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Jacksonville State Gamecocks (@JSUGamecocksFB)
Rich Rodriguez (3rd year) (27-11) #1
Record: 9 - 5 (8 - 1) | Proj: 9 - 3 (#) | SOS: (#133)
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Jacksonville State's 2024 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result	O/U	Cover
Thu 8/29	Jacksonville State vs Coastal Carolina	-3.5	54.5	L 27 - 55	O	N
Sat 9/7	Jacksonville State at Louisville	+27.5	56.5	L 14 - 49	O	N
Sat 9/14	Jacksonville State at Eastern Michigan	-2.5	53.5	L 34 - 37	O	N
Sat 9/21	Jacksonville State vs Southern Miss	-6.0	59.5	W 44 - 7	U	Y
	BYE WEEK
Fri 10/4	Jacksonville State at Kennesaw State	-17.5	49.5	W 63 - 24	O	Y
Wed 10/9	Jacksonville State vs New Mexico State	-21.0	58.5	W 54 - 13	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Wed 10/23	Jacksonville State vs Middle Tennessee	-20.5	64.5	W 42 - 20	U	Y
Wed 10/30	Jacksonville State at Liberty	+2.5	64.0	W 31 - 21	U	Y
Sat 11/9	Jacksonville State at Louisiana Tech	-10.0	55.5	W 44 - 37	O	N
Sat 11/16	Jacksonville State vs Florida International	-12.5	58.5	W 34 - 31	O	N
Sat 11/23	Jacksonville State vs Sam Houston	-5.5	57.5	W 21 - 11	U	Y
Sat 11/30	Jacksonville State at Western Kentucky	-0.5	62.5	L 17 - 19	U	N
Fri 12/6	Jacksonville State vs Western Kentucky	-4.5	58.5	W 52 - 12	O	Y
Fri 12/20	Jacksonville State vs Ohio	+6.5	57.5	L 27 - 30	U	Y

Record Prediction: 9 - 3 NR
Schedule Rating: #133
Future 2027 Schedule

Jacksonville State's 2025 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result	O/U	Cover
Thu 8/28	Jacksonville State at UCF	+16.5	53.5	L 10 - 17	U	Y
Sat 9/6	Jacksonville State vs Liberty	+6.0	50.5	W 34 - 24	O	Y
Sat 9/13	Jacksonville State at Georgia Southern	+3.0	59.0	L 34 - 41	O	N
Sat 9/20	Jacksonville State vs Murray State	-35.5	60.5	W 45 - 10	U	N
Sat 9/27	Jacksonville State at Southern Miss	+4.5	55.5	L 25 - 42	O	N
	BYE WEEK
Thu 10/9	Jacksonville State vs Sam Houston	-7.0	53.5	W 29 - 27	O	N
Wed 10/15	Jacksonville State vs Delaware	+3.0	55.5	W 38 - 25	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Wed 10/29	Jacksonville State at Middle Tennessee	-4.5	54.0	W 24 - 21	U	N
Sat 11/8	Jacksonville State at UTEP	-1.5	46.5	W 30 - 27	O	Y
Sat 11/15	Jacksonville State vs Kennesaw State	+3.5	56.5	W 35 - 26	O	Y
Sat 11/22	Jacksonville State at Florida International	+2.5	55.5	L 21 - 27	U	N
Sat 11/29	Jacksonville State vs Western Kentucky	+1.5	56.5	W 37 - 34	O	Y
Fri 12/5	Jacksonville State vs Kennesaw State	+3.0	62.5	L 15 - 19	U	N
Tue 12/16	Jacksonville State vs Troy	-3.0	47.5	W 17 - 13	U	Y

2023 Schedule Rating: #120
2025 Record: 9 - 5 (CUSA: 7 - 2)
Spread Record 7 - 7 - 0 | O/U 8 - 6

Opponents: Elite, Good, Avg, Bad, Poor

Reg Season Opponents: 0 Elite, 0 Good, 1 Avg, 2 Bad, 8 Poor

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Jacksonville State's 2024 Schedule
Thu 8/29	Jacksonville State vs Coastal Carolina	-3.5	54.5	L 27 - 55	O	N
Sat 9/7	Jacksonville State at Louisville	+27.5	56.5	L 14 - 49	O	N
Sat 9/14	Jacksonville State at Eastern Michigan	-2.5	53.5	L 34 - 37	O	N
Sat 9/21	Jacksonville State vs Southern Miss	-6.0	59.5	W 44 - 7	U	Y
	BYE WEEK
Fri 10/4	Jacksonville State at Kennesaw State	-17.5	49.5	W 63 - 24	O	Y
Wed 10/9	Jacksonville State vs New Mexico State	-21.0	58.5	W 54 - 13	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Wed 10/23	Jacksonville State vs Middle Tennessee	-20.5	64.5	W 42 - 20	U	Y
Wed 10/30	Jacksonville State at Liberty	+2.5	64.0	W 31 - 21	U	Y
Sat 11/9	Jacksonville State at Louisiana Tech	-10.0	55.5	W 44 - 37	O	N
Sat 11/16	Jacksonville State vs Florida International	-12.5	58.5	W 34 - 31	O	N
Sat 11/23	Jacksonville State vs Sam Houston	-5.5	57.5	W 21 - 11	U	Y
Sat 11/30	Jacksonville State at Western Kentucky	-0.5	62.5	L 17 - 19	U	N
Fri 12/6	Jacksonville State vs Western Kentucky	-4.5	58.5	W 52 - 12	O	Y
Fri 12/20	Jacksonville State vs Ohio	+6.5	57.5	L 27 - 30	U	Y

Jacksonville State's 2023 Schedule
Sat 8/26	Jacksonville State vs UTEP	+1.5	54.5	W 17 - 14	U	Y
Sat 9/2	Jacksonville State vs East Tennessee State	-20.0	55.0	W 49 - 3	U	Y
Sat 9/9	Jacksonville State at Coastal Carolina	+13.5	61.0	L 16 - 30	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 9/23	Jacksonville State vs Eastern Michigan	-6.5	51.0	W 21 - 0	U	Y
Thu 9/28	Jacksonville State at Sam Houston	-6.5	36.5	W 35 - 28	O	Y
Wed 10/4	Jacksonville State at Middle Tennessee	+2.5	52.0	W 45 - 30	O	Y
Tue 10/10	Jacksonville State vs Liberty	+7.0	59.5	L 13 - 31	U	N
Tue 10/17	Jacksonville State vs Western Kentucky	+7.5	60.5	W 20 - 17	U	Y
Wed 10/25	Jacksonville State at Florida International	-9.0	48.0	W 41 - 16	O	Y
Sat 11/4	Jacksonville State at South Carolina	+15.5	55.0	L 28 - 38	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/18	Jacksonville State vs Louisiana Tech	-8.5	53.5	W 56 - 17	O	Y
Sat 11/25	Jacksonville State at New Mexico State	+2.0	48.5	L 17 - 20	U	N
Sat 12/16	Jacksonville State vs Louisiana	-3.5	58.5	W 34 - 31	O	N

Jacksonville State's 2022 Schedule
	BYE WEEK
Sat 9/17	Jacksonville State at Tulsa	+12.0	64.0	L 17 - 54	O	N

Jacksonville State's 2021 Schedule
Wed 9/1	Jacksonville State vs UAB	+16.5	52.0	L 0 - 31	U	N
Sat 9/11	Jacksonville State at Florida State	+27.5	56.5	W 20 - 17	U	Y

2026 class: 182 points   #82
2025 class: 168 points   #89
2024 class: 121 points   #125
2023 class: 14 points   #182
2022 class: 25 points   #154

Average Class Ranking:   #126
Average Recruiting Points: 102

Four Year Crootin Profile
Improving Poor G5
4 Year Class: #160 - Best: #125 Worst: #207

CFB Crootin Averages
Conference USA Class: 113  #132
Group of 5 Class: 149  #100
FBS Class: 184  #70

2021 class: 17 points   #207
2020 class: 34 points   #178
2019 class: 79 points   #146
2018 class: 79 points   #133
2017 class: 66 points   #167

Average Class Ranking:   #166
Average Recruiting Points: 55

Transfer Portal Classes
2024 Portal Class #95 - 20 players, 83 Avg
2025 Portal Class #94 - 23 players, 83 Avg
2024 Portal Class #95 - 20 players, 83 Avg
2023 Portal Class #100 - 7 players, 84 Avg

Transfer Portal Classes

Transfer Portal Classes
2022 Portal Class #137 - 7 players, 85 Avg
2021 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg
2020 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg
2019 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg

Offensive Coordinator Rod Smith (in his second season) #1

Player Name	COMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA
Caden Creel	130	211	62%	1514	9	4	7.2
Gabe Glover	1	1	100%	18	0	0	18.0

Player Name	CAR	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Caden Creel	182	1075	7	5.9	73
Nate Thomas	109	453	3	4.2	17
Khristian Lando	51	201	1	3.9	17
Andrew Paul (Tr)	30	127	3	4.2	42

Player Name	REC	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Darius Cannon	76	726	3	9.6	65
Deondre Johnson	30	724	6	24.1	77
Ronnel Johnson	35	463	2	13.2	35
Nate Thomas	10	50	0	5.0	21

(Tr) - new transfer in 2026

Defensive Coordinator Luke Olson (in his first season) #1

Top Def	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Mac Sanders	83	12	2	5	2
Walker O'Steen	78	6	3	6	1
Caleb Nix	63	4	0	0	3
Tre'Quon Fegans	36	2	0	0	9

Sacks	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Walker O'Steen	78	6	3	6	1
Khurtiss Perry	20	5	2	0	1
Gharin Stansbury	22	6	2	5	1
Mac Sanders	83	12	2	5	2

Pass D	Tack	TFL	PD
Tre'Quon Fegans	36	2	9
Jaheim Jenkins	21	0	5
Caleb Nix	63	4	3

Returning Production
Overall Returning Production: % NR
Offense Returning Production: % NR
Defense Returning Production: % NR
Jacksonville State's Official Roster

Transfer Portal
2024 Portal Class #95
20 Commits, 83.2 Avg Rating
NAN% of 2024 Roster from Portal, NAN% TY

Team Talent
2024 Talent Rating: 149.00 #127
Offense Talent NR | Defense Talent NR
2025 #128 | 2024 #127 | 2023 #134 | 2022 #131

2024 - 2023 Records
2024 Record: 9 - 5
2024 Conf Record: 8 - 1
Spread: 8 - 6 - 0 | Totals: 8 - 6

2025 Record: 9 - 5
2025 Conf Record: 7 - 2
Spread: 7 - 7 - 0 | Totals: 8 - 6

2024 Record: 9 - 5
2024 Conf Record: 8 - 1
Spread: 8 - 6 - 0 | Totals: 8 - 6

2023 Record: 9 - 4
2023 Conf Record: 6 - 2
Spread: 9 - 4 - 0 | Totals: 6 - 7

Four Year Record: 36 - 19
Four Year Record vs. Spread: 32 - 23 - 0
Four Year Conference Record: 29 - 6

2022 - 2019 Records
2022 Record: 0 - 1
2022 Conf Record: 0 - 0
Spread: 0 - 1 - 0 | Totals: 1 - 0

2021 Record: 1 - 1
2021 Conf Record: 0 - 0
Spread: 1 - 1 - 0 | Totals: 0 - 2

2020 Record: 1 - 1
2020 Conf Record: 0 - 0
Spread: 2 - 0 - 0 | Totals: 1 - 1

2019 Record: 0 - 0
2019 Conf Record: 0 - 0
Spread: 0 - 0 - 0 | Totals: 0 - 0

Eight Year Record: 38 - 22
Eight Year Record vs. Spread: 35 - 25 - 0
Eight Year Conference Record: 35 - 6

Jacksonville State Recent Bowl History
Date	Bowl	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
2024	Cure Bowl	Jacksonville State vs Ohio	+6.5	57.5	L 27 - 30
2023	Orleans Bowl	Jacksonville State vs Louisiana	-3.5	58.5	W 34 - 31

Power Ranking Stats (2025)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Expl	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Expl	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2025	.18 (61)	1.25 (62)	44% (52)	3.73 (65)	28.6 (80)	39%	53%	.16 (67)	1.31 (102)	42% (73)	3.78 (79)	27.5 (36)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Expl	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Expl	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2024	.27 (22)	1.34 (30)	45% (35)	4.85 (3)	28.5 (81)	41%	54%	.14 (55)	1.18 (27)	43% (84)	3.81 (70)	28.2 (47)

More Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2025	14	30:26	21.2	39%	53%	5.7	56.3	0.9	1.7	5.4	2	1

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2024	14	26:57	22.6	41%	54%	6	58.4	1.1	1.6	5.6	1.7	1

Overall Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2025 Offense	14	28.1	34	24	43.7% (52)	3.73 (65)	0.9	21	409	248	162	5.4	63% (8)	35% (129)	47% (37)	39% (99)	14% (48)	.18 (61)
2025 Defense	14	25.2	23	29.2	42.1% (73)	3.78 (79)	1.7	-	-	-	-	-	51% (82)	47% (48)	42% (68)	42% (69)	17% (40)	.16 (67)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2024 Offense	14	36	39.1	33.8	45.2% (35)	4.85 (3)	1.1	23	443	254	189	5.5	64% (4)	36% (131)	49% (18)	40% (95)	11% (7)	.27 (22)
2024 Defense	14	26.1	21.3	31.2	43.2% (84)	3.81 (70)	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	54% (108)	46% (27)	44% (79)	43% (85)	16% (66)	.14 (55)

Run Game Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2025 Offense	14	63% (8)	47% (37)	46.2	247.6	5.4	32 (9)	.2 (28)	3.15 (31)	68% (96)	10% (79)	1.11 (13)
2025 Defense	14	51% (82)	42% (68)	-	-	-	-	.11 (77)	2.71 (33)	79% (118)	10% (48)	1.06 (115)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2024 Offense	14	64% (4)	49% (18)	45.9	253.6	5.5	51 (1)	.25 (15)	3.36 (17)	67% (107)	8% (23)	1.07 (32)
2024 Defense	14	54% (108)	44% (79)	-	-	-	-	.09 (52)	3.01 (72)	63% (20)	10% (59)	0.88 (22)

Pass Game Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2025 Offense	14	35% (129)	39% (99)	13.9	23.4	161.8	6.9	11.6	13 (128)	6 (34)	.19 (102)	1.5 (79)	29% (27)	31% (60)	.31 (65)	4% (20)	2 (73)
2025 Defense	14	47% (48)	42% (69)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14 (100)	.24 (66)	1.6 (73)	33% (46)	30% (80)	.32 (80)	7% (38)	2.1 (86)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2024 Offense	14	36% (131)	40% (95)	13.4	22.3	189.4	8.5	14.1	14 (108)	7 (26)	.33 (35)	1.9 (5)	27% (10)	32% (65)	.33 (72)	3% (8)	2.1 (51)
2024 Defense	14	46% (27)	43% (85)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12 (39)	.21 (55)	1.5 (56)	30% (102)	33% (105)	.36 (92)	6% (63)	2 (45)

Team Notes
(12/2) Rgame good, Pass bad, 2-13 on 3rd, QB Huff hurt ❌
(12/2) L to WKU, held to 13 1st downs (season low) ❌
(11/25) Rgame mauled Sam H, clinched CUSA title game ❌
(11/18) Fight w/ FIU? Def awful esp Run, Rgame great ❌
(11/1) 4-0, avg 28 ppg margin in Oct, although lowering ❌
(10/30) RB Steward 232 yds, 8.6, 4 TD in Liberty upset ❌
(10/16) Into wk 8, have 15 Def TO's, 3rd in CFB ❌
(10/4) Killed S Miss. Off improving, QB Huff dual threat ❌
(9/23) Rough start, Def awful. QB Huff is good though ❌
(9/14) Def torched by EMU 447yds, 37 pts. Can't buy a W ❌
(9/8) Torched in 2 games, nearly all metrics < 100. WYD? ❌
(8/3) DL/LB combo a very good CUSA unit. ❌
(7/30) QB battle: Huff (exciting) vs Smoothers (JAG)? ❌
(7/30) Good OL returns 3/5. RB is good/deep. WR ? ❌
(7/30) Def was outstanding LY but lost a ton. Need time ❌

Injury Notes
(12/1) QB Huff inj (ankle) in finale. ? in CUSA title gm ❌

Staff/Schedule Notes
(10/30) Won five straight after bad 0-3 start to '24 ❌
(7/30) DC (Alley) left for OU, Def rebuild to 3-3-5 TY ❌
(7/30) Fav's in 8/9 games/bowl team. Wk 1 telling ❌
(12/21) Hired HC C Kelly (Aub Co-DC, 1st time HC) ❌
(2/12) RR to Kelly = downgrade. Prove otherwise? ❌

Overall

Team Info

Power #85SP+ #92

Record Prediction: 9 - 3 NR

Coaching staff Rank #1

Record

9 - 5
CUSA 8 - 1

Vs Spread8 - 6 - 0Totals8 - 6

One Score Games '25: (5-4)(5-4 under R.R.)

5 Year Profile

Improving Poor G5

'26 Profile

Down to Average G5

Performance #69

Special Teams #107

Returning Production

From 2025

0%NR

JVST lost their 25 starting QB

Offense %NR

Defense %NR

Returning Starters: (Off: ) - (Def: )

Proj Portal Starters: (Off: ) - (Def: )

Exp'd Depth: (Off: ) - (Def: )

OL Prod: 0%NR starters, exp'd depth

OL Snaps: 0 NRFrom Portal: NR

Rush Prod: %NR

Rec Prod: %NR

Front Seven: %NR

Secondary: %NR

Roster

Talent Info

Talent #127

Blue Chips (6%) #53

Offense TalentNR

Defense TalentNR

Portal Class #9520 players (83 Avg)

Crootin '26 Class #824 YR Class Rating #160

Talent Profile

Improving Poor G5

NAN% of Roster from Portal, NAN% TY

NAN% of '26 Roster are New (Fr + Portals)

(OC) Rod Smith 2

(DC) Luke Olson 1

2024 Schedule

Information

SOS #133

Jacksonville State plays 2 opps off a byeNMSU & FIU

OppsElite: , Good: , Avg: , Bad: , Poor:

2025 Record: 9 - 5 (7 - 7 - 0) (CUSA: 7 - 2)

2024 Record: 9 - 5 (8 - 6 - 0) (CUSA: 8 - 1)

Win History

Past 5 years 3.8

Avg under Rich R 6

4 Yr Record (36 - 19)

8 Yr Record (38 - 22)

Notes

Live Team Notes

Hired HC C Kelly (Aub Co-DC, 1st time HC)

Rgame good, Pass bad, 2-13 on 3rd, QB Huff hurt

L to WKU, held to 13 1st downs (season low)

QB Huff inj (ankle) in finale. ? in CUSA title gm

Rgame mauled Sam H, clinched CUSA title game

Fight w/ FIU? Def awful esp Run, Rgame great

4-0, avg 28 ppg margin in Oct, although lowering

RB Steward 232 yds, 8.6, 4 TD in Liberty upset

Won five straight after bad 0-3 start to '24

Into wk 8, have 15 Def TO's, 3rd in CFB

Roster Experience

Snaps & Starter Info

Snaps Returning

0 (0%)NR

%of Snaps by Upperclass

Offense: 0NR

Defense: 0NR

Players with Starting Exp () on Off, on Def

Upperclass

Starters of (%)2-Deep of (%)

Senior/Gr starters: (%) (Off: , Def: )

Upperclass Two-Deep: of (%)

Upperclass on Roster: %( of 0)

Portals

Top '24 Incoming Portals

Andrew Paul (RB)3★ (.87)

Tar'Varish Dawson (WR)3★ (.86)

Morven Joseph (EDGE)3★ (.85)

Demarcus Lacey (WR)3★ (.84)

Kam Snell (S)3★ (.84)

Reginald Hughes (LB)3★ (.83)

Brannon Spector (WR)3★ (.83)

Josh Knapp (S)3★ (.82)

Top Players

Top Performers on Roster

Top Players N/A Before 2025

Recruits

Top '24 Incoming Recruits

Justus Savage (RB)3★ (.86)

Andre Devine (RB)3★ (.85)

Amare Grayson (IOL)3★ (.83)

Marc Woods (S)3★ (.83)

Jeremiah Colbert (WR)3★ (.82)

Zedric Washington (EDGE)3★ (.82)

Nick Pace (S)3★ (.81)

AJ Watkins (ATH)3★ (.80)

Overall

Four Year Ratings Profile

Offense

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Defense

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