Jeffery Pittman

Junior running back for Southern Miss. 2025: 695 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 25 catches.

RB · Southern Miss · Jr.

6′1″ · 215 lb · Taylorsville, MS

CFB Index 51 · #119 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Southern Miss for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs UConnM. M. Roberts StadiumUConn by 3

The numbers

695

rushing yards · 2025

8 TD · 4.5 per carry · 25 catches

The play that turned itSwung Southern Miss from 50% to 81% to win.Southern Miss at Georgia Southern · 38-35

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Southern Miss. 2025: 695 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 25 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2023.
Transferred from Mississippi State to Southern Miss in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

TD rate: 73rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Jeffery Pittman

RB · Southern Miss · Jr

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Jeffery Pittman has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 140 rush yds, 2 rush TD against Georgia Southern — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #119 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (85th percentile). Strength: rush tds (84th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#120 / 456 · 73rd pct

4.2%

EPA / carry#140 / 456 · 69th pct

0.19

Success rate#248 / 456 · 46th pct

43.0%

Yards / carry#316 / 456 · 31st pct

4.5

Explosive rate#372 / 456 · 18th pct

3.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#51 / 338 · 85th pct

Rush TDs#51 / 349 · 84th pct

Carries#62 / 349 · 82nd pct

156

Rush yards#90 / 349 · 74th pct

695

Rec yards#145 / 338 · 57th pct

107

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct

Yards / carry#227 / 349 · 33rd pct

4.5

Long run#271 / 349 · 21st pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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

144 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

31%

Grind (1–3)

41%

Chunk (4–9)

11%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	52.3	5.0	0.7
Road4g	82.2	3.9	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	66.8	5.0	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	58.8	4.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #119 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #119 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #8 of 36 Sun Belt RBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Southern Miss	156	695	4.5	8	--
2023	Mississippi State	54	268	5.0	1	--
Career		210	963	4.6	9	--

Season	Team
2025	Southern Miss	25	107	4.3	0	--
2023	Mississippi State	13	91	7.0	2	--
Career		38	198	5.2	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Jackson State

71 rush yds (10 car)

With B. Braxton — 214 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.5 · 20 rush yds (10 car) · J. Murley — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Mississippi State · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA -3.94Braylon Braxton pass complete to Jeffery Pittman for 2 yds to the MSST 7
Week 7 · Georgia Southern · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.49Jeffery Pittman run for 13 yds to the GASO 42 for a 1ST down Georgia Southern Penalty, (15 Yards) to the GASO 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Mississippi State · 1&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Braylon Braxton pass complete to Jeffery Pittman for 37 yds to the MSST 32 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · App State · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Jeffery Pittman run for 5 yds for a TD (Reed Harradine KICK)
Week 3 · App State · 1&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Jeffery Pittman run for 9 yds for a TD (Reed Harradine KICK)
Week 7 · Georgia Southern · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.36Jeffery Pittman run for 7 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Western Kentucky · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.05(11:13) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 B.Braxton pass complete short to #0 J.Pittman caught at USM26, for 11 yards to the USM42 (#3 A.Brackenridge; #16 A.Cole), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Troy · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.01(05:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #0 J.Pittman rush left for 10 yards gain to the TROY47 (#14 D.Daniel-Sisavanh; #5 K.Levine), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Jacksonville State · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA +1.90Jeffery Pittman run for 1 yd for a TD (Creighton Wilbanks KICK)
Week 13 · South Alabama · 2&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.90(03:08) No Huddle-Shotgun #0 J.Pittman rush middle for 1 yard gain to the USA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:04 #40 C.Wilbanks kick attempt good (H: #17 K.McCormick, LS: #46 L.Beard)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-34vs Mississippi State	9	16	1.8	0	6
Wk 2	W 38-20vs Jackson State	10	71	7.1	0	23
Wk 3	W 38-22vs App State	6	39	6.5	2	16
Wk 5	W 42-25vs Jacksonville State	18	80	4.4	2	25
Wk 7	W 38-35@ Georgia Southern	31	140	4.5	2	16	Season-high 140 yds
Wk 8	W 22-10@ Louisiana	21	73	3.5	0	11
Wk 11	W 27-21@ Arkansas State	18	75	4.2	0	13
Wk 12	L 14-41vs Texas State	11	54	4.9	1	12
Wk 13	L 35-42@ South Alabama	12	41	3.4	1	10
Wk 14	L 18-28vs Troy	10	51	5.1	0	25
Bowl	L 16-27vs Western Kentucky	10	55	5.5	0	14
Total		156	695	4.6	8	25

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

144Carries

646Yards

14.9%Top-5 share

16.7%Stuffed rate

Just 14.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 16.7% of his carries. 9 carries for 16 yds vs Mississippi State; 31 for 140 vs Georgia Southern.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

34.0%Carry share

40.2%Q4-lead share

81.8%In competitive games

34.0% of carries overall (146/430) → 40.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (33/82) — 81.8% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

10/20Inside-5 share

10 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (50.0%).

2026 Outlook

Southern Miss

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Southern Miss

Returning around him

90% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
Transfer portal: +10 net (38 in / 28 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #94 · 2026 recruiting class #108

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to TJ Harden’s 2025 season.

TJ Harden

71%match

SMU · 2025

Ronald Awatt

UTEP · 2020

71%

Chaton Mobley

Middle Tennessee · 2020

70%

Kye Robichaux

Boston College · 2023

66%

Brad Roberts

Air Force · 2021

All-Mountain West

65%

Matches TJ on

Yards / carry

Weight

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Differs from TJ on

Height (lower)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gerrid Doaks’s path through Cincinnati.

Gerrid Doaks

97%match

Cincinnati · 2020

All-AACNFL Rd 7

Bryce Williams

Minnesota · 2023

88%

Coleman Bennett

Kennesaw State · 2025

All-Conference USA

89%

Dominic Richardson

Tulsa · 2025

All-AAC

87%

Ofa Mataele

Western Michigan · 2025

88%

Matches Gerrid on

Yards per carry

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Lunch Winfield's sophomore season at Louisiana (2025).

Lunch Winfield

79%match

Louisiana · 2025

Bryson Daily

Army · 2023

All-AAC

76%

Austin Aune

North Texas · 2021

All-Conference USA

73%

Jake Retzlaff

BYU · 2024

73%

Angel H Flores

Central Michigan · 2025

72%

Matches Lunch on

Yards / carry

Rush TD rate

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Differs from Lunch on

Class year (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jeffery Pittman

TJ Harden

SMU · 2025

71%

Elijah Tau-Tolliver

Michigan State · 2025

65%

The backfield · Southern Miss

Jeffery PittmanRB · Jr.695 rushing yards · 2025
#26Brandon HoodRB · So.368 rushing yards · 2025
#5Matt JonesRB · Sr.325 rushing yards · 2025
#2Robert BriggsRB · Sr.304 rushing yards · 2025
#6Jamarice WilderRB · Fr.15 rushing yards · 2025

6 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jeffery Pittman

202311 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Back

Players who play like Jeffery Pittman

The backfield · Southern Miss