Player Dossier

2012-2015

Houston

Ryan Jackson

RB • 5'10" • Angleton, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Ryan Jackson leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

23

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7667

Wheatley · Houston, TX

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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonHouston11354252102435.3
2013 PostseasonHouston1332626071
2013 Regular SeasonHouston13925655270871
2014 PostseasonHouston13501337059.7
2014 Regular SeasonHouston13759597162759.7
2015 PostseasonHouston10865432152.4
2015 Regular SeasonHouston1043235379352.4

Related Context

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

2013 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 50.6 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: Rice

Win with 144 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2013 Postseason · Houston

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

73.6

Efficiency

50.6

Usage

22.9

Consistency

68.1

Best Game by takeover score

Rice

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 32. Southern: 127. Temple: 115. Rice: 144. UTSA: 118. Memphis: 51. BYU: 76. Rutgers: 36. South Florida: 88. UCF: 21. Louisville: 66. Cincinnati: 4. SMU: 79

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Vanderbilt: 4 by 52.1. Southern: 11 by 98.1. Temple: 23 by 51.8. Rice: 23 by 54.7. UTSA: 22 by 46. Memphis: 8 by 32.8. BYU: 17 by 45.9. Rutgers: 6 by 56.3. South Florida: 12 by 64.3. UCF: 8 by 25.9. Louisville: 15 by 40.4. Cincinnati: 7 by 6. SMU: 10 by 82.9

Split Comparison

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

Wins94.8 · Games = 8 · +55.0 vs Losses
Losses39.8 · Games = 5 · -55.0 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

Rice

Best efficiency game

98.1 vs Southern

Result
Sat 1/4vs VanderbiltL 24-4126302268
Fri 11/29vs SMUW 34-07628.9013177.9
Sat 11/23vs CincinnatiL 17-24740.6000.6
Sun 11/17@ LouisvilleL 13-2013463.5002204.4
Sun 11/10@ UCFL 14-195122.400392.6
Thu 10/31vs South FloridaW 35-2310545.4012347.3
Sat 10/26@ RutgersW 49-14525501116
Sat 10/19vs BYUL 46-4714614.4003154.5
Sat 10/12vs MemphisW 25-1577101446.4
Sat 9/28@ UTSAW 59-2818683.8004505.4
Sat 9/21@ Rice2+ TDW 31-2619874.6014576.3
Sat 9/7@ Temple100 rush yardsW 22-132210951165
Sat 8/31vs Southern100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 62-13101201221711.5

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

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    Houston

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320132014201420152015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonHouston35438.310.8
2013 PostseasonHouston95750.622.9603
2013 Regular SeasonHouston95750.622.90
2014 PostseasonHouston80951.717.7-148
2014 Regular SeasonHouston80951.717.70
2015 PostseasonHouston51852.913.5-291
2015 Regular SeasonHouston51852.913.50

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

127

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

71

957 primary · 50.6 efficiency · 22.9 usage

#3

2014 Postseason · Houston

59.7

809 primary · 51.7 efficiency · 17.7 usage

Milestones

5

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games