Jaylen Wright

Former running back at Tennessee. 2023: 1,013 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 22 catches.

RB · Tennessee · Jr.

5′11″ · 210 lb · Durham, NC

CFB Index 74 · #30 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceMiami — drafted 2024, Rd 4, Pick 20, #120 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 660 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Tennessee. 2023: 1,013 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 22 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2021.
Drafted round 4 by the Miami in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Tennessee, 2,297 rushing yards — drafted at #120 overall by Miami.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 112 yds vs Vanderbilt.Vanderbilt · W 45-212021

20218 games

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of Southern Durham

202312 games

All-SECsecond

2024

Drafted by Miamiround 4, pick 120

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#660 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #120

Miami · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Josh Heupel

Tennessee

Played his entire career under Josh Heupel.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 3rd NFL season

#120Rd 4 · Pick 20

MiamiEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Josh Heupel — 27-12 over that span.

2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2023Tennessee9-4HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #30 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (97th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (93rd percentile). Concern: td rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#15 / 426 · 97th pct

7.6

Explosive rate#29 / 426 · 93rd pct

13.9%

EPA / carry#145 / 426 · 66th pct

0.24

Success rate#220 / 426 · 48th pct

44.1%

TD rate#312 / 426 · 27th pct

2.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#3 / 333 · 99th pct

7.4

Long run#6 / 333 · 98th pct

Rush yards#40 / 333 · 88th pct

1013

Receptions#54 / 327 · 83rd pct

Rec yards#89 / 327 · 73rd pct

141

Carries#91 / 333 · 73rd pct

137

Rush TDs#146 / 333 · 51st pct

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

82nd → 66th percentile

Success rate

76th → 48th percentile

Explosive rate

52nd → 93rd percentile

Yards / carry

77th → 97th percentile

TD rate

71st → 27th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

137 carries

Stuffed (≤0)

36%

Grind (1–3)

29%

Chunk (4–9)

26%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	98.2	8.6	0.4
Road4g	56.8	5.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	95.2	6.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	73.7	7.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #30 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #30 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Tennessee	137	1,013	7.4	4	--
2022	Tennessee	146	875	6.0	10	--
2021	Tennessee	85	409	4.8	4	--
Career		368	2,297	6.2	18	--

Season	Team
2023	Tennessee	22	141	6.4	--
2022	Tennessee	2	8	4.0	--
2021	Tennessee	6	22	3.7	--
Career		30	171	5.7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 20–13

vs Texas A&M

136 rush yds (19 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Milton III — 100 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.1 · 34 rush yds (8 car) · J. Ross — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · UConn · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +6.81Jaylen Wright run for 82 yds for a TD (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 12 · Georgia · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Jaylen Wright run for 75 yds for a TD (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 5 · South Carolina · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +3.96Jaylen Wright run for 42 yds for a TD (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 9 · Kentucky · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.96Jaylen Wright run for 52 yds for a TD (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 8 · Alabama · 3&19 · Q4 · EPA +3.85Joe Milton III pass complete to Jaylen Wright for 20 yds to the ALA 41 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Florida · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA -3.79Jaylen Wright run for a loss of 2 yards to the FLA 19
Week 11 · Missouri · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA -3.76Joe Milton III pass complete to Jaylen Wright for 15 yds Jaylen Wright fumbled, recovered by MIZ Chuck Hicks [NHSG] MILTON III, Joe pass up the middle complete for 15 yards to WRIGHT, Jaylen caught at the MIZ27, WRIGHT, Jaylen fumbled at MIZ22 forced by NEWSON, Triston, recovered by MIZ HICKS, Chuck at the MIZ18, returned 0 yards to the MIZ18, End of Play, clock 00:20.
Week 11 · Missouri · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -2.69Jaylen Wright run for 2 yds to the TENN 45 Tennessee Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the TENN 44
Week 7 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -2.47Jaylen Wright run for 2 yds to the TA&M 36 Tennessee Penalty, Offensive holding (Ollie Lane) to the TA&M 46
Week 2 · Austin Peay · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.30Jaylen Wright run for 15 yds to the TENN 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-13vs Virginia	12	115	9.6	0	21
Wk 2	W 30-13vs Austin Peay	13	118	9.1	0	31
Wk 3	L 16-29@ Florida	16	63	3.9	0	12
Wk 4	W 45-14vs UTSA	4	16	4.0	0	4
Wk 5	W 41-20vs South Carolina	16	123	7.7	1	42
Wk 7	W 20-13vs Texas A&M	19	136	7.2	0	23	Season-high 136 yds
Wk 8	L 20-34@ Alabama	11	22	2.0	0	5
Wk 9	W 33-27@ Kentucky	11	120	10.9	1	52
Wk 10	W 59-3vs UConn	8	113	14.1	1	82
Wk 11	L 7-36@ Missouri	7	22	3.1	0	14
Wk 12	L 10-38vs Georgia	9	90	10.0	1	75
Wk 13	W 48-24vs Vanderbilt	11	75	6.8	0	16
Total		137	1013	7.4	4	82

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

137Carries

1038Yards

27.2%Top-5 share

9.5%Stuffed rate

Just 27.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 9.5% of his carries. 4 carries for 16 yds vs UTSA; 19 for 136 vs Texas A&M.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

1/24Inside-5 share

1 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (4.2%).