Ohio · L 20-28
16 carries, 112 yards, 1 TD
The other 8 games average 77 yards. This one was 35 above.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Ahead of Gant’s 2025 pace
Backs who run like Gant, and how their seasons went
Gant against this year’s top backs, game by game
The road ahead: 726 yards, 81 a game, 3 regular-season games left.
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Share of the team's total this season.
Each line is one carry: taller means more yards, and a line pointing down lost yards. Black lines are touchdowns. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside each lane the carries are lined up shortest to longest, not placed. Of his carries with a spot in the play text: left 21, middle 112, right 8. His longest went for 31 yards.
Jordan Gant
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Transferred to Akron from Tennessee State. First career honor, 2025: All-MAC. On tape: 162 rushing yards and 18 receiving yards against Kent State, Week 8, 2026.
726 rushing yards · 7 rushing TD · 142 carries
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 15.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 14.2% of his carries. 5 carries for 11 yds vs Minnesota; 28 for 162 vs Kent State.
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
10 of 15 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (66.7%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Aura™ · Him Watch
Aura compares how much fans talk about this player with how well this player plays, each ranked among RBs.
−14aura tax
30th percentile our rushing-value metric (weighted expected points added) ranked among 104 RBs
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Last game (Wk 10): 112 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 2 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-38@ Wake Forest | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-10vs Robert Morris | 12 | 81 | 6.8 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-41@ Minnesota | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-38vs UNLV | 19 | 80 | 4.2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-41@ Central Michigan | 17 | 102 | 6.0 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-25vs Eastern Michigan | 22 | 117 | 5.3 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-34@ Miami (OH) | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-35@ Kent State | 28 | 162 | 5.8 | 2 | 21 | Season-high 162 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 20-28vs Ohio | 16 | 112 | 7.0 | 1 | 31 | |
| Total | 142 | 726 | 5.1 | 7 | 31 |
Nov. 3 · L 20-28 vs Ohio, play by play
16 carries for 112 yards and a touchdown, tied for the most rushing yards in FBS that week.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
3-yard run on 3rd and 2. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
31-yard run on 3rd and 28. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
1-yard run on 3rd and 2. First quarter, tied 0-0.
3-yard run on 3rd and 3. Fourth quarter, down 14-9. Converted.
28 carries for 162 yards and 2 touchdowns, 9th-most in FBS that week. He also caught 3 passes for 18 yards.
3-yard run on 3rd and 1. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
6-yard touchdown run on 3rd and 6. First quarter, made it 7-0.
21-yard run. Second quarter, up 7-0.
17-yard run on 3rd and 10. Third quarter, tied 7-7. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
15 carries for 46 yards and a touchdown.
2-yard loss on 3rd and 1. Second quarter, tied 7-7.
1-yard loss on 3rd and 1. Second quarter, tied 7-7.
5-yard run on 3rd and 18. Second quarter, down 10-7.
10-yard touchdown run. Third quarter, cut it to 27-14.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
22 carries for 117 yards. 6 of his 22 carries went 10 yards or more; the longest went 18. He also caught 3 passes for 21 yards.
2-yard run on 3rd and 1. First quarter, down 3-0. Converted.
5-yard run on 3rd and 2. First quarter, down 3-0. Converted.
14-yard run on 3rd and 16. Second quarter, up 14-13.
18-yard run. Third quarter, up 14-13.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
17 carries for 102 yards and a touchdown.
The per-play feed is missing a 29-yard run in the fourth quarter (the play drew a penalty), which the play text shows; the chart draws the 16 carries it has.
6-yard run on 3rd and 20. First quarter, tied 0-0.
Incomplete on 3rd and 14. Second quarter, tied 7-7.
27-yard catch. Third quarter, down 28-7.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
19 carries for 80 yards and a touchdown.
6-yard catch on 3rd and 5. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
12-yard touchdown run. First quarter, made it 7-0.
2-yard run on 3rd and 3. Second quarter, tied 7-7.
4-yard run on 3rd and 2. Second quarter, down 14-7. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
5 carries for 11 yards.
22-yard catch on 3rd and 2. Second quarter, down 17-0. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
12 carries for 81 yards and a touchdown. He also caught 4 passes for 20 yards.
14-yard run. Second quarter, up 21-7.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
Week 10 · 2026
L 20-28
vs Ohio
112 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 17 yds
With C. Broughton — 232 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · 20 rush yds (20 car) · J. Castle — 57 yards per punt · 1 punts · 57 long
The plays that mattered most
24th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -21 to +12 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
51%140 carriesFumble rate
1.4%2 of 142 carries · 2 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.1 yds/carry on 142 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 51% success rate.
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
3112% of team targetsCatch rate
61%19 of 31 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
61% catch rate on 31 targets · 12% of the team's targets.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Joe Moorhead, all balanced offenses — 6-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 97.5 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 67.2 | 3.8 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 64.6 | 4.2 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 137 | 6.4 | 1.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
48.8%
294 pass / 309 run
Plays / game
67.0
9 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
343 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-MAC
Based on 2025: #5 of 30 Mid-American RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
2026 is in progress.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2025)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2025)
MAC Offensive Player of the Week
