Jadan Baugh
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.
Buzz vs Tape
Attention percentile: 85th · Production percentile: 53rd
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.
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The story
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.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2025
W 29–21
vs Texas
107 rush yds (27 car) · 1 TD
How he plays
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 92nd-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.
2026 Outlook
Florida
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Florida
Returning around him
- 55% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 7 Florida players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -9 net (27 in / 36 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Florida · Last season: 4-8 (AP #13) · Talent rank #12 · 2026 recruiting class #17
Perception vs tape
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.
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Player DNA
Speed Merchant
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Phil Mafah’s 2024 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Dominique Johnson’s path through TCU.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Isaiah Spiller's sophomore season at Texas A&M (2021).
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Player DNA
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Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #109
Peaked at #109 this season.
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2024–2025+74%
Up 74% from first season to most-recent.
Background
Pronunciation Season Stats (PDF) Career Stats (PDF) Feature Clips COLLEGIATE HONORS All-SEC Second Team (2025) AP All-SEC Second Team (2025) Phil Steele Second Team SEC All-Conference (2025) Doak Walker Award Watch List (2025) Paul Hornung Award Watch List (2025) Freshman All-SEC (2024) ACADEMIC...