Shermari Jones

Senior running back for Coastal Carolina. 2021: 1,040 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 3 catches.

RB · Coastal Carolina · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 220 lb · Cantonment, FL

CFB Index 70 · #36 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamCoastal Carolina 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 2058 nationally · Signed with Coastal Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Coastal Carolina. 2021: 1,040 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 3 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Coastal Carolina in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Coastal Carolina, 1,438 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202011 games

Signed with Coastal Carolina3-star out of Rome

202110 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2058 national

CFB

College

Coastal Carolina

2020–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2021)

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jamey Chadwell, all run-heavy offenses — 22-3 over that span.

2020Coastal Carolina11-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2021Coastal Carolina11-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #36 of 315?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (84th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (82nd percentile). Concern: receptions (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#66 / 409 · 84th pct

7.3%

Yards / carry#75 / 409 · 82nd pct

6.5

EPA / carry#93 / 409 · 77th pct

0.31

Success rate#110 / 409 · 73rd pct

51.3%

Explosive rate#169 / 409 · 59th pct

8.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#25 / 343 · 92nd pct

6.5

Rush TDs#22 / 343 · 92nd pct

Long run#32 / 343 · 89th pct

Rush yards#45 / 343 · 87th pct

1040

Carries#72 / 343 · 79th pct

159

Rec yards#265 / 331 · 20th pct

Receptions#285 / 331 · 13th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	79.0	6.1	1.4
Road5g	119	7.4	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	100	8.9	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	97.8	5.3	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Beard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #36 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #36 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Coastal Carolina	159	1,040	6.5	13	--
2020	Coastal Carolina	84	398	4.7	3	--
Career		243	1,438	5.9	16	--

Season	Team
2021	Coastal Carolina	3	28	9.3	--
2020	Coastal Carolina	1	9	9.0	--
Career		4	37	9.2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 52–14

vs The Citadel

100 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 38-point win at home against The Citadel.

With G. McCall — 262 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.6 · 24 rush yds (2 car) · J. Heiligh — 6 rec · 133 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · South Alabama · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +5.99Shermari Jones run for 75 yds for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 12 · Texas State · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.21Shermari Jones run for no gain to the TexSt 1
Week 9 · Troy · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.18Shermari Jones run for 54 yds for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 1 · The Citadel · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.88S.Jones rushed to CIT End Zone for 38 yards. S.Jones for 38 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 3 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.38Shermari Jones run for 50 yds to the Buff 25 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Shermari Jones run for 38 yds to the ArkSt 37 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Georgia State · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.95Shermari Jones 8 Yd Run (Greg Latushko Pass to Bryce Carpenter for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 6 · Arkansas State · 2&20 · Q1 · EPA +2.78Shermari Jones run for 22 yds to the CCaro 43 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Georgia State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.77Shermari Jones run for 21 yds to the GeoSt 40 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Georgia State · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.61Shermari Jones run for 8 yds for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-14vs The Citadel	9	100	11.1	2	38
Wk 2	W 49-22vs Kansas	10	43	4.3	0	9
Wk 3	W 28-25@ Buffalo	16	145	9.1	1	50
Wk 6	W 52-20@ Arkansas State	10	113	11.3	1	38
Wk 8	L 27-30@ App State	10	28	2.8	2	12
Wk 9	W 35-28vs Troy	14	95	6.8	2	54
Wk 10	W 28-8@ Georgia Southern	20	96	4.8	1	13
Wk 11	L 40-42vs Georgia State	16	65	4.1	3	21	3 rushing TDs
Wk 12	W 35-21vs Texas State	23	92	4.0	0	10
Wk 13	W 27-21@ South Alabama	23	211	9.2	1	75	Season-high 211 yds
Total		151	988	6.7	13	75