Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Coastal Carolina
Ja'Vin Simpkins
RB • 5'9" • 190 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ja'Vin Simpkins leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Coastal Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Player Story
Ja'Vin Simpkins built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Miami, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Coastal Carolina. The clearest part of Ja'Vin Simpkins' career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Coastal Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Ja'Vin Simpkins, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina. Ja'Vin Simpkins leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 889
- Rushing yards
- 812
- Receiving yards
- 77
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Ja'Vin Simpkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Coastal Carolina · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 889
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
- Top game
- South Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Norland · Coastal Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Norland · 45 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Junior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 664 scrimmage yards · RB 145th (top 20%) · Sun Belt 38th (top 15%) · National 294th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 31.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 120 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 31.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 93 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 13 | 40 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 68.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 13 | 624 | 567 | 57 | 2 | 68.3 |
Related Context
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Ja'Vin Simpkins played RB for Coastal Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ja'Vin Simpkins recorded 812 rushing yards, 77 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Coastal Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Coastal Carolina paired 664 primary output with 47.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 47.6 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: South Alabama
Win with 89 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
51.1
Efficiency
47.6
Usage
20.4
Consistency
67.5
Best Game by takeover score
South Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 40. Virginia: 26. Charleston Southern: 58. East Carolina: 21. South Alabama: 89. Old Dominion: 45. UL Monroe: 63. App State: 72. Marshall: 46. Georgia State: 95. Georgia Southern: 64. South Carolina: 40. James Madison: 5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 12 by 28.3. Virginia: 8 by 33.9. Charleston Southern: 14 by 45.1. East Carolina: 6 by 53.6. South Alabama: 11 by 83.7. Old Dominion: 10 by 49.2. UL Monroe: 10 by 65.6. App State: 10 by 75.1. Marshall: 10 by 45.6. Georgia State: 17 by 52.2. Georgia Southern: 15 by 44.4. South Carolina: 13 by 33.1. James Madison: 6 by 8.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins70.5 · Games = 6 · +36.1 vs Losses
Losses34.4 · Games = 7 · -36.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Alabama
Best efficiency game
83.7 vs South Alabama
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/30 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 14-23 | 10 | 23 | 2.30 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 3.3 |
| Sat 11/29 | vs James Madison | L 10-59 | 6 | 5 | 0.80 | 0 | — | — | 0.8 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ South Carolina | L 7-51 | 8 | 26 | 3.30 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 3.1 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Georgia Southern | L 40-45 | 15 | 64 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Georgia State | W 40-27 | 16 | 74 | 4.60 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5.6 |
| Thu 10/30 | vs Marshall | W 44-27 | 9 | 38 | 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4.6 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ App State | W 45-37 | 9 | 65 | 7.20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.2 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs UL Monroe | W 23-8 | 10 | 63 | 6.30 | 0 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Old Dominion | L 7-47 | 8 | 39 | 4.90 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ South Alabama | W 38-20 | 9 | 84 | 9.30 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8.1 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs East Carolina | L 0-38 | 4 | 25 | 6.30 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3.5 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Charleston Southern | W 13-0 | 13 | 58 | 4.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Virginia | L 7-48 | 8 | 26 | 3.30 | 1 | — | — | 3.3 |
Player Story
Ja'Vin Simpkins story
Ja'Vin Simpkins built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Miami, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Coastal Carolina. The clearest part of Ja'Vin Simpkins' career was his backfield work: 812 rushing yards, 160 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 77 receiving yards across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 77 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 395 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ja'Vin Simpkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Coastal Carolina
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 132 | 61.1 | 3.8 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 132 | 61.1 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 93 | 68.6 | 10.4 | -39 |
| 2025 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 664 | 47.6 | 20.4 | 571 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 664 | 47.6 | 20.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 114 South Alabama
Week 4 · W 38-20 · Conference game
Win with 89 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
89
Scrimmage Yards
82.9 takeover
89 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
#2
vs No. 133 Georgia State
Week 11 · W 40-27 · Conference game
95
Scrimmage Yards
78.6 takeover
Win with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
95 scrimmage yards and 29.3 usage.
#3
vs Duquesne
Week 3 · W 66-7
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Scrimmage Yards
73 takeover
Win with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
50 scrimmage yards and 12 usage.
#4
@ Jacksonville State
Week 1 · W 55-27
80
Scrimmage Yards
72.8 takeover
Win with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
80 scrimmage yards and 17.1 usage.
#5
@ No. 111 App State
Week 8 · W 45-37 · Conference game
72
Scrimmage Yards
67.3 takeover
Win with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
72 scrimmage yards and 17.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
664 primary output · 47.6 efficiency · 20.4 usage
68.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina
68.3
664 primary · 47.6 efficiency · 20.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina
42.9
93 primary · 68.6 efficiency · 10.4 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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