Player Dossier

2012-2016

Kansas State

Charles Jones

RB • 5'10" • Mandeville, LA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Charles Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 54.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

23%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

11

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Kansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas

Player Story

Charles Jones built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from Mandeville, LA wearing No. 24, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Charles Jones' career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7593

Mandeville · Mandeville, LA

Committed To
Kansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Charles Jones, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Kansas State. Charles Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 54.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,176
Rushing yards
1,832
Receiving yards
344
Touchdowns
21

Quick Answers

Charles Jones quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,176
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 39 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · Kansas State
Top game
Texas
Recruit profile
2-star · Mandeville · Kansas State
High school pipeline
Mandeville · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 24 · Class 2016
2016 Scrimmage yards rank
726 scrimmage yards · RB 135th (top 24%) · Big 12 22nd (top 11%) · National 280th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonKansas State00000-
2013 Regular SeasonKansas State00000-
2014 PostseasonKansas State13391920062
2014 Regular SeasonKansas State13576521551462
2015 PostseasonKansas State1340400071
2015 Regular SeasonKansas State13795656139571
2016 PostseasonKansas State1319190063.6
2016 Regular SeasonKansas State13707577130263.6

Related Context

Charles Jones played RB for Kansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Charles Jones recorded 1,832 rushing yards, 344 receiving yards, and 21 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Kansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

Kansas State paired 835 primary output with 53.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 54.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Win with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2016 Postseason · Kansas State

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

55.8

Efficiency

54.2

Usage

17.8

Consistency

62.1

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 19. Stanford: 82. Florida Atlantic: 52. Missouri State: 39. West Virginia: 53. Texas Tech: 134. Oklahoma: 46. Texas: 95. Iowa State: 37. Oklahoma State: 79. Baylor: 46. Kansas: 29. TCU: 15

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 5 by 39.6. Stanford: 12 by 62.1. Florida Atlantic: 9 by 55.3. Missouri State: 6 by 55.8. West Virginia: 16 by 34.5. Texas Tech: 20 by 70. Oklahoma: 10 by 45.7. Texas: 14 by 70.5. Iowa State: 12 by 32.1. Oklahoma State: 8 by 91.1. Baylor: 6 by 79.9. Kansas: 6 by 28.9. TCU: 4 by 39.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins51.8 · Games = 9 · -13.2 vs Losses
Losses65 · Games = 4 · +13.2 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 Tech

Best efficiency game

91.1 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Thu 12/29vs Texas A&MW 33-285193.8003.8
Sat 12/3@ TCUW 30-64153.8003.8
Sat 11/26vs KansasW 34-19571.4001224.8
Sat 11/19@ BaylorW 42-216467.7007.7
Sat 11/5vs Oklahoma StateL 37-43770100199.9
Sat 10/29@ Iowa StateW 31-2612373.1003.1
Sat 10/22vs TexasW 24-2112816.8002146.8
Sat 10/15@ OklahomaL 17-388344.3002124.6
Sat 10/8vs Texas Tech100 rush yardsW 44-38191286.701166.7
Sat 10/1@ West VirginiaL 16-1716533.3003.3
Sat 9/24vs Missouri StateW 35-05234.6011166.5
Sat 9/17vs Florida AtlanticW 63-7840501125.8
Sat 9/3@ StanfordL 13-268435.4004396.8

Player Story

Charles Jones story

Charles Jones built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from Mandeville, LA wearing No. 24, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Charles Jones' career was his backfield work: 1,832 rushing yards, 390 carries, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 344 receiving yards across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Kansas State. 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 344 receiving yards and 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State.

The arc is straightforward: Charles Jones 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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    Kansas State

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420142015201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonKansas State0
2013 Regular SeasonKansas State00
2014 PostseasonKansas State61540.919.3615
2014 Regular SeasonKansas State61540.919.30
2015 PostseasonKansas State83553.322.1220
2015 Regular SeasonKansas State83553.322.10
2016 PostseasonKansas State72654.217.8-109
2016 Regular SeasonKansas State72654.217.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas

Week 8 · L 9-23 · Conference game

Loss with 122 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

90.2 takeover

122 scrimmage yards and 37.5 usage.

#2

vs Texas Tech

Week 6 · W 44-38 · Conference game

134

Scrimmage Yards

90 takeover

Win with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

134 scrimmage yards and 40.8 usage.

#3

@ Texas Tech

Week 11 · L 44-59 · Conference game

106

Scrimmage Yards

81.1 takeover

Loss with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

106 scrimmage yards and 37.7 usage.

#4

vs UTEP

Week 5 · W 58-28

76

Scrimmage Yards

78.2 takeover

Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

76 scrimmage yards and 24 usage.

#5

@ Iowa State

Week 2 · W 32-28 · Conference game

75

Scrimmage Yards

75 takeover

Win with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

75 scrimmage yards and 23.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Kansas State

835 primary output · 53.3 efficiency · 22.1 usage

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#2

2015 Regular Season · Kansas State

71

835 primary · 53.3 efficiency · 22.1 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Kansas State

63.6

726 primary · 54.2 efficiency · 17.8 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

7

2+ TD games