Senior running back for Mississippi State. 2022: 31 rushing yards, 5 catches.
5′11″ · 215 lb · Amory, MS
The story
4 running back for Mississippi State. 2022: 31 rushing yards, 5 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJ.J. Jernighan
He has spent two seasons in the Mississippi State backfield. The receipt: 13 rush yds against Arkansas — Week 6, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Mississippi State, 55 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Mike Leach — 16-10 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 10.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 6.3 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 12.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 12 | 84 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 17 | 101 | 5.9 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 45-14vs Bowling Green | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-17vs Arkansas | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 | Season-high 13 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 56-7vs East Tennessee State | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bowl | W 19-10@ Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 7 | 31 | 4.8 | 0 | 7 |