Player Dossier

2010-2013

LSU

J.C. Copeland

FB • 6'1" • LaGrange, GA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

J.C. Copeland leans balanced backfield option traits and 24.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

18

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

35

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · LSU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
LSU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Player Story

J.C. Copeland built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a FB from LaGrange, GA wearing No. 44, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of J.C. Copeland's career was his backfield work: 92 rushing yards, 36...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.8967

Troup County · LaGrange, GA

Committed To
LSU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

J.C. Copeland, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · LSU. J.C. Copeland leans balanced backfield option traits and 24.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
177
Rushing yards
92
Receiving yards
85
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

J.C. Copeland quick answers

Latest team and position
LSU · FB
Career Scrimmage Yards
177
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · LSU
Top game
Alabama
Recruit profile
4-star · Troup County · LSU
High school pipeline
Troup County · 17 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 44 · Class 2013
2013 Scrimmage yards rank
56 scrimmage yards · FB 28th (top 41%) · SEC 184th (top 67%) · National 1,579th (top 69%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonLSU00000-
2011 PostseasonLSU2000035.4
2011 Regular SeasonLSU2000035.4
2012 Regular SeasonLSU111216754441.3
2013 Regular SeasonLSU8562531333

Related Context

J.C. Copeland played FB for LSU. Across 4 tracked seasons, J.C. Copeland recorded 92 rushing yards, 85 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with LSU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

LSU paired 121 primary output with 30.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 24.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida

Win with 20 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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2013 Regular Season · LSU

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

7

Efficiency

24.3

Usage

4.1

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Florida

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. TCU: 2. UAB: 15. Kent State: 6. Auburn: 8. Georgia: 1. Mississippi State: 6. Florida: 20. Alabama: -2

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. TCU: 3 by 6.9. UAB: 2 by 50. Kent State: 1 by 50. Auburn: 2 by 22.9. Georgia: 1 by 10.4. Mississippi State: 2 by 12.5. Florida: 5 by 41.7. Alabama: 1 by 0

Split Comparison

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

Wins9.5 · Games = 6 · +10 vs Losses
Losses-0.5 · Games = 2 · -10 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida

Best efficiency game

50 vs Kent State

Result
Sun 11/10@ AlabamaL 17-381-2-20-2
Sat 10/12vs FloridaW 17-6520414
Sat 10/5@ Mississippi StateW 59-261000163
Sat 9/28@ GeorgiaL 41-4411101
Sat 9/21vs AuburnW 35-211111174
Sat 9/14vs Kent StateW 45-13166
Sat 9/7vs UABW 56-1713301127.5
Sun 9/1@ TCUW 37-27320.7010.7

Player Story

J.C. Copeland story

J.C. Copeland built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a FB from LaGrange, GA wearing No. 44, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of J.C. Copeland's career was his backfield work: 92 rushing yards, 36 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 85 receiving yards across 21 career games in the available record. His career also includes 85 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives J.C. Copeland's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    LSU

    2010-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20102011201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonLSU0
2011 PostseasonLSU002.20
2011 Regular SeasonLSU002.20
2012 Regular SeasonLSU12130.43.6121
2013 Regular SeasonLSU5624.34.1-65

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Alabama

Week 10 · L 17-21 · Conference game

Loss with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

58.7 takeover

53 scrimmage yards and 6.8 usage.

#2

vs Florida

Week 7 · W 17-6 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

57.6 takeover

Win with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

20 scrimmage yards and 10.9 usage.

#3

vs North Texas

Week 1 · W 41-14

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Scrimmage Yards

54.9 takeover

Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

33 scrimmage yards and 6.3 usage.

#4

vs UAB

Week 2 · W 56-17

15

Scrimmage Yards

45.5 takeover

Win with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

15 scrimmage yards and 4 usage.

#5

vs Kent State

Week 3 · W 45-13

6

Scrimmage Yards

28.7 takeover

Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

6 scrimmage yards and 2.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · LSU

121 primary output · 30.4 efficiency · 3.6 usage

41.3

#2

2011 Postseason · LSU

35.4

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 2.2 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · LSU

35.4

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games