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 | 35.7% | 299th / 332 |
| Explosive run rate | 21.4% | 34th / 332 |
| Stuffed at the line | 21.4% | 284th / 332 |
| First downs | 7 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 1 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 0 | — |
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 12 | — |
| Target share | 11.3% | 478th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 83.3% | 22nd / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 33.3% | 480th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 8.7 | 214th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 8.3% | 360th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 8.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 5 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Turner's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted11 targets charted
Run direction30 carries
2025 charting · Pittsburgh
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Turner’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted17 targets charted
Run direction81 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 |  Pittsburgh#38 · 6-3 | 3 | 14% | 30 | 131 | 4.4 | 1 | 35.7% | 10 | 104 | 1 | 11.3% |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh#31 · 8-5 | 12 | 42% | 140 | 745 | 5.3 | 7 | 43.3% | 25 | 150 | 0 | 8.1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Ja'Kyrian Turner's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Ja'Kyrian Turner'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 |  Miami (OH) | W 59–14 | 7.8 | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 1 | 45 |
| 2 |  UCF | W 12–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 3 |  Syracuse | W 27–13 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 4 |  Bucknell | W 59–0 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 5 | @ Virginia Tech | W 35–33 | 7.6 | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 |  North Carolina | L 17–21 | 5.1 | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 11 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 7 | @ Boston College | L 21–27 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 8 | @ Miami | L 23–52 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 9 |  Georgia Tech | W 34–11 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2026 · 3 games | 6.8 | 30 | 131 | 4.4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 104 | 10.4 | 1 | 45 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 30 | — |
| Yards | 131 | 435th / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 4.4 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 411th / 683 |
| Long | 20 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 10 | 705th / 2089 |
| Yards | 104 | 752nd / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 10.4 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 45 | — |
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 · Miami (OH) | ✓ RB | 75 | ~36 (25–47) | 15 | 48% |
| Wk 5 · Virginia Tech | ✓ RB | 61 | ~38 (26–49) | 21 | 62% |
| Wk 6 · North Carolina | — | 85 | ~15 (10–19) | 6 | 18% |
| Season | 2 GS | 647 | 89 (63–109) | 42 | 14% |
Position Room
8 RBs on the Pittsburgh roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Damon Ferguson Jr. | RB | FR | 123 | 662 | 5.4 | 6 | 18 | +0.08 |
| La'Vell Wright | RB | 76 | 305 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +0.07 | ||
| Ja'Kyrian Turner | RB | 30 | 131 | 4.4 | 1 | 10 | +0.12 | ||
| 5 | Justin Cook | RB | SR | 12 | 114 | 9.5 | 1 | 2 | -0.04 |
| 27 | Jaylin Brown | RB | SO | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 0 | 3 | -0.17 |
| 20 | Synkwan Smith | RB | SO | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | +0.09 |
| 34 | Ethan Shine | RB | SR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Zaky Roberts | RB | JR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Pittsburgh depth chart →