Usage / Role
5%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Louisville
Malin Jones
RB • 6'0" • Naperville, IL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Malin Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
2
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
24
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern • Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
3★
- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Malin Jones, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Louisville. Malin Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 90
- Rushing yards
- 66
- Receiving yards
- 24
Quick Answers
Malin Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 90
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Louisville
- Top game
- Charlotte
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Joliet Catholic Academy · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Joliet Catholic Academy · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 84 scrimmage yards · RB 416th (top 73%) · ACC 157th (top 62%) · National 1,425th (top 60%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisville | 4 | 84 | 66 | 18 | 0 | 54.1 |
Related Context
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Malin Jones played RB for Northwestern and Louisville. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malin Jones recorded 66 rushing yards and 24 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Louisville paired 84 primary output with 48.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 48.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, Louisville.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
Win with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
21
Efficiency
48.7
Usage
7
Consistency
47.6
Best Game by takeover score
Charlotte
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Charlotte: 48. Syracuse: 17. Florida State: 7. Marshall: 12
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. Charlotte: 9 by 49. Syracuse: 3 by 59. Florida State: 3 by 24.3. Marshall: 2 by 62.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half32.5 · Games = 2 · +23 vs Second Half
Second Half9.5 · Games = 2 · -23 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Charlotte
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Marshall
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Northwestern
2012-2013
Opening stop
- 2
Louisville
2015-2016
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2012201320152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 4 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 4 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 2 | 20.8 | 0.9 | -2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisville | 84 | 48.7 | 7 | 82 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Charlotte
Week 1 · W 70-14
Win with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48
Scrimmage Yards
63.8 takeover
48 scrimmage yards and 14.8 usage.
#2
vs Syracuse
Week 10 · W 41-17 · Conference game
2
Scrimmage Yards
41.9 takeover
Win with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
2 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.
#3
vs Syracuse
Week 2 · W 48-27
6
Scrimmage Yards
40.1 takeover
Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
6 scrimmage yards and 2.7 usage.
#4
@ Syracuse
Week 2 · W 62-28 · Conference game
17
Scrimmage Yards
36 takeover
Win with 17 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
17 scrimmage yards and 4.8 usage.
#5
@ Marshall
Week 4 · W 59-28
12
Scrimmage Yards
32.1 takeover
Win with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
12 scrimmage yards and 3.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Louisville
84 primary output · 48.7 efficiency · 7 usage
54.1
#2
2015 Regular Season · Louisville
18.9
2 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Northwestern
13.5
4 primary · 7.6 efficiency · 1.9 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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