Player Dossier

2023-2024

Arizona

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

RB • 5'11" • 204 lbs • Montgomery, AL, USA

Workhorse runnerBig-play efficiency

Jacory Croskey-Merritt leans workhorse runner traits and 84 efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

92

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

71

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
New Mexico • Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Jacory Croskey-Merritt built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a running back from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 1, spending time with Arizona and New Mexico. The clearest part of Jacory Croskey-Merritt's...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 29
Overall
No. 245
NFL Team
Washington

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · New Mexico. Jacory Croskey-Merritt leans workhorse runner traits and 84 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,363
Rushing yards
1,291
Receiving yards
72
Touchdowns
19

Quick Answers

Jacory Croskey-Merritt quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,363
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · New Mexico
Top game
Utah State
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 7 · Pick 29 · Washington
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
106 scrimmage yards · RB 453rd (top 64%) · Big 12 164th (top 53%) · National 1,403rd (top 53%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico121,2571,185721875.9
2024 Regular SeasonArizona11061060168.8

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024New Mexico to ArizonaG5/FCS to P480.3Jan 25, 2024

Jacory Croskey-Merritt played RB for New Mexico and Arizona. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jacory Croskey-Merritt recorded 1,291 rushing yards, 72 receiving yards, and 19 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

New Mexico paired 1,257 primary output with 59.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 84 efficiency.

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Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across New Mexico, Arizona.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Win with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

1

Scrimmage Yards / G

106

Efficiency

84

Usage

28.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico

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Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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All Games106 · Games = 1

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

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Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico

Best efficiency game

84 vs New Mexico

Result
Sun 9/1vs New Mexico100 rush yardsW 61-39131068.2018.2

Player Story

Jacory Croskey-Merritt story

Jacory Croskey-Merritt built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a running back from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 1, spending time with Arizona and New Mexico. The clearest part of Jacory Croskey-Merritt's career was his backfield work: 1,291 rushing yards, 202 carries, 18 rushing touchdowns, and 72 receiving yards across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with New Mexico. 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 72 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona and New Mexico.

The arc is straightforward: Jacory Croskey-Merritt 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    New Mexico

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico1,25759.630.2
2024 Regular SeasonArizona1068428.9-1,151

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah State

Week 13 · L 41-44 · Conference game

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

233

Scrimmage Yards

92.8 takeover

233 scrimmage yards and 48.4 usage.

#2

@ Fresno State

Week 12 · W 25-17 · Conference game

204

Scrimmage Yards

92.1 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

204 scrimmage yards and 34.4 usage.

#3

vs New Mexico

Week 1 · W 61-39

106

Scrimmage Yards

88.9 takeover

Win with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

106 scrimmage yards and 28.9 usage.

#4

vs Tennessee Tech

Week 2 · W 56-10

162

Scrimmage Yards

78.9 takeover

Win with 162 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

162 scrimmage yards and 23.5 usage.

#5

@ Wyoming

Week 5 · L 26-35 · Conference game

118

Scrimmage Yards

73.8 takeover

Loss with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

118 scrimmage yards and 34.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · New Mexico

1,257 primary output · 59.6 efficiency · 30.2 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Arizona

68.8

106 primary · 84 efficiency · 28.9 usage

Milestones

5

100+ rush yards

3

150+ scrimmage yards

6

2+ TD games