Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2012-2015Houston
Ryan Jackson
RB • 5'10" • Angleton, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ryan Jackson leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
95
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Player Story
Ryan Jackson built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Angleton, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Ryan Jackson's career was his backfield work: 1,930...
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- Committed To
- Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Ryan Jackson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Houston. Ryan Jackson leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,638
- Rushing yards
- 1,930
- Receiving yards
- 708
- Touchdowns
- 23
Quick Answers
Ryan Jackson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,638
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2013 Postseason · Houston
- Top game
- Tulane
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Wheatley · Houston
- High school pipeline
- Oaks Christian · 36 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 518 scrimmage yards · RB 179th (top 32%) · American Athletic 43rd (top 20%) · National 464th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Houston | 11 | 354 | 252 | 102 | 4 | 35.3 |
| 2013 Postseason | Houston | 13 | 32 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 71 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Houston | 13 | 925 | 655 | 270 | 8 | 71 |
| 2014 Postseason | Houston | 13 | 50 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 59.7 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Houston | 13 | 759 | 597 | 162 | 7 | 59.7 |
| 2015 Postseason | Houston | 10 | 86 | 54 | 32 | 1 | 52.4 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Houston | 10 | 432 | 353 | 79 | 3 | 52.4 |
Related Context
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Ryan Jackson played RB for Houston. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ryan Jackson recorded 1,930 rushing yards, 708 receiving yards, and 23 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason
Houston paired 957 primary output with 50.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 52.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Win with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Postseason · Houston
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
51.8
Efficiency
52.9
Usage
13.5
Consistency
63.9
Best Game by takeover score
Florida State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 86. Tennessee Tech: 38. Louisville: 13. Texas State: 78. Tulsa: 36. SMU: 54. Tulane: 36. UCF: 75. Vanderbilt: 25. Cincinnati: 77
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida State: 21 by 38.2. Tennessee Tech: 8 by 44.8. Louisville: 3 by 45.1. Texas State: 10 by 81.3. Tulsa: 4 by 56.3. SMU: 11 by 53.6. Tulane: 9 by 43.2. UCF: 9 by 84.7. Vanderbilt: 5 by 38. Cincinnati: 16 by 43.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half50.2 · Games = 5 · -3.2 vs Second Half
Second Half53.4 · Games = 5 · +3.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Florida State
Best efficiency game
84.7 vs UCF
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/31 | @ Florida State | W 38-24 | 16 | 54 | 3.40 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 4.1 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Cincinnati | W 33-30 | 14 | 52 | 3.70 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Vanderbilt | W 34-0 | 4 | 11 | 2.80 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ UCF | W 59-10 | 9 | 75 | 8.30 | 1 | — | — | 8.3 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Tulane | W 42-7 | 8 | 34 | 4.30 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Fri 10/9 | vs SMU | W 49-28 | 10 | 53 | 5.30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.9 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Tulsa | W 38-24 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 |
| Sun 9/27 | vs Texas State | W 59-14 | 10 | 78 | 7.80 | 1 | — | — | 7.8 |
| Sat 9/12 | @ Louisville | W 34-31 | 3 | 13 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sun 9/6 | vs Tennessee Tech | W 52-24 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4.8 |
Player Story
Ryan Jackson story
Ryan Jackson built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Angleton, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Ryan Jackson's career was his backfield work: 1,930 rushing yards, 394 carries, 18 rushing touchdowns, and 708 receiving yards across 47 career games in the available record. His career also includes 708 receiving yards and 368 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ryan Jackson'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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Houston
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Houston | 354 | 38.3 | 10.8 | — |
| 2013 Postseason | Houston | 957 | 50.6 | 22.9 | 603 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Houston | 957 | 50.6 | 22.9 | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | Houston | 809 | 51.7 | 17.7 | -148 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Houston | 809 | 51.7 | 17.7 | 0 |
| 2015 Postseason | Houston | 518 | 52.9 | 13.5 | -291 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Houston | 518 | 52.9 | 13.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulane
Week 13 · W 40-17 · Conference game
Win with 174 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
91.5 takeover
174 scrimmage yards and 30.2 usage.
#2
vs UNLV
Week 4 · W 47-14
173
Scrimmage Yards
87.8 takeover
Win with 173 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
173 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.
#3
@ Rice
Week 4 · W 31-26
144
Scrimmage Yards
84.9 takeover
Win with 144 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
144 scrimmage yards and 43.4 usage.
#4
@ UTSA
Week 5 · W 59-28
118
Scrimmage Yards
76 takeover
Win with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
118 scrimmage yards and 37.9 usage.
#5
vs Southern
Week 1 · W 62-13
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Scrimmage Yards
75.9 takeover
Win with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
127 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Postseason · Houston
957 primary output · 50.6 efficiency · 22.9 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · Houston
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957 primary · 50.6 efficiency · 22.9 usage
#3
2014 Postseason · Houston
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809 primary · 51.7 efficiency · 17.7 usage
Milestones
5
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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