Player Dossier

2023-2024

UTEP

Ezell Jolly

RB • 6'1" • 175 lbs • Missouri City, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Ezell Jolly leans balanced backfield option traits and 29.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

34

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UTEP

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
UTEP
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Player Story

Ezell Jolly built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a running back from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Ezell Jolly's career was his backfield work: 301...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8552

Ridge Point · Missouri City, TX

Committed To
UTEP
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Ezell Jolly, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UTEP. Ezell Jolly leans balanced backfield option traits and 29.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
364
Rushing yards
301
Receiving yards
63
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Ezell Jolly quick answers

Latest team and position
UTEP · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
364
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 10 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · UTEP
Top game
Western Kentucky
Recruit profile
3-star · Ridge Point · UTEP
High school pipeline
Ridge Point · 36 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Freshman
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
279 scrimmage yards · RB 295th (top 42%) · Conference USA 50th (top 26%) · National 815th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonUTEP4855332039.2
2024 Regular SeasonUTEP627924831156.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025UTEP to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted18Dec 9, 2024

Ezell Jolly played RB for UTEP. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ezell Jolly recorded 301 rushing yards, 63 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UTEP.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

UTEP paired 279 primary output with 29.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 29.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · UTEP

Games

6

Scrimmage Yards / G

46.5

Efficiency

29.9

Usage

21.4

Consistency

34.2

Best Game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Sam Houston: 81. Western Kentucky: 140. Florida International: 41. Louisiana Tech: 8. Middle Tennessee: 5. New Mexico State: 4

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. Sam Houston: 18 by 46.7. Western Kentucky: 29 by 47.7. Florida International: 10 by 45.6. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 11.9. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 6.9. New Mexico State: 2 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins22.5 · Games = 2 · -36 vs Losses
Losses58.5 · Games = 4 · +36 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

Best efficiency game

47.7 vs Western Kentucky

Result
Sat 11/30@ New Mexico StateW 42-3524202
Sat 11/2vs Middle TennesseeL 13-202000151.7
Wed 10/23@ Louisiana TechL 10-14781.1001.1
Thu 10/17vs Florida InternationalW 30-219414.600104.1
Fri 10/11@ Western Kentucky100 rush yardsL 17-44271194.4002214.8
Fri 10/4vs Sam HoustonL 21-4117764.501154.5

Player Story

Ezell Jolly story

Ezell Jolly built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a running back from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Ezell Jolly's career was his backfield work: 301 rushing yards, 79 carries, 1 rushing touchdown, and 63 receiving yards across 10 career games in the available record. His career also includes 63 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ezell Jolly's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UTEP

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonUTEP8541.99.6
2024 Regular SeasonUTEP27929.921.4194

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Western Kentucky

Week 7 · L 17-44 · Conference game

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

140

Scrimmage Yards

82.6 takeover

140 scrimmage yards and 52.7 usage.

#2

vs Sam Houston

Week 6 · L 21-41 · Conference game

81

Scrimmage Yards

68.2 takeover

Loss with 81 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

81 scrimmage yards and 36.7 usage.

#3

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 12 · L 30-34 · Conference game

42

Scrimmage Yards

66.6 takeover

Loss with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

42 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.

#4

@ Arizona

Week 3 · L 10-31

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Scrimmage Yards

54.6 takeover

Loss with 30 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

30 scrimmage yards and 6.8 usage.

#5

vs Florida International

Week 8 · W 30-21 · Conference game

41

Scrimmage Yards

40.9 takeover

Win with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

41 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · UTEP

279 primary output · 29.9 efficiency · 21.4 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · UTEP

39.2

85 primary · 41.9 efficiency · 9.6 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games