Last confirmed: Auburn, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 210 lb · Lafayette, AL
JaTarvious Whitlow: RB · Auburn · #28.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
JaTarvious Whitlow
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Second year in the Auburn backfield. One game to point at: 135 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Kent State — Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
29.4% of carries overall (152/517) → 17.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/105) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
10 of 16 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (62.5%). 8 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (33.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-21vs No. 11 Oregon | 24 | 110 | 4.6 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-6vs Tulane | 23 | 96 | 4.2 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-16vs Kent State | 17 | 135 | 7.9 | 2 | 39 | Season-high 135 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 28-20@ No. 17 Texas A&M | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-23vs Mississippi State | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 3 | 30 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 6 | L 13-24@ No. 10 Florida | 18 | 81 | 4.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-23@ No. 2 LSU | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-21vs No. 5 Georgia | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-0vs Samford | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 2 | 31 | |
| Wk 14 | W 48-45vs No. 5 Alabama | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 0 | 36 | |
 Bowl | L 24-31vs No. 16 Minnesota | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Total | 156 | 763 | 4.9 | 10 | 39 |
Week 5 · 2019
W 56-23
55 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD
Dominant 33-point win at home against Mississippi State.
With B. Nix — 335 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.2 · 56 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · S. Williams — 8 rec · 161 yds · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
47%147 carriesFumble rate
3.2%5 of 156 carries · 3 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.9 yds/carry on 156 carries · 12% explosive (10+ yds) · 47% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Gus Malzahn, all run-leaning offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 78.7 | 5.6 | 1.3 |
| Road3g | 52.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 81.1 | 4.7 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 48.8 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
42.3%
393 pass / 536 run
Plays / game
71.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
156 carries and 6 catches in 11 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Auburn, 1,546 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
