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Jaquez Yant

RB · Nebraska · So.

Nebraska 2022 alumnus
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Jaquez Yant

RB · Nebraska · So

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#2154 national
CFB
College
Nebraska
2021–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2022

2 coaches
2021
Scott Frost
Nebraska
2022
Mickey Joseph
Nebraska
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Mickey Joseph. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Nebraska3-9HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning
2022Nebraska4-8HC: Mickey Joseph · Run-leaning

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2022Nebraska20562.82--
2021Nebraska472946.31--
Career673505.23--
SeasonTeam
2022Nebraska----------
2021Nebraska155.00--
Career155.00--

How he plays

Play style

Hits the crease and outruns the angle.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Speed Merchant

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

RB

His 2021 production profile sits closest to Dominique Johnson’s 2021 season.

Dominique Johnson

41%match

Arkansas · 2021

#2

Joshua McCray

Illinois · 2021

40%
#3

Deshaun Fenwick

Oregon State · 2021

34%
#4

Anthony Adkins

Army · 2020

34%
#5

Jalen White

Georgia Southern · 2021

33%

Differs from Dominique on

Rush TD rate (lower)
Class year (lower)
EPA / carry (adj) (higher)
Based on 9 features · 2 seasons in pool · Opponent-adjusted weighted z-score distance

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Damashja Harris’s path through Wyoming.

Damashja Harris

82%match

Wyoming · 2025

#2

Xavier Robinson

Oklahoma · 2025

80%
#3

Fluff Bothwell

Mississippi State · 2025

All-Sun Belt
74%
#4

Chris Rodriguez Jr.

Kentucky · 2022

All-SECNFL Rd 6
76%
#5

Bijan Robinson

Texas · 2022

Doak WalkerConsensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 8
75%

Matches Damashja on

Height
Yards per carry

Differs from Damashja on

Weight (higher)
20212023
Career-aggregate opponent-adjusted stats · physical traits

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Jobi Malary's freshman season at James Madison (2024).

Jobi Malary

63%match

James Madison · 2024

#2

Jadan Baugh

Florida · 2024

62%
#3

Joshua McCray

Illinois · 2021

57%
#4

TJ Harden

UCLA · 2022

57%
#5

Kanye Udoh

Army · 2023

All-AAC
56%

Matches Jobi on

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Differs from Jobi on

Class year (lower)
Height (higher)
Rush TD rate (lower)
Opponent-adjusted stats · freshman cohort across all seasons

Development

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2022
2942021
56.02022

-81%

Sharp dropoff (-81%) — career inflection point.