Usage / Role
51%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2020-2022New Mexico
Nathaniel Jones
RB • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Bellflower, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Nathaniel Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · New Mexico
2022
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Player Story
Nathaniel Jones built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Bellflower, CA wearing No. 25, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Nathaniel Jones' career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Wyoming
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Nathaniel Jones, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · New Mexico. Nathaniel Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 782
- Rushing yards
- 776
- Receiving yards
- 6
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Nathaniel Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 782
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · New Mexico
- Top game
- Utah State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Morgan Park · Wyoming
- High school pipeline
- Morgan Park · 25 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Sophomore
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 550 scrimmage yards · RB 179th (top 26%) · Mountain West 29th (top 12%) · National 410th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | New Mexico | 6 | 232 | 232 | 0 | 4 | 41.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico | 11 | 550 | 544 | 6 | 2 | 64.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | New Mexico to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 15.5 | May 13, 2021 |
Nathaniel Jones played RB for New Mexico. Across 2 tracked seasons, Nathaniel Jones recorded 776 rushing yards, 6 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with New Mexico.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
New Mexico paired 550 primary output with 45.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · New Mexico
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
50
Efficiency
45.4
Usage
23.2
Consistency
46.4
Best Game by takeover score
Utah State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 12. UTEP: 80. LSU: 36. UNLV: 61. Wyoming: 72. New Mexico State: 25. Fresno State: 28. Utah State: 146. Air Force: 12. San Diego State: 68. Colorado State: 10
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boise State: 7 by 17.9. UTEP: 22 by 39.9. LSU: 9 by 42.4. UNLV: 12 by 53. Wyoming: 19 by 40.1. New Mexico State: 11 by 23.7. Fresno State: 7 by 41.7. Utah State: 21 by 72.4. Air Force: 4 by 31.3. San Diego State: 8 by 85.4. Colorado State: 2 by 52.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins80 · Games = 1 · +33 vs Losses
Losses47 · Games = 10 · -33 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
Utah State
Best efficiency game
85.4 vs San Diego State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/25 | @ Colorado State | L 0-17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs San Diego State | L 10-34 | 8 | 68 | 8.50 | 0 | — | — | 8.5 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Air Force | L 3-35 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Utah State100 rush yards | L 10-27 | 21 | 146 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 7.0 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Fresno State | L 9-41 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sun 10/16 | @ New Mexico State | L 9-21 | 11 | 25 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Wyoming | L 14-27 | 17 | 66 | 3.90 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ UNLV | L 20-31 | 12 | 61 | 5.10 | 0 | — | — | 5.1 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ LSU | L 0-38 | 8 | 33 | 4.10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Sun 9/18 | vs UTEP | W 27-10 | 21 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Boise State | L 14-31 | 7 | 12 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
Player Story
Nathaniel Jones story
Nathaniel Jones built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Bellflower, CA wearing No. 25, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Nathaniel Jones' career was his backfield work: 776 rushing yards, 167 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 6 receiving yards across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 receiving yards and 115 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Nathaniel Jones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
New Mexico
2020-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | New Mexico | 232 | 44 | 14 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico | 550 | 45.4 | 23.2 | 318 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Utah State
Week 10 · L 10-27 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
146
Scrimmage Yards
90.8 takeover
146 scrimmage yards and 39.6 usage.
#2
@ Hawai'i
Week 10 · L 33-39 · Conference game
96
Scrimmage Yards
80.7 takeover
Loss with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
96 scrimmage yards and 22.8 usage.
#3
vs UTEP
Week 3 · W 27-10
80
Scrimmage Yards
64.9 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
80 scrimmage yards and 37.9 usage.
#4
vs San Diego State
Week 12 · L 10-34 · Conference game
68
Scrimmage Yards
62.6 takeover
Loss with 68 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
68 scrimmage yards and 19.5 usage.
#5
vs Wyoming
Week 6 · L 14-27 · Conference game
72
Scrimmage Yards
60 takeover
Loss with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
72 scrimmage yards and 31.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · New Mexico
550 primary output · 45.4 efficiency · 23.2 usage
64.5
#2
2020 Regular Season · New Mexico
41.9
232 primary · 44 efficiency · 14 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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