Jadan Baugh did everything for Florida in 2025 -- ran for over 1,100 yards, caught 31 passes, and dropped 266 on Florida State. PFF says no Power Four back has been more valuable over the last two years. The breakout is next.
6′1″ · 225 lb · Atlanta, GA · Columbia
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Hits the crease and outruns the angle.
EPA / carry: 99th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
rushing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Backed by 38 car · 266 yds · 2 TD -- top 0.1% rushing yards game. -- Best game: 162 rush yds, 3 TD, 6 rec yds, at Auburn
Swing playSwung Florida from 32% to 62% to win.Georgia at Florida · 24-20
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Jadan Baugh did everything for Florida in 2025 -- ran for over 1,100 yards, caught 31 passes, and dropped 266 on Florida State. PFF says no Power Four back has been more valuable over the last two years. The breakout is next.
Aura™ · Him Watch
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52nd pctl our rushing-value metric (wEPA) RBs · 140 qualified, n=77
— more hype than the tape.Buzz vs Tape
He's mentioned more than 85% of qualified RBs this season, but his production sits in just the 53rd percentile — a gap of 32 points between volume and tape.
Also worth knowing:
“[Highlight] Florida @ Auburn: Jadan Baugh 53 yard touchdown run on 4th and 1”
He carried it 220 times for 1,170 yards and eight scores, added 31 catches as a genuine receiving threat, and saved a 266-yard explosion for the rivalry game against Florida State -- a 5.3-per-carry, all-situations workhorse who earned an 89.5 PFF grade and, by PFF's measure, has been as valuable as any Power Four back over two seasons. Now he anchors a made-over Florida offense entering his junior year. The forward stakes are the leap from very good to All-America: the durability and the three-down skill set are already there, so 2026 is about volume, health, and an offense that gives him room. For a back this complete, the breakout isn't a question of ability -- it's a question of opportunity.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Baugh is a true three-down back whose value is in his completeness rather than one elite trait. Our play-by-play has him solidly above-average as a runner -- mid-pack yards-per-carry and success rate on heavy volume -- but the number that pops is his 87th-percentile catch rate: he's a reliable, natural receiver out of the backfield, not just a checkdown. He runs with patience and enough power to handle a feature load (220 carries, and a 266-yard rivalry game says he can take over). He's not a track-speed home-run hitter; he's the every-down hammer who catches, pass-protects, and finishes -- the kind of back a coordinator can build a whole offense's rhythm around.
Written by our staff.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2025)
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Billy Napier → Jon Sumrall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-21vs Florida Atlantic | 14 | 160 | 11.4 | 3 | 61 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 2 | W 52-3vs Campbell | 14 | 136 | 9.7 | 2 | 75 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-39@ Auburn | 26 | 162 | 6.2 | 3 | 53 | Season-high 162 yds |
| Total | 54 | 458 | 9.1 | 8 | 75 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 44–39
at Auburn
162 rush yds (26 car) · 3 TD
Edged out Auburn on the road in a shootout.
With A. Philo — 204 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.9 · 22 rush yds (9 car) · V. Brown III — -4 rush yds (1 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +162 rushing yards, +3 rushing TD.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: epa / carry (99th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (99th percentile). Concern: rec yards (4th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
51%49 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds8.5 yds/carry on 54 carries · 20% explosive (10+ yds) · 51% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 148 | 10.6 | 2.5 |
| Road1g | 162 | 6.2 | 3.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 153 | 9.1 | 2.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Pass share
39.9%
81 pass / 122 run
Plays / game
67.7
3 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
91 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-SEC
Based on 2025: #5 of 37 SEC RBs
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Play style
Baugh is a true three-down back whose value is in his completeness rather than one elite trait. Our play-by-play has him solidly above-average as a runner -- mid-pack yards-per-carry and success rate on heavy volume -- but the number that pops is his 87th-percentile catch rate: he's a reliable, natural receiver out of the backfield, not just a checkdown. He runs with patience and enough power to handle a feature load (220 carries, and a 266-yard rivalry game says he can take over). He's not a track-speed home-run hitter; he's the every-down hammer who catches, pass-protects, and finishes -- the kind of back a coordinator can build a whole offense's rhythm around.
Our classifier reads him the same way: hits the crease and outruns the angle.
Player DNA
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Alex Barnes’s 2016 season.
Matches Alex on
Differs from Alex on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kylin James’s path through UNLV.
Journey Wyche
Matches Kylin on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Braxton Woodson's junior season at Navy (2025).
Differs from Braxton on
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #52 this season.
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