#26
Old Dominion · 2026

Ja'Varien Salter

RBJunior5' 9", 190 lbsOcala, FL
Old Dominion Monarchs2-7 · TDC #114
Snap share
5%
likely 3–12%
Rush yards
47
693rd of 1519 in FBS
Yards / carry
4.7
Rush TD
0
Receptions
0
EPA / play
+0.17
10 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

10 plays · +1.7 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.17
Rushing+0.17
1st down-0.42
2nd down+1.06
Standard downs-0.17
Passing downs+1.52
SalterRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays6%
Pass plays0%
Run plays12%
1st down9%
2nd down8%
3rd down0%
Standard downs8%
Passing downs4%
SalterRB average

Advanced

Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume

RushingValueFBS rank
Carries7—
Success rate42.9%—
Explosive run rate14.3%—
Stuffed at the line14.3%—
First downs2—
Red-zone carries1—
Goal-line carries0—

Charting

Where Salter's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Run direction10 carries

Left
10%
-4.0 YPC · 0% succ.
Middle
90%
5.7 YPC · 56% succ.
Right
0%
— YPC · 0% succ.
Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.

Game Log

Ja'Varien Salter'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

5.4 avg. game scoreBest: 5.4 vs Norfolk State (Week 1)0 of 1 games at 8.0+
Rushing
WkOpponentResultGame scoreCarYdsY/CTDLong
1Norfolk StateW 31–105.47405.7018
2@Virginia TechL 21–44—2-2-1.001
3East CarolinaL 17–20—no stats recorded
4James MadisonL 20–46—no stats recorded
5@Georgia StateL 10–42—no stats recorded
6@App StateW 10–3—no stats recorded
7Georgia SouthernL 15–23—no stats recorded
8@Louisiana TechL 0–26—199.009
9MarshallL 23–36—no stats recorded
2026 · 3 games5.410474.7018

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing2026FBS rank
Carries10—
Yards47693rd / 1519
Yards / carry4.7—
Touchdowns0—
Long18—

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

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 1 · Norfolk State55~15 (10–19)727%
Wk 2 · Virginia Tech49~7 (2–14)214%
Wk 8 · Louisiana Tech55~9 (2–17)116%
Season56731 (15–68)105%

Position Room

6 RBs on the Old Dominion roster, ordered by car

#PlayerPosClassCarYdsYPCTDRecEPA/play
3Devin RocheRBJR1094013.7014-0.16
6Trey HallRBSR361062.904-0.33
5Maurki JamesRBSO331033.1440.00
26Ja'Varien SalterRBJR10474.70—+0.17
20CJ Jackson IIIRBFR——————
28Troy MarquezRBSO——————

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. Old Dominion depth chart →