Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023Kentucky
JuTahn McClain
RB • 5'9" • 198 lbs • Fairfield, OH, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
JuTahn McClain leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Player Story
JuTahn McClain built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a running back from Fairfield, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of JuTahn McClain's career was his backfield work: 643...
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- Committed To
- UTEP
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
JuTahn McClain, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Kentucky. JuTahn McClain leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 801
- Rushing yards
- 643
- Receiving yards
- 158
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
JuTahn McClain quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 801
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · Kentucky
- Top game
- Vanderbilt
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Rockwall · UTEP
- High school pipeline
- Rockwall · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 154 scrimmage yards · RB 397th (top 57%) · SEC 132nd (top 48%) · National 1,216th (top 46%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 6 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Kentucky | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 47.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 8 | 179 | 137 | 42 | 1 | 47.2 |
| 2022 Postseason | Kentucky | 10 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 63.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 10 | 331 | 238 | 93 | 1 | 63.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 9 | 154 | 138 | 16 | 1 | 39.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kentucky to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 21 | Dec 1, 2023 |
JuTahn McClain played RB for Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, JuTahn McClain recorded 643 rushing yards, 158 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
Kentucky paired 378 primary output with 50.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 44.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Win with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
17.1
Efficiency
44.7
Usage
7.7
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 19. Eastern Kentucky: 24. Akron: 23. Vanderbilt: 64. Florida: 2. Georgia: 21. Tennessee: 1. South Carolina: 0. Louisville: 0
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. Ball State: 5 by 29.9. Eastern Kentucky: 7 by 36.8. Akron: 3 by 79.9. Vanderbilt: 6 by 94.4. Florida: 3 by 6.9. Georgia: 4 by 54.7. Tennessee: 1 by 10.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins22 · Games = 6 · +14.7 vs Losses
Losses7.3 · Games = 3 · -14.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
94.4 vs Vanderbilt
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Louisville | W 38-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | @ South Carolina | L 14-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Tennessee | L 27-33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Georgia | L 13-51 | 4 | 21 | 5.30 | 0 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Florida | W 33-14 | 3 | 2 | 0.70 | 0 | — | — | 0.7 |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Vanderbilt | W 45-28 | 6 | 64 | 10.70 | 1 | — | — | 10.7 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Akron | W 35-3 | 3 | 23 | 7.70 | 0 | — | — | 7.7 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 28-17 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.4 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Ball State | W 44-14 | 4 | 9 | 2.30 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3.8 |
Player Story
JuTahn McClain story
JuTahn McClain built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a running back from Fairfield, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of JuTahn McClain's career was his backfield work: 643 rushing yards, 135 carries, 1 rushing touchdown, and 158 receiving yards across 33 career games in the available record. His career also includes 158 receiving yards, 5 tackles, and 31 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives JuTahn McClain's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2020-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 62 | 50.4 | 5.2 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Kentucky | 207 | 47.7 | 8.6 | 145 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 207 | 47.7 | 8.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Kentucky | 378 | 50.6 | 14.8 | 171 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 378 | 50.6 | 14.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 154 | 44.7 | 7.7 | -224 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Vanderbilt
Week 4 · W 45-28 · Conference game
Win with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
77.2 takeover
64 scrimmage yards and 13 usage.
#2
@ Vanderbilt
Week 11 · W 34-17 · Conference game
69
Scrimmage Yards
76.3 takeover
Win with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
69 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
#3
vs Vanderbilt
Week 11 · L 21-24 · Conference game
62
Scrimmage Yards
71.4 takeover
Loss with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
#4
vs Mississippi State
Week 7 · W 27-17 · Conference game
78
Scrimmage Yards
66.3 takeover
Win with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
78 scrimmage yards and 17.9 usage.
#5
vs Mississippi State
Week 6 · W 24-2 · Conference game
17
Scrimmage Yards
60.4 takeover
Win with 17 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
17 scrimmage yards and 2.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Postseason · Kentucky
378 primary output · 50.6 efficiency · 14.8 usage
63.4
#2
2022 Regular Season · Kentucky
63.4
378 primary · 50.6 efficiency · 14.8 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Kentucky
47.2
207 primary · 47.7 efficiency · 8.6 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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