#2

Waymond Jordan

RB · USC · R-Jr. · #2

Returning to USC for 2026
R-Jr. · Pensacola, Fla. → Escambia HS / Hutchinson CC
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Waymond Jordan

RB · USC · Jr · #2

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#28 national
CFB
College
USC
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025USC9-4HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

Career stats

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How he plays

Play style

Hits the crease and outruns the angle.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

USC

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · USC

Returning around him

  • 37% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • 3 USC players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -13 net (9 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

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

USC · Last season: 9-4 (AP #16) · Talent rank #17 · 2026 recruiting class #1

DNA match

Player DNA

Speed Merchant

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

RB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Cody Schrader’s 2023 season.

Missouri · 2023

BurlsworthConsensus All-American
#2

Robert Henry

UTSA · 2025

73%
#3

Jarquez Hunter

Auburn · 2024

NFL Rd 4
70%
#4

John Lee Eldridge III

Air Force · 2023

All-Mountain West
68%
#5

Justice Ellison

Indiana · 2024

68%

Matches Cody on

Weight
Rush TD rate
Yards / carry

Differs from Cody on

EPA / carry (adj) (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Trevor Etienne's freshman season at Florida (2022).

Florida · 2022

All-SECNFL Rd 4
#2

Antario Brown

Northern Illinois · 2021

All-MAC
77%
#3

Tiyon Evans

Tennessee · 2021

73%
#4

Davon Booth

Utah State · 2023

72%
#5

Ja'Kobi Jackson

Florida · 2024

72%

Matches Trevor on

Rush TD rate
Yards / carry
Total rush EPA (college ability)

Differs from Trevor on

Recruiting rating (lower)

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #197

Final rank
#227
Avg #216.7
Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #197 this season.

Background

2026: Jordan, one of the nation’s top running backs, returns as a senior in 2026. He enters the season a Doak Walker Award candidate. 2025: Jordan, who transferred to USC in the spring of 2025 from Hutchinson CC, rushed for 576 yards on 88 carries (6.5 avg.) with 5 TDs through just six games as a...

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