CFB Zeitgeist Score
58
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 99th percentile.
Jobi Malary
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
349 RUSH YDS · 4 RUSH TD · 43 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to James Madison for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Running back · James Madison
Returning around him
- 78% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +7 net (37 in / 30 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
James Madison · Last season: 12-2 (AP #19) · Talent rank #127 · 2026 recruiting class #108
RB · JAMES MADISON · SUN BELT
Jobi Malary
- 4
- #28
- 5-11 | 236 lb
- Gresham, OR
Heisman Heat
#1311
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
James Madison
NFL
NFL Draft
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Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Jobi Malary
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Jobi Malary
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the rushing totals stand
Through 8g
349Rush yards
43Carries
4Rush TDs
Per game
43.6Rush yards
5Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
567.1Rush yards
70Carries
6Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 349): needs 80.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 349): needs 130.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 349): needs 230.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 1.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 2.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 3.2/game over remaining 5.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jobi Malary's story is about how role and output meet each other. For James Madison, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
RB season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Efficient runner against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
43 55th
YDS
349 68th
YPC
8.1 97th
TD
4 79th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-10vs Weber State | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 8 | W 63-27vs Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-20@ Texas State | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-10vs App State | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 3 | 59 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 13 | W 24-20vs Washington State | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 14 | W 59-10@ Coastal Carolina | 12 | 154 | 12.8 | 1 | 73 | Season-high 154 yds |
| Wk 15 | W 31-14vs Troy | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bowl | L 34-51@ Oregon | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 43 | 349 | 5.8 | 4 | 73 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 43 | 349 | 8.1 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 43 | 349 | 8.1 | 4 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 349 | #234/735 | 68th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 4 | #154/739 | 79th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 8.1 | #25/735 | 97th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.26 | #15/362 | 96th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 40 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 7.3% | #416/738 | 44th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 73 | #44/733 | 94th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 43 | #333/739 | 55th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 12.6% | #407/738 | 45th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 9.2% | #370/738 | 50th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 8.2% | #421/738 | 43rd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.6% | #438/738 | 41st pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 5.2% | #432/738 | 42nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 2.9% | #574/738 | 22nd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 0.0% | #564/738 | 24th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 35.8 | 5.5 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 56.7 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 49.0 | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| Losses1g | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 18.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 52.0 | 6.2 | 0.7 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
58Solid starter
Elite: yards / carry (98th). Strength: long run (87th). Concern: carries (3rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_rushing0.26Elite (≥p90) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Jobi MalaryJames MadisonDaylan SmothersNC State· 55% simJevon JacksonUAB· 54% simAlex TeczaNavy· 53% sim
Yards / carry
Long run
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Carries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Speed Merchant
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jahmyl Jeter’s 2020 season.
Jahmyl Jeter
37%match
#2
DeWayne McBride
NFL Rd 7
29%
#3
Kendre Miller
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 8
36%
#4
Byron Cardwell
34%
#5
Braylen Russell
32%
Matches Jahmyl on
Class year
Weight
Differs from Jahmyl on
Rush TD rate (higher)
Yards / carry (higher)
Height (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Michael Carter’s path through North Carolina.
Michael Carter
98%match
#2
Jake Funk
All-Big TenNFL Rd 7
87%
#3
Eden James
75%
#4
Trey Sermon
All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 25
75%
#5
Khalil Herbert
All-ACCNFL Rd 6
67%
Matches Michael on
Yards per carry
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Ja'Quinden Jackson's sophomore season at Utah (2022).
Ja'Quinden Jackson
48%match
#2
Kendre Miller
All-Big 12NFL Rd 3 · Pk 8
42%
#3
Tahj Brooks
NFL Rd 6
40%
#4
Lee Beebe
38%
#5
Jalen White
All-Sun Belt
38%
Matches Ja'Quinden on
Weight
Differs from Ja'Quinden on
Height (lower)
Yards / carry (higher)
Rush TD rate (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Chesney
Pass share
39.7%
385 pass / 584 run
Plays / game
69.2
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.8%
269 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Bob Chesney
James Madison
Played his entire career under Bob Chesney.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownGresham, OR
Height5'11"
Weight236 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey28
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamJames Madison
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc2 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | James Madison | RB4 | #1311 | #1122 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | Sun Belt | RB | 4 | No. 28 | 5-11 | 236 lb | Gresham, OR |
| 2024 | James Madison | Sun Belt | RB | 4 | No. 28 | 5-11 | 236 lb | Gresham, OR |