Toledo · L 24-39
No carries.
Northwestern · L 14-45
No carries.
Massachusetts · L 30-31
17 carries, 132 yards, 2 TD
The other 6 games average 37 yards. This one was 95 above.
Bonds has carries in 7 of Ball State’s 9 games: none against Toledo and Northwestern.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Share of the team's total this season.
Each line is one carry: taller means more yards, and a line pointing down lost yards. Black lines are touchdowns. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside each lane the carries are lined up shortest to longest, not placed. Of the carries with a spot in the play text: left 11, middle 34, right 18. The longest went for 49 yards.
Jalen Bonds
Wins in space out of the backfield. A two-star recruit with two seasons on the field at Ball State since. One game to point at: 132 rushing yards and 19 receiving yards against Massachusetts — Week 10, 2026.
356 rushing yards · 4 rushing TD · 64 carries
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ball State | 64 | 356 | 5.6 | 4 | 49 |
| 2025 | Ball State | 27 | 77 | 2.9 | 1 | 15 |
| Career | 91 | 433 | 4.8 | 5 | 49 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ball State | 15 | 131 | 8.7 | 1 | 38 |
| 2025 | Ball State | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 54 |
| Career | 17 | 183 | 10.8 | 1 | 54 |
Last game (Wk 10): 132 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 5 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-56@ No. 1 Ohio State | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-17vs Stony Brook | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 1 | 49 | |
| Wk 3 | L 15-51@ Liberty | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-26@ Kent State | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 7 | W 32-31@ Bowling Green | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-17vs Sacramento State | 17 | 77 | 4.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-31@ Massachusetts | 17 | 132 | 7.8 | 2 | 42 | Season-high 132 yds |
| Total | 64 | 356 | 5.6 | 4 | 49 |
Nov. 4 · L 30-31 at Massachusetts, play by play
17 carries for 132 yards and 2 touchdowns, a season high. Jalen Bonds also caught 5 passes for 19 yards.
The per-play feed is missing 1 of the carries (1 yards), which the play text shows; the chart draws the 16 carries it has.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
42-yard touchdown run. Third quarter, made it 17-14.
2-yard catch on 3rd and 6. Fourth quarter, down 21-17.
7-yard catch on 3rd and 2. Fourth quarter, down 24-17. Converted.
1-yard touchdown run on 3rd and 1. Overtime quarter, made it 30-24.
17 carries for 77 yards.
11-yard run. First quarter, tied 0-0.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
6 carries for 21 yards.
15-yard catch on 3rd and 11. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
4-yard catch on 3rd and 9. Fourth quarter, up 17-10.
5-yard run on 3rd and 6. Overtime quarter, down 31-24.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
11 carries for 36 yards and a touchdown. Jalen Bonds also caught 5 passes for 57 yards.
38-yard catch on 3rd and 5. Third quarter, down 17-0. Converted.
10-yard touchdown run on 4th and 2. Fourth quarter, cut it to 26-13.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
4 carries for 4 yards.
2-yard run on 3rd and 1. First quarter, down 6-0. Converted.
7-yard catch on 4th and 4. Third quarter, down 37-15. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
6 carries for 77 yards and a touchdown.
49-yard touchdown run. Fourth quarter, made it 34-11.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
3 carries for 9 yards.
12-yard run. Second quarter, down 21-0.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
Week 2 · 2026
W 41-17
vs Stony Brook
The plays that mattered most
172nd in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How the yards come, and how often it works
Success rate
40%63 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.6 yds/carry on 64 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 40% success rate.
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often the receiver is targeted, and how well it works
Targets
166% of team targetsCatch rate
94%15 of 16 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
94% catch rate on 16 targets · 6% of the team's targets.
2 seasons under Mike Uremovich — 7-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 77.0 | 8.7 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 40.4 | 3.7 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 29.4 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 104 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Uremovich
Pass share
48.5%
277 pass / 294 run
Plays / game
63.4
9 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
313 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #101 at the position.
The No. 3,325 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Mid-American.
2026 is in progress.
