Player Dossier

2025-2025

Pittsburgh

Ja'Kyrian Turner

RB • 5'9" • 180 lbs • Wildwood, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Ja'Kyrian Turner leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

64%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

62

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Player Story

Ja'Kyrian Turner built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Wildwood, FL wearing No. 25, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Ja'Kyrian Turner's career was his backfield work: 747 rushing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.855

South Sumter · Bushnell, FL

Committed To
Pittsburgh
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Ja'Kyrian Turner, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Ja'Kyrian Turner leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
897
Rushing yards
747
Receiving yards
150
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Ja'Kyrian Turner quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
897
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Top game
Georgia Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · South Sumter · Pittsburgh
High school pipeline
South Sumter · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 25 · Freshman
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
897 scrimmage yards · RB 76th (top 11%) · ACC 17th (top 5%) · National 129th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh12101938066.8
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh12796654142766.8

Related Context

Ja'Kyrian Turner played RB for Pittsburgh. Across 1 tracked season, Ja'Kyrian Turner recorded 747 rushing yards, 150 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 897 primary output with 49.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 49.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

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

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2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

74.8

Efficiency

49.2

Usage

24.3

Consistency

48.6

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 101. Central Michigan: 27. West Virginia: 12. Louisville: 36. Boston College: 99. Florida State: 78. Syracuse: 42. NC State: 63. Stanford: 163. Notre Dame: 15. Georgia Tech: 213. Miami: 48

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. East Carolina: 18 by 59.7. Central Michigan: 7 by 43.2. West Virginia: 5 by 24.1. Louisville: 6 by 62.5. Boston College: 14 by 64.4. Florida State: 14 by 50.7. Syracuse: 15 by 29.2. NC State: 15 by 41.5. Stanford: 25 by 63.2. Notre Dame: 5 by 31.3. Georgia Tech: 25 by 85.5. Miami: 16 by 35.6

Split Comparison

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

Wins97.9 · Games = 7 · +55.5 vs Losses
Losses42.4 · Games = 5 · -55.5 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

Georgia Tech

Best efficiency game

85.5 vs Georgia Tech

Result
Sat 12/27@ East CarolinaL 17-2316935.800285.6
Sat 11/29vs MiamiL 7-3810373.7006113
Sun 11/23@ Georgia Tech100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 42-28212019.6014128.5
Sat 11/15vs Notre DameL 15-37515303
Sat 11/1@ Stanford100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 35-20221275.8003366.5
Sat 10/25vs NC State2+ TDW 53-3413503.8022134.2
Sat 10/18@ SyracuseW 30-1315422.8002.8
Sat 10/11@ Florida State2+ TDW 34-3110444.4024345.6
Sat 10/4vs Boston CollegeW 48-712675.6012327.1
Sat 9/27vs LouisvilleL 27-34636606
Sat 9/13@ West VirginiaL 24-31492.300132.4
Sat 9/6vs Central MichiganW 45-176264.301113.9

Player Story

Ja'Kyrian Turner story

Ja'Kyrian Turner built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Wildwood, FL wearing No. 25, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Ja'Kyrian Turner's career was his backfield work: 747 rushing yards, 140 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 150 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Pittsburgh. 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 150 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Pittsburgh.

The arc is straightforward: Ja'Kyrian Turner 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

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    Pittsburgh

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh89749.224.3
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh89749.224.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 35 Georgia Tech

Week 13 · W 42-28 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

213

Scrimmage Yards

95.2 takeover

213 scrimmage yards and 41.7 usage.

#2

@ No. 112 Stanford

Week 10 · W 35-20 · Conference game

163

Scrimmage Yards

79.9 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

163 scrimmage yards and 43.1 usage.

#3

@ No. 38 East Carolina

Week 1 · L 17-23 · Postseason

101

Scrimmage Yards

62.1 takeover

Loss with 101 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

101 scrimmage yards and 27.7 usage.

#4

vs No. 97 Boston College

Week 6 · W 48-7 · Conference game

99

Scrimmage Yards

54.8 takeover

Win with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

99 scrimmage yards and 18.7 usage.

#5

vs No. 9 Miami

Week 14 · L 7-38 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

48

Scrimmage Yards

52.7 takeover

Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

48 scrimmage yards and 37.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

897 primary output · 49.2 efficiency · 24.3 usage

66.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

66.8

897 primary · 49.2 efficiency · 24.3 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games