Player Dossier

2012-2015

Southern Miss

Jalen Richard

RB • 5'8" • Alexandria, LA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jalen Richard leans balanced backfield option traits and 60 efficiency.

Usage / Role

64%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

72

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Player Story

Jalen Richard built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Alexandria, LA wearing No. 30, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Jalen Richard's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8078

Peabody Magnet · Alexandria, LA

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Jalen Richard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Jalen Richard leans balanced backfield option traits and 60 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,751
Rushing yards
2,076
Receiving yards
675
Touchdowns
25

Quick Answers

Jalen Richard quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,751
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 41 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
Texas State
Recruit profile
3-star · Peabody Magnet · Southern Miss
High school pipeline
Peabody Magnet · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Class 2015
2015 Scrimmage yards rank
1,382 scrimmage yards · RB 32nd (top 6%) · Conference USA 6th (top 3%) · National 47th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1046542639550
2013 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss11484316168146.5
2014 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss7420236184246.2
2015 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss131,3821,0982841774.6

Related Context

Jalen Richard played RB for Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jalen Richard recorded 2,076 rushing yards, 675 receiving yards, and 25 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 1,382 primary output with 60 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 60 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

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

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2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

106.3

Efficiency

60

Usage

27.5

Consistency

59.7

Best Game by takeover score

Texas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 52. Austin Peay: 63. Texas State: 237. Nebraska: 82. North Texas: 39. Marshall: 90. UTSA: 184. Charlotte: 123. UTEP: 150. Rice: 86. Old Dominion: 168. Louisiana Tech: 61. Western Kentucky: 47

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 17 by 31.5. Austin Peay: 11 by 58.2. Texas State: 28 by 85.3. Nebraska: 15 by 35.3. North Texas: 7 by 56. Marshall: 17 by 56. UTSA: 30 by 54.3. Charlotte: 14 by 86.6. UTEP: 22 by 68.1. Rice: 8 by 94.8. Old Dominion: 23 by 76.2. Louisiana Tech: 12 by 33.7. Western Kentucky: 11 by 43.6

Split Comparison

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

Wins123.4 · Games = 9 · +55.7 vs Losses
Losses67.8 · Games = 4 · -55.7 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

Texas State

Best efficiency game

94.8 vs Rice

Result
Sat 12/5@ Western KentuckyL 28-458334.1013144.3
Sat 11/28@ Louisiana Tech2+ TDW 58-24918213435.1
Sat 11/21vs Old Dominion100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 56-31221617.304177.3
Sat 11/14@ RiceW 65-106781312810.8
Sat 10/31vs UTEP100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 34-13201276.3002236.8
Sat 10/24@ Charlotte100 rush yardsW 44-10131148.801198.8
Sat 10/17vs UTSA100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 32-10251154.6015696.1
Fri 10/9@ MarshallL 10-3116875.400135.3
Sat 10/3vs North TexasW 49-144215.3003185.6
Sat 9/26@ NebraskaL 28-361122214605.5
Sat 9/19@ Texas State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 56-50272308.504178.5
Sat 9/12vs Austin PeayW 52-68445.5003195.7
Sun 9/6vs Mississippi StateL 16-34164830143.1

Player Story

Jalen Richard story

Jalen Richard built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Alexandria, LA wearing No. 30, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Jalen Richard's career was his backfield work: 2,076 rushing yards, 396 carries, 19 rushing touchdowns, and 675 receiving yards across 41 career games in the available record. His career also includes 675 receiving yards and 716 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalen Richard'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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    Southern Miss

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss46547.519.3
2013 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss48435.719.719
2014 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss42055.116.6-64
2015 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1,3826027.5962

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas State

Week 3 · W 56-50

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

237

Scrimmage Yards

95.1 takeover

237 scrimmage yards and 43.8 usage.

#2

vs UAB

Week 14 · L 24-45 · Conference game

125

Scrimmage Yards

86 takeover

Loss with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

125 scrimmage yards and 21.2 usage.

#3

@ Arkansas

Week 3 · L 3-24

102

Scrimmage Yards

85.9 takeover

Loss with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

102 scrimmage yards and 30.6 usage.

#4

@ UCF

Week 7 · L 31-38 · Conference game

99

Scrimmage Yards

85 takeover

Loss with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

99 scrimmage yards and 30 usage.

#5

vs Old Dominion

Week 12 · W 56-31 · Conference game

168

Scrimmage Yards

80.7 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

168 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss

1,382 primary output · 60 efficiency · 27.5 usage

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#2

2012 Regular Season · Southern Miss

50

465 primary · 47.5 efficiency · 19.3 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Southern Miss

46.5

484 primary · 35.7 efficiency · 19.7 usage

Milestones

5

100+ rush yards

4

150+ scrimmage yards

5

2+ TD games