Jaylen Anderson
Jaylen Anderson
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Jaylen Anderson has been at West Virginia through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt: 19 rush yds against Oklahoma State — Week 6, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at West Virginia, 456 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Neal Brown → Chad Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | West Virginia | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 44 | 147 | 3.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 35 | 275 | 7.9 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 88 | 456 | 5.2 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | West Virginia | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 0 | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Workhorse
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Dezmon Jackson’s 2021 season.
Matches Dezmon on
Differs from Dezmon on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Julius Loughridge’s path through Fordham.
Julius Loughridge
Corey Taylor II
Asim Rose
Matches Julius on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Dezmon Jackson's sophomore season at Oklahoma State (2021).
Matches Dezmon on
Differs from Dezmon on
Player DNA
Players who play like Jaylen Anderson
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2022–2024-88%
Sharp dropoff (-88%) — career inflection point.