Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Arkansas 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.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
37
Limited ceiling signals so far
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Purdue | 3 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 29.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 7 | 148 | 92 | 56 | 0 | 34.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Arkansas State | 13 | 57 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 68.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 13 | 820 | 688 | 132 | 9 | 68.2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Arkansas State | 13 | 68 | 38 | 30 | 0 | 67.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 13 | 798 | 600 | 198 | 3 | 67.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 1 | 69 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 54.5 |
Related Context
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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
2023 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 51.1 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: Stony Brook
Win with 164 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · Arkansas State
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
67.5
Efficiency
51.1
Usage
22.4
Consistency
57.8
Best Game by takeover score
Stony Brook
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Illinois: 57. Oklahoma: 4. Memphis: 73. Stony Brook: 164. Southern Miss: 66. Massachusetts: 64. Troy: 14. Coastal Carolina: 57. UL Monroe: 18. Louisiana: 124. South Alabama: 52. Texas State: 154. Marshall: 30
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Illinois: 11 by 43.5. Oklahoma: 5 by 19. Memphis: 11 by 67.2. Stony Brook: 15 by 95.6. Southern Miss: 12 by 59.2. Massachusetts: 13 by 47.8. Troy: 8 by 24. Coastal Carolina: 8 by 72.4. UL Monroe: 9 by 20.8. Louisiana: 19 by 55.1. South Alabama: 13 by 41.7. Texas State: 15 by 92.8. Marshall: 13 by 25
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins98.3 · Games = 6 · +57.3 vs Losses
Losses41 · Games = 7 · -57.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Stony Brook
Best efficiency game
95.6 vs Stony Brook
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/23 | @ Northern Illinois | L 19-21 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 5.2 |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Marshall | L 21-35 | 11 | 27 | 2.50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Texas State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 77-31 | 13 | 139 | 10.70 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10.3 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ South Alabama | L 14-21 | 13 | 52 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Louisiana | W 37-17 | 13 | 58 | 4.50 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 6.5 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ UL Monroe | W 34-24 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 17-27 | 6 | 41 | 6.80 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7.1 |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Troy | L 3-37 | 6 | 16 | 2.70 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1.8 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Massachusetts | W 52-28 | 11 | 48 | 4.40 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Southern Miss | W 44-37 | 10 | 58 | 5.80 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5.5 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Stony Brook100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 31-7 | 15 | 164 | 10.90 | 2 | — | — | 10.9 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Memphis | L 3-37 | 9 | 57 | 6.30 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6.6 |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Oklahoma | L 0-73 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 0.8 |
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
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- 1
Purdue
2021
Opening stop
- 2
Arkansas State
2022-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2021202220232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Purdue | 33 | 22.7 | 8.1 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 148 | 39 | 9.7 | 115 |
| 2023 Postseason | Arkansas State | 877 | 51.1 | 22.4 | 729 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 877 | 51.1 | 22.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Arkansas State | 866 | 50.3 | 19.3 | -11 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 866 | 50.3 | 19.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 69 | 50.2 | 21 | -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.
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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
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