Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Rushing | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 28 | — |
| Success rate | 32.1% | — |
| Explosive run rate | 14.3% | — |
| Stuffed at the line | 17.9% | — |
| First downs | 8 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 2 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 0 | — |
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 10 | — |
| Target share | 8.1% | — |
| Catch rate | 100.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 60.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 11.2 | — |
| Explosive catches | 20.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 10.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 6 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Bonds's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted10 targets charted
Run direction30 carries
2025 charting · Ball State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025, so treat the maps as a sample.
Run direction27 carries
Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Ball State#133 · 2-5 | 5 | 22% | 30 | 147 | 4.9 | 2 | 32.1% | 10 | 112 | 1 | 8.1% |
| 2025 | Ball State#132 · 4-8 | 3 | 10% | 27 | 77 | 2.9 | 1 | 33.3% | 2 | 52 | 0 | 4.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Jalen Bonds's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Jalen Bonds's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 | @ Ohio State | L 3–56 | 4.8 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Stony Brook | W 41–17 | 8.3 | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 23 |
| 3 | @ Liberty | L 15–51 | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | @ Kent State | L 13–26 | 7.6 | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 |  Toledo | L 24–39 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 6 | @ Northwestern | L 14–45 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 7 | @ Bowling Green | W 32–31 | 5.7 | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026 · 5 games | 6.1 | 30 | 147 | 4.9 | 2 | 49 | 10 | 112 | 11.2 | 1 | 38 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 30 | — |
| Yards | 147 | 367th / 1453 |
| Yards / carry | 4.9 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 220th / 630 |
| Long | 49 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 10 | 582nd / 1994 |
| Yards | 112 | 602nd / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 11.2 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 345th / 824 |
| Long | 38 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Ohio State | — | 60 | ~12 (3–23) | 4 | 20% |
| Wk 2 · Stony Brook | — | 68 | ~19 (13–25) | 7 | 28% |
| Wk 3 · Liberty | ✓ RB | 56 | ~13 (3–25) | 5 | 23% |
| Wk 4 · Kent State | — | 54 | ~34 (23–44) | 16 | 63% |
| Wk 7 · Bowling Green | ✓ RB | 66 | ~19 (13–25) | 8 | 29% |
| Season | 2 GS | 443 | 97 (75–120) | 40 | 22% |
Position Room
6 RBs on the Ball State roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | TJ Horton | RB | SR | 59 | 393 | 6.7 | 7 | 11 | +0.12 |
| Johnny Thompson Jr. | RB | 33 | 90 | 2.7 | 0 | 11 | -0.28 | ||
| 2 | Jalen Bonds | RB | SO | 30 | 147 | 4.9 | 2 | 10 | +0.36 |
| 0 | Elijah Jackson | RB | SR | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 3 | +0.30 |
| 21 | Anthony McMullen Jr. | RB | FR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Char'rese Breveard | RB | FR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 6+ plays per team game. Ball State depth chart →