Player Dossier

2022-2025

Utah State

Javen Jacobs

RB • 5'10" • 190 lbs • Chandler, AZ, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Javen Jacobs leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

44%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

86

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

65

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arizona State • New Mexico • Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Player Story

Javen Jacobs built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Chandler, AZ, spending time with Arizona State, New Mexico, and Utah State. The clearest part of Javen Jacobs' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8317

Saguaro · Scottsdale, AZ

Committed To
Arizona State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Javen Jacobs, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Utah State. Javen Jacobs leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,223
Rushing yards
714
Receiving yards
509
Touchdowns
12

Quick Answers

Javen Jacobs quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,223
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Utah State
Top game
Boise State
Recruit profile
3-star · Saguaro · Arizona State
High school pipeline
Saguaro · 65 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
Junior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
808 scrimmage yards · RB 96th (top 14%) · Mountain West 17th (top 8%) · National 177th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonArizona State5000050
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State4880010.7
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico7407277130458.3
2025 PostseasonUtah State13702446166.4
2025 Regular SeasonUtah State13738405333766.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Arizona State to New MexicoP4 to G5/FCS76.1Dec 4, 2023

Javen Jacobs played RB for Arizona State, New Mexico, and Utah State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Javen Jacobs recorded 714 rushing yards, 509 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Utah State paired 808 primary output with 58.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 58.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona State, New Mexico, Utah State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Loss with 145 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Utah State

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

62.2

Efficiency

58.2

Usage

16

Consistency

61.5

Best Game by takeover score

Boise State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 70. UTEP: 12. Texas A&M: 51. Air Force: 107. McNeese: 32. Vanderbilt: 111. Hawai'i: 34. San José State: 52. New Mexico: 44. Nevada: 64. UNLV: 14. Fresno State: 72. Boise State: 145

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington State: 8 by 86.5. UTEP: 5 by 28.8. Texas A&M: 11 by 44.3. Air Force: 12 by 86.5. McNeese: 10 by 33. Vanderbilt: 10 by 96.3. Hawai'i: 4 by 35.4. San José State: 10 by 31.5. New Mexico: 9 by 52.7. Nevada: 8 by 39.6. UNLV: 2 by 41.7. Fresno State: 10 by 80. Boise State: 9 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins56.5 · Games = 6 · -10.5 vs Losses
Losses67 · Games = 7 · +10.5 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

Boise State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Boise State

Result
Mon 12/22vs Washington StateL 21-34324805468.8
Fri 11/28vs Boise StateL 24-2559218.40145316.1
Sun 11/23@ Fresno State2+ TDW 28-178688.502247.2
Sun 11/16@ UNLVL 26-2912201127
Sun 11/9vs NevadaW 51-1411107638
Sat 10/25@ New MexicoL 14-336315.2003134.9
Sat 10/18vs San José StateW 30-257111.6003415.2
Sun 10/12@ Hawai'iL 26-4420002348.5
Sat 9/27@ VanderbiltL 35-5546315.80064811.1
Sun 9/21vs McNeeseW 48-77223.1013103.2
Sun 9/14vs Air ForceW 49-309717.9013368.9
Sat 9/6@ Texas A&ML 22-44832403194.6
Sat 8/30vs UTEPW 28-1641230102.4

Player Story

Javen Jacobs story

Javen Jacobs built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Chandler, AZ, spending time with Arizona State, New Mexico, and Utah State. The clearest part of Javen Jacobs' career was his backfield work: 714 rushing yards, 108 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 509 receiving yards across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 509 receiving yards and 550 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Javen Jacobs' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Arizona State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    New Mexico

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Utah State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonArizona State00
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State827.828
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico40766.514.1399
2025 PostseasonUtah State80858.216401
2025 Regular SeasonUtah State80858.2160

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 64 Boise State

Week 14 · L 24-25 · Conference game

Loss with 145 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

84.9 takeover

145 scrimmage yards and 19.1 usage.

#2

@ New Mexico State

Week 5 · W 50-40

91

Scrimmage Yards

78 takeover

Win with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

91 scrimmage yards and 16.1 usage.

#3

vs No. 80 Air Force

Week 3 · W 49-30 · Conference game

107

Scrimmage Yards

75.8 takeover

Win with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

107 scrimmage yards and 23.5 usage.

#4

@ No. 11 Vanderbilt

Week 5 · L 35-55 · Ranked opponent

111

Scrimmage Yards

75.6 takeover

Loss with 111 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

111 scrimmage yards and 18.9 usage.

#5

@ Auburn

Week 3 · L 19-45

83

Scrimmage Yards

72.7 takeover

Loss with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

83 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Utah State

808 primary output · 58.2 efficiency · 16 usage

66.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · Utah State

66.4

808 primary · 58.2 efficiency · 16 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · New Mexico

58.3

407 primary · 66.5 efficiency · 14.1 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games