Usage / Role
57%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2012-2015San José State
Jarrod Lawson
RB • 5'8" • San Jose, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jarrod Lawson leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
78
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
60
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · San José State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- San José State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Jarrod Lawson built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from San Jose, CA wearing No. 40, spending time with San José State. The clearest part of Jarrod Lawson's career was his backfield work:...
Read the storyJarrod Lawson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · San José State. Jarrod Lawson leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,326
- Rushing yards
- 994
- Receiving yards
- 332
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Jarrod Lawson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- San José State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,326
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · San José State
- Top game
- UNLV
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 69 scrimmage yards · RB 429th (top 77%) · Mountain West 136th (top 60%) · National 1,522nd (top 64%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | San José State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | San José State | 10 | 1,011 | 788 | 223 | 5 | 73.1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | San José State | 4 | 246 | 155 | 91 | 0 | 47.1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | San José State | 7 | 69 | 51 | 18 | 0 | 28.6 |
Related Context
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Jarrod Lawson played RB for San José State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jarrod Lawson recorded 994 rushing yards, 332 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with San José State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
San José State paired 1,011 primary output with 49.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 49.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · San José State
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
101.1
Efficiency
49.1
Usage
28
Consistency
63.4
Best Game by takeover score
UNLV
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Sacramento State: 5. Utah State: 29. Hawai'i: 89. Colorado State: 202. Wyoming: 128. UNLV: 193. San Diego State: 100. Nevada: 63. Navy: 154. Fresno State: 48
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Sacramento State: 4 by 13. Utah State: 6 by 50.3. Hawai'i: 12 by 77.3. Colorado State: 21 by 74.1. Wyoming: 25 by 53.3. UNLV: 30 by 68.5. San Diego State: 20 by 49.5. Nevada: 18 by 28.9. Navy: 33 by 43. Fresno State: 15 by 33
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins110.8 · Games = 6 · +24.3 vs Losses
Losses86.5 · Games = 4 · -24.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UNLV
Best efficiency game
77.3 vs Hawai'i
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | vs Fresno State | W 62-52 | 14 | 44 | 3.10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Navy150 scrimmage yards | L 52-58 | 26 | 98 | 3.80 | 1 | 7 | 56 | 4.7 |
| Sun 11/17 | @ Nevada | L 16-38 | 14 | 32 | 2.30 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 3.5 |
| Sun 11/10 | vs San Diego State | L 30-34 | 17 | 78 | 4.60 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 5 |
| Sat 11/2 | @ UNLV100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 34-24 | 28 | 187 | 6.70 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6.4 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Wyoming100 rush yards | W 51-44 | 25 | 128 | 5.10 | 0 | — | — | 5.1 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Colorado State150 scrimmage yards · 2+ TD | W 34-27 | 18 | 98 | 5.40 | 1 | 3 | 104 | 9.6 |
| Sun 10/6 | @ Hawai'i | W 37-27 | 12 | 89 | 7.40 | 1 | — | — | 7.4 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Utah State | L 12-40 | 6 | 29 | 4.80 | 0 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Sacramento State | W 24-0 | 4 | 5 | 1.30 | 0 | — | — | 1.3 |
Player Story
Jarrod Lawson story
Jarrod Lawson built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from San Jose, CA wearing No. 40, spending time with San José State. The clearest part of Jarrod Lawson's career was his backfield work: 994 rushing yards, 226 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 332 receiving yards across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with San José 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 332 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across San José State.
The arc is straightforward: Jarrod Lawson 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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San José State
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2012201320142015
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | San José State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | San José State | 1,011 | 49.1 | 28 | 1,011 |
| 2014 Regular Season | San José State | 246 | 34.8 | 23.5 | -765 |
| 2015 Regular Season | San José State | 69 | 37.7 | 4.6 | -177 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UNLV
Week 10 · W 34-24 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
193
Scrimmage Yards
88 takeover
193 scrimmage yards and 50 usage.
#2
@ Colorado State
Week 7 · W 34-27 · Conference game
202
Scrimmage Yards
86.6 takeover
Win with 202 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
202 scrimmage yards and 30 usage.
#3
vs Nevada
Week 5 · L 10-21 · Conference game
107
Scrimmage Yards
76.2 takeover
Loss with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
107 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.
#4
vs Navy
Week 13 · L 52-58
154
Scrimmage Yards
73.1 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
154 scrimmage yards and 40.7 usage.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 4 · L 7-24
87
Scrimmage Yards
73 takeover
Loss with 87 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
87 scrimmage yards and 41.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · San José State
1,011 primary output · 49.1 efficiency · 28 usage
73.1
#2
2014 Regular Season · San José State
47.1
246 primary · 34.8 efficiency · 23.5 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · San José State
28.6
69 primary · 37.7 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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