Player Dossier

2022-2025

Texas State

Jaylen Jenkins

RB • 5'8" • 175 lbs • Allen, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jaylen Jenkins leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

2

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

13

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Washington State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Washington State • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC

Player Story

Jaylen Jenkins built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Allen, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Texas State and Washington State. The clearest part of Jaylen Jenkins' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8478

Allen · Allen, TX

Committed To
Washington State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Jaylen Jenkins, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Washington State. Jaylen Jenkins leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
808
Rushing yards
644
Receiving yards
164
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Jaylen Jenkins quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
808
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Washington State
Top game
USC
Recruit profile
3-star · Allen · Washington State
High school pipeline
Allen · 76 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Junior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
175 scrimmage yards · RB 394th (top 54%) · Sun Belt 119th (top 45%) · National 1,137th (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonWashington State1149339598360.5
2023 Regular SeasonWashington State61236261036.6
2024 Regular SeasonTexas State217170036.7
2025 PostseasonTexas State11330028.5
2025 Regular SeasonTexas State111721675428.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Texas State to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted18Dec 14, 2025
2024Washington State to Texas StateG5/FCS to G5/FCS76.8Dec 4, 2023

Jaylen Jenkins played RB for Washington State and Texas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaylen Jenkins recorded 644 rushing yards, 164 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Washington State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Washington State paired 493 primary output with 55.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 46.3 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Washington State, Texas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Texas State

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

15.9

Efficiency

46.3

Usage

4.9

Consistency

18.4

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rice: 3. Eastern Michigan: 74. UTSA: 52. Arizona State: 19. Nicholls: 18. Arkansas State: 9. Troy: 0. Marshall: 0. James Madison: 0. Louisiana: 0. South Alabama: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 3 by 10.4. Eastern Michigan: 5 by 100. UTSA: 7 by 77.4. Arizona State: 5 by 37.7. Nicholls: 9 by 20.8. Arkansas State: 3 by 31.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins29.4 · Games = 5 · +24.7 vs Losses
Losses4.7 · Games = 6 · -24.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

100 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Fri 1/2vs RiceW 41-1033101
Sat 11/29vs South AlabamaW 49-26
Sat 11/8@ LouisianaL 39-42
Wed 10/29vs James MadisonL 20-52
Sat 10/18@ MarshallL 37-40
Sun 10/12vs TroyL 41-48
Sat 10/4@ Arkansas StateL 30-3139303
Sun 9/21vs NichollsW 35-3918202
Sun 9/14@ Arizona StateL 15-344143.500153.8
Sat 9/6@ UTSAW 43-367527.4017.4
Sun 8/31vs Eastern MichiganW 52-2757414.80114.8

Player Story

Jaylen Jenkins story

Jaylen Jenkins built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Allen, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Texas State and Washington State. The clearest part of Jaylen Jenkins' career was his backfield work: 644 rushing yards, 121 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 164 receiving yards across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 164 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 622 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jaylen Jenkins' 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

    Washington State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonWashington State49355.214.4
2023 Regular SeasonWashington State12340.67.5-370
2024 Regular SeasonTexas State1763.62.3-106
2025 PostseasonTexas State17546.34.9158
2025 Regular SeasonTexas State17546.34.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ USC

Week 6 · L 14-30 · Conference game

Loss with 184 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

96.5 takeover

184 scrimmage yards and 31.3 usage.

#2

vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 1 · W 52-27

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Scrimmage Yards

75 takeover

Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

74 scrimmage yards and 8.8 usage.

#3

vs Lamar

Week 1 · W 34-27

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Scrimmage Yards

66.6 takeover

Win with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

11 scrimmage yards and 1.4 usage.

#4

vs Wisconsin

Week 2 · W 31-22

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Scrimmage Yards

65.1 takeover

Win with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

39 scrimmage yards and 7.1 usage.

#5

@ No. 62 UTSA

Week 2 · W 43-36

52

Scrimmage Yards

61.1 takeover

Win with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

52 scrimmage yards and 12.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Washington State

493 primary output · 55.2 efficiency · 14.4 usage

60.5

#2

2024 Regular Season · Texas State

36.7

17 primary · 63.6 efficiency · 2.3 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Washington State

36.6

123 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 7.5 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games