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Heisman / Players / Jaylon Glover /UNLV

Jaylon Glover

RB · UNLV · So · #20

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

384 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 64 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to UNLV for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to UNLV for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · UNLV

Returning around him

  • 15% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +0 net (15 in / 15 out)

2026 Award watch

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

UNLV · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #51 · 2026 recruiting class #95

RB · UNLV · MOUNTAIN WEST

Jaylon Glover

  • 2
  • #20
  • 5-9 | 205 lb
  • Lakeland, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

41

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 86th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#996

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2022–2025
3602022
5622023
60.02024
3842025

+7%

Modest growth (7%) across the multi-season window.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#350 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class2
Jersey20
Measurements5-9 | 205 lb
HometownLakeland, FL
Primary teamUNLV

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 350 recruit
Composite rating 0.8976 HighSchool
Signed with Utah 2022
Origin Lake Gibson Lakeland, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 4-star | 0.8976 No. 350 recruit | HighSchool | Utah

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination UNLV 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 17, 2024
Season Move Context
2025 Utah -> UNLV 3-star | 0.8500 | Immediate

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 16
Current nowcast#996Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#978Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman 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.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Utah

Composite

0.8976

#350 national

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

PENDING

The 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 Jaylon Glover

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jaylon Glover

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the rushing totals stand

final
Through 13g
384Rush yards
64Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
29.5Rush yards
5Carries
0Rush TDs
Final
384Rush yards
64Carries
1Rush TDs

Why this is more than a rushing profile

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Jaylon Glover is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 384 rushing yards, 6 catches, and 312 return yards for UNLV. That kind of all-purpose footprint gives the card a much richer story than a basic carry total.

Current place #996 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 8.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 350 recruit

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
Scrimmage yards 435 384 rush | 51 rec | #216/735 (71st pct)
Rush TD 1 64 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)
Yards/carry 6.0 Per-rush efficiency | #108/735 (85th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Efficient runner against FBS RB peers.

Efficient runner

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
64 65th
YDS
384 71st
YPC
6.0 85th
TD
1 56th

Receiving

REC
6 47th
YDS
51 49th
YPR
8.5 67th
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 38-31vs Idaho State7284.009
Wk 1W 38-21@ Sam Houston492.305
Wk 2W 30-23vs UCLA4112.806
Wk 4W 41-38@ Miami (OH)133.003
Wk 6W 31-17@ Wyoming691.505
Wk 7W 51-48vs Air Force273.504
Wk 8L 31-56@ Boise State611218.7043Season-high 112 yds
Wk 10L 35-40vs New Mexico242.003
Wk 11W 42-10@ Colorado State12998.3131
Wk 12W 29-26vs Utah State5153.0015
Wk 13W 38-10vs Hawai'i8465.8013
Wk 14W 42-17@ Nevada5367.2021
BowlL 10-17@ Ohio252.504
Total643845.0143
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning
2023Utah8-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy
2024Utah5-7HC: Kyle Whittingham · Balanced
2025UNLV10-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025UNLV643846.01--
2024Utah12605.00--
2023Utah1375624.12--
2022Utah783604.64--
Career4 loaded seasons2911,3664.77--
SeasonTeam
2025UNLV6518.50--
2024Utah----------
2023Utah7679.60--
2022Utah166.00--
Career4 loaded seasons141248.90--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

Receiving work 6 51 rec yds | #291/552 (47th pct)
Usage 8.2% 14.2% rush share | #383/738 (48th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.15 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #126/362 (65th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 384 #216/735 71st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #323/739 56th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 6.0 #108/735 85th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 6 #291/552 47th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 51 #280/548 49th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.15 #126/362 65th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 55 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 8.2% #383/738 48th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 64 #261/739 65th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 43 #211/733 71st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 19 #248/540 54th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 8.5 #183/548 67th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Returns Kick return yards 312 #19/200 91st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Returns Kick return avg 19.5 #87/199 57th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Returns Kick returns 16 #10/206 96th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 14.2% #372/738 50th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 9.5% #369/738 50th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 8.7% #398/738 46th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 8.7% #393/738 47th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 7.1% #338/738 54th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 5.2% #432/738 42nd pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 2.0% #401/738 46th 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home6g18.53.50.0
Road7g39.06.20.1

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins10g26.34.10.1
Losses3g40.37.70.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-77g10.32.80.0
Weeks 8+6g52.07.50.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

41Mid-pack
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (86th). Concern: rush tds (12th).

Yards / carry#47 / 349 · 86th pct
6.0rush
Long run#184 / 349 · 46th pct
43rush
Rush yards#216 / 349 · 38th pct
384rush
Rec yards#238 / 338 · 30th pct
51rece
Carries#261 / 349 · 25th pct
64rush
Receptions#253 / 338 · 23rd pct
6rece
Rush TDs#284 / 349 · 13th pct
1rush

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
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

wepa_rushing0.15Mid (p50–p75) (n=178)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Jaylon GloverUNLVJeremiah CobbAuburn· 63% simJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 61% simKamari MoultonIowa· 60% sim
Yards / carry
86
Glover
71
Cobb
41
Brunson
62
Moulton
Long run
46
Glover
51
Cobb
73
Brunson
33
Moulton
Rush yards
38
Glover
88
Cobb
80
Brunson
84
Moulton
Rec yards
30
Glover
47
Cobb
3
Brunson
53
Moulton
Carries
25
Glover
88
Cobb
85
Brunson
86
Moulton
Receptions
23
Glover
45
Cobb
2
Brunson
63
Moulton
Rush TDs
13
Glover
62
Cobb
50
Brunson
62
Moulton

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 Cam'Ron Valdez’s 2023 season.

Cam'Ron Valdez

74%match

Texas Tech · 2023

#2

Kelley Joiner Jr.

South Florida · 2021

68%
#3

LT Sanders

Western Kentucky · 2022

71%
#4

Emmanuel Michel

Air Force · 2021

60%
#5

Oscar Adaway III

North Texas · 2020

52%

Matches Cam'Ron on

Weight
Receiving share
EPA / carry (adj)

Differs from Cam'Ron on

Yards / carry (higher)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Caleb Ramseur’s path through Nevada.

Caleb Ramseur

100%match

Nevada · 2025

#2

Andrew Body

Alabama State · 2025

98%
#3

Narii Gaither

Gardner-Webb · 2023

94%
#4

Chuba Hubbard

Oklahoma State · 2020

All-Big 12NFL Rd 4
92%
#5

Garrett Groshek

Wisconsin · 2020

92%

Matches Caleb on

Height
Weight
Yards per carry

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dallan Hayden's senior season at Colorado (2025).

Dallan Hayden

53%match

Colorado · 2025

#2

Christian Washington

San Diego State · 2025

All-Mountain West
53%
#3

Aidan Laughery

Illinois · 2025

All-Big Ten
53%
#4

Jalen Buckley

Western Michigan · 2025

All-MAC
51%
#5

Jaziun Patterson

Iowa · 2025

50%

Matches Dallan on

Receiving share
Height
EPA / carry (adj)

Differs from Dallan on

Class year (lower)
Yards / carry (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dan Mullen

Pass share

46.5%

423 pass / 487 run

Plays / game

65.0

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.8%

283 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

3 coaches
2022
Marcus Arroyo
UNLV
2023
Barry Odom
UNLV
era →
2024
Barry Odom
UNLV
2025
Dan Mullen
UNLV
era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Marcus Arroyo, Barry Odom, and Dan Mullen. Multi-era developmental context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownLakeland, FL
Height5'9"
Weight205 lb
Class2
PositionRB
Jersey20

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

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 Utah RB2 #996 #978 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 Utah RB2 #672 #664 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 Utah RB2 #441 #350 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 UNLV Mountain West RB 2 No. 20 | 5-9 | 205 lb | Lakeland, FL
2024 Utah Big 12 RB 2 No. 20 | 5-9 | 205 lb | Lakeland, FL
2023 Utah Pac-12 RB 2 No. 20 | 5-9 | 205 lb | Lakeland, FL
2022 Utah Pac-12 RB 2 No. 20 | 5-9 | 205 lb | Lakeland, FL