs Idaho State
Week 2 · W 38-7
96
Scrimmage Yards
74.9 takeover
Win with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
96 scrimmage yards and 8.6 usage.
#3
@ California
Week 3 · L 10-31
21
Scrimmage Yards
68.5 takeover
Loss with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
21 scrimmage yards and 4.1 usage.
#4
vs UNLV
Week 10 · W 14-10 · Conference game
72
Scrimmage Yards
65.1 takeover
Win with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
72 scrimmage yards and 23.3 usage.
#5
vs Ohio
Week 1 · W 20-13
78
Scrimmage Yards
65.1 takeover
Win with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
78 scrimmage yards and 16.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · San Diego State
464 primary output · 40.2 efficiency · 17.3 usage
60.5
#2
2022 Regular Season · San Diego State
54.3
313 primary · 60.1 efficiency · 13.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · San Diego State
41.3
48 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 10.5 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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