Last confirmed: New Mexico, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · New Castle, DE
Jhurell Pressley: RB · New Mexico · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jhurell Pressley
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. This is his second year in the same backfield at New Mexico. On tape: 170 rushing yards and 3 rushing TD against Air Force, Week 13, 2015.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
31.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 19.7% of his carries. 5 carries for 13 yds vs Nevada; 17 for 170 vs Air Force.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
23.9% of carries overall (147/614) → 23.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (20/86) — 85.0% 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
6 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (20.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | New Mexico | 147 | 907 | 6.2 | 11 |
| 2014 | New Mexico | 114 | 1,083 | 9.5 | 12 |
| Career | 261 | 1,990 | 7.6 | 23 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | New Mexico | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 2014 | New Mexico | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 |
| Career | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-0vs Mississippi Valley State | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-40vs Tulsa | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-34@ Arizona State | 17 | 56 | 3.3 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-28@ Wyoming | 17 | 103 | 6.1 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-29vs New Mexico State | 18 | 99 | 5.5 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-35@ Nevada | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-27vs Hawai'i | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 1 | 33 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-31@ San José State | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | W 14-13vs Utah State | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ Boise State | 9 | 132 | 14.7 | 1 | 74 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-28vs Colorado State | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 2 | 36 | |
| Wk 13 | W 47-35vs Air Force | 17 | 170 | 10.0 | 3 | 75 | Season-high 170 yds |
 Bowl | L 37-45vs Arizona | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 0 | 26 | |
| Total | 147 | 907 | 6.2 | 11 | 75 |
Week 13 · 2015
W 47-35
vs Air Force
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
37%135 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.2 yds/carry on 147 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 37% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Bob Davie — 11-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2015 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 74.7 | 6.4 | 1.1 |
| Road5g | 64.6 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 61.4 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 83.2 | 8.8 | 1.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Davie
Pass share
26.9%
230 pass / 626 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
250 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2015
147 carries and 1 catch in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at New Mexico, 1,990 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2011–2015
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Locksley, George Barlow, and Bob Davie. Multi-era developmental context.
