Player Dossier

2022-2025

Florida State

Jaylin Lucas

RB • 5'9" • 173 lbs • Houma, LA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jaylin Lucas leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.8 efficiency.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

5

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Indiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Indiana • Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Player Story

Jaylin Lucas built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Houma, LA wearing No. 12, spending time with Florida State and Indiana. The clearest part of Jaylin Lucas' career was his backfield...

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Jaylin Lucas, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Indiana. Jaylin Lucas leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.8 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,175
Rushing yards
719
Receiving yards
456
Touchdowns
12

Quick Answers

Jaylin Lucas quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,175
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 37 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Indiana
Top game
Louisville
High school pipeline
Frisco Wakeland · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Junior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
248 scrimmage yards · RB 338th (top 46%) · ACC 110th (top 31%) · National 917th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana1135327182647.1
2023 Regular SeasonIndiana12522275247657.3
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida State2521339045.5
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida State1224816088036

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Florida State to TulaneP4 to G5/FCS78.9Jan 6, 2026
2024Indiana to Florida StateP4 to P480.3Dec 6, 2023

Jaylin Lucas played RB for Indiana and Florida State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaylin Lucas recorded 719 rushing yards, 456 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Indiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Indiana paired 522 primary output with 44.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 52.8 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 Indiana, Florida State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Win with 88 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

20.7

Efficiency

52.8

Usage

5.5

Consistency

28

Best Game by takeover score

Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 88. East Texas A&M: 28. Kent State: 44. Virginia: 9. Miami: 5. Pittsburgh: 3. Stanford: 8. Wake Forest: 6. Clemson: 10. Virginia Tech: 23. NC State: 11. Florida: 13

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 8 by 68.8. East Texas A&M: 5 by 59.3. Kent State: 2 by 100. Virginia: 1 by 87.5. Miami: 2 by 29.2. Pittsburgh: 1 by 25. Stanford: 3 by 20.5. Wake Forest: 2 by 31.3. Clemson: 4 by 60.4. Virginia Tech: 4 by 55.2. NC State: 3 by 38.2. Florida: 3 by 58.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins37.8 · Games = 5 · +29.4 vs Losses
Losses8.4 · Games = 7 · -29.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Alabama

Best efficiency game

100 vs Kent State

Result
Sat 11/29@ FloridaL 21-402136.500104.3
Sat 11/22@ NC StateL 11-213113.7003.7
Sun 11/16vs Virginia TechW 34-14210502135.8
Sun 11/9@ ClemsonL 10-24216802-62.5
Sat 11/1vs Wake ForestW 42-726303
Sun 10/19@ StanfordL 13-20231.500152.7
Sat 10/11vs PittsburghL 31-34133
Sat 10/4vs MiamiL 22-281330122.5
Fri 9/26@ VirginiaL 38-4619909
Sat 9/20vs Kent StateW 66-1024422022
Sat 9/6vs East Texas A&MW 77-34235.800155.6
Sat 8/30vs AlabamaW 31-176223.70026611

Player Story

Jaylin Lucas story

Jaylin Lucas built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Houma, LA wearing No. 12, spending time with Florida State and Indiana. The clearest part of Jaylin Lucas' career was his backfield work: 719 rushing yards, 145 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 456 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Indiana. 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 456 receiving yards and 1,456 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 Florida State and Indiana.

The arc is straightforward: Jaylin Lucas 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

    Indiana

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana35351.211.2
2023 Regular SeasonIndiana52244.716.3169
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida State5282.85.7-470
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida State24852.85.5196

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Louisville

Week 3 · L 14-21

Loss with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

84 takeover

127 scrimmage yards and 35.3 usage.

#2

vs Indiana State

Week 2 · W 41-7

127

Scrimmage Yards

81.9 takeover

Win with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

127 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.

#3

vs Purdue

Week 13 · L 16-30 · Conference game

99

Scrimmage Yards

79.2 takeover

Loss with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

99 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.

#4

vs Boston College

Week 1 · L 13-28 · Conference game

34

Scrimmage Yards

71.8 takeover

Loss with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

34 scrimmage yards and 5.4 usage.

#5

vs No. 20 Alabama

Week 1 · W 31-17 · Ranked opponent

88

Scrimmage Yards

69.4 takeover

Win with 88 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

88 scrimmage yards and 13.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Indiana

522 primary output · 44.7 efficiency · 16.3 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Indiana

47.1

353 primary · 51.2 efficiency · 11.2 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Florida State

45.5

52 primary · 82.8 efficiency · 5.7 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games