Player Dossier

2021-2025

Arkansas State

Ja'Quez Cross

RB • 5'9" • 190 lbs • Hampton, AR, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Ja'Quez Cross leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

100

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

81

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Purdue • Arkansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Ja'Quez Cross built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Hampton, AR wearing No. 2, spending time with Arkansas State and Purdue. The clearest part of Ja'Quez Cross' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8404

Fordyce · Fordyce, AR

Committed To
Purdue
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Ja'Quez Cross, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Arkansas State. Ja'Quez Cross leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,993
Rushing yards
1,509
Receiving yards
484
Touchdowns
14

Quick Answers

Ja'Quez Cross quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,993
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Arkansas State
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
3-star · Fordyce · Purdue
High school pipeline
Fordyce · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
69 scrimmage yards · RB 508th (top 70%) · Sun Belt 175th (top 66%) · National 1,659th (top 60%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonPurdue333276029.3
2022 Regular SeasonArkansas State71489256034.8
2023 PostseasonArkansas State13572829068.2
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas State13820688132968.2
2024 PostseasonArkansas State13683830067.1
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas State13798600198367.1
2025 Regular SeasonArkansas State1693633254.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Arkansas State to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted18Dec 19, 2025
2022Purdue to Arkansas StateP4 to G5/FCS76.8Nov 17, 2021

Ja'Quez Cross played RB for Purdue and Arkansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ja'Quez Cross recorded 1,509 rushing yards, 484 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Arkansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Arkansas State paired 877 primary output with 51.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 50.2 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Purdue, Arkansas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southeast Missouri State

Win with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Arkansas State

Games

1

Scrimmage Yards / G

69

Efficiency

50.2

Usage

21

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Southeast Missouri State

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All Games69 · Games = 1

Game Log

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Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Southeast Missouri State

Best efficiency game

50.2 vs Southeast Missouri State

Result
Sat 8/30vs Southeast Missouri State2+ TDW 42-248364.5015335.3

Player Story

Ja'Quez Cross story

Ja'Quez Cross built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Hampton, AR wearing No. 2, spending time with Arkansas State and Purdue. The clearest part of Ja'Quez Cross' career was his backfield work: 1,509 rushing yards, 288 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 484 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Arkansas 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 484 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 1,159 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas State and Purdue.

The arc is straightforward: Ja'Quez Cross 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

    Purdue

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arkansas State

    2022-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonPurdue3322.78.1
2022 Regular SeasonArkansas State148399.7115
2023 PostseasonArkansas State87751.122.4729
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas State87751.122.40
2024 PostseasonArkansas State86650.319.3-11
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas State86650.319.30
2025 Regular SeasonArkansas State6950.221-797

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Southern Miss

Week 8 · W 44-28 · Conference game

Win with 161 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

161

Scrimmage Yards

90.3 takeover

161 scrimmage yards and 39 usage.

#2

vs Stony Brook

Week 3 · W 31-7

164

Scrimmage Yards

90.2 takeover

Win with 164 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

164 scrimmage yards and 26.3 usage.

#3

@ Texas State

Week 7 · L 9-41 · Conference game

165

Scrimmage Yards

89.9 takeover

Loss with 165 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

165 scrimmage yards and 25.9 usage.

#4

vs Texas State

Week 12 · W 77-31 · Conference game

154

Scrimmage Yards

88.7 takeover

Win with 154 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

154 scrimmage yards and 27.8 usage.

#5

@ Louisiana

Week 8 · L 18-38 · Conference game

41

Scrimmage Yards

70.6 takeover

Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

41 scrimmage yards and 23.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Arkansas State

877 primary output · 51.1 efficiency · 22.4 usage

68.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · Arkansas State

68.2

877 primary · 51.1 efficiency · 22.4 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Arkansas State

67.1

866 primary · 50.3 efficiency · 19.3 usage

Milestones

4

100+ rush yards

4

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games