Jamal Roberts
2026: Roberts has asserted himself as one of the league and country’s top running backs … Started each of the Tigers’ six games … Rushed for 828 yards on 147 carries to ranked second nationally and lead the SEC … Has eight rushing touchdowns (7th nationally) while also exceling in pass protection and blitz pickup … Caught eight passes on the season for 76 yards … Leads the nation in yards after contact (673, 4.4 YPC after contact) … Accounts for an astonishing 81.3 percent of his rush yards after contact … Averages 5.6 yards per rush attempt … Has 20 explosive rushes of 10-plus yards on the season, including runs of 54, 64, 77 and 80 yards … 19th nationally in missed tackles forced with 27 … Four 100-yard rushing games this season with two over 200 yards … Doak Walker Award National Player of the Week vs. Florida … Maxwell Award National Player of the Week, Doak Walker Award National Player of the Week and Co-SEC Offensive Player of the Week vs. Texas A&M. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: Gained 47 yards on 13 attempts with a long of 12 yards … Had two explosive rushes on 13 carries … Punched in a touchdown early in the second quarter … Converted two third downs for the Tigers. Kansas: Broke free for a career long 65-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter … Finished with 125 rushing yards and one touchdown … Averaged 4.5 yards per rush on 28 carries … Converted two third downs on rush attempts … Caught one pass. Troy: Had a season-high five explosive rushes with a long of 20 yards … Gained 122 yards on 21 carries, an average of 5.8 per carry … Converted five first downs. Mississippi State: Rushed for 95 yards on 26 carries … Had two explosive rushes … Seven rushes converted third downs for the Tigers … 93 of his 95 yards in Starkville came after contact. Florida: Doak Walker Award National Player of the Week vs. Florida … Gained a career-high 211 yards with three touchdowns against the No. 8 Gators … Accounted for the two longest runs of his career with a 77-yard where he was pushed out at the two-yard line and an 80-yard touchdown burst to seal the win … He averaged 8.8 yards per carry while catching another three passes for 29 yards … The 211-yard performance was the 18th highest rushing total in school history and the 27th 200-yard rushing effort in Tigers’ history … Converted seven first downs or touchdowns rushing and another two in the passing game … Generated 149 yards after contact against the Gators, accounting for 70.6% of his rushing production and averaging 6.2 yards after contact per carry. Texas A&M: Turned in his second straight 200-yard rushing game with a career-high with 222 rushing yards on 34 carries in a 27-6 win over Texas A&M … Added two more touchdowns to raise his season total to eight ... Just the third SEC running back in the last 20 years (joining Derrick Henry and Leonard Fournette) with back-to-back 200-yard-plus rushing games … Averaged 6.5 yards per carry and converted 10 first downs or TDs … Had seven explosive rushes of 10-yards or more with 54-yard touchdown coming late in the fourth quarter to seal the Tigers’ win … The 222-yard performance is tied for the 13th highest rushing total in school history … Has 433 rushing yards and five touchdowns in the Tigers’ last two games.
2025: Played in all 13 games on the season with two starts (started season opener for the first of his career and at Auburn) … Rushed 124 times for 753 yards (6.1 YPC) and six touchdowns on the season (all career-high totals), including a 63-yard scoring scamper that iced the game late in the win over the rival Kansas Jayhawks … Added 141 receiving yards and a touchdown on 18 catches … 480 of his 753 yards came after contact with 21 explosive runs of 10-yards or more … Forced 30 missed tackles on 124 rush attempts. Central Arkansas: Earned the start and rushed eight times for 33 yards and caught one pass for eight yards in the season opener. Kansas: Logged his first-career 100-yard rushing game in the win over the rival Jayhawks … Totaled 143 yards on 13 carries (11.0 AVG.), including a 63-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter to help ice the win … Was one of two 100-yard rushers on the day as teammate Ahmad Hardy also went over the century mark (25 carries, 112 yards) … Named to the Pro Football Focus (PFF) Southeastern Conference Team of the Week (9/7) for his performance. Louisiana: Totaled 85 scrimmage yards in the win over the Ragin’ Cajuns … Carried the ball eight times for 46 yards … Added one catch for a 39-yard touchdown to mark the first receiving score of his career. South Carolina: Rushed 13 times for 76 yards and a touchdown … Converted a first down on seven of 13 carries and accounted for three rushes of 15-yards or more. UMass: Averaged 8.7 yards per carry … Rushed six times for 52 yards and a touchdown … Broke free for a 30-yard gain and added a nine-yard touchdown run on third down from the UMass 9-yard line … Added two receptions for 15 yards with 13 of those yards after the catch. Alabama: Rushed five times for 50 yards with a long of 39 yards … Caught three more passes for 27 yards. Auburn: Caught two passes for 13 yards while rushing for six yards on three carries. Vanderbilt: Rushed 10 times for 22 yards and caught a pass for two yards … Long rush of eight yards … Forced one missed tackle. Texas A&M: Turned in his best game in weeks, leading the team with 110 rushing yards and one touchdown … caught one pass for one yard … Had 83 yards after contact and forced four missed tackles. Mississippi State: Rushed for 45 yards on nine carries … Averaged 5.0 yards per carry. Oklahoma: Carried 10 times for 14 yards … three receptions matched a season high … took three grabs for 15 yards. Arkansas: Logged his third 100-yard game of the season … found the endzone for the fifth time this season … averaged 9.0 yards per carry for his second highest output this season. Virginia: Rushed 11 times for 56 yards and the Tigers’ only touchdown … also caught one pass for two yards.
2024: Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient … saw action in all 13 games … carded 53 rushes for 216 yards (4.08) with three TDs and five receptions for 21 yards (4.20) … did not have any negative carries on the year … finished tied for third on the team in rushing TDs and fourth in rushing yards and rushing attempts … season points came from three TDs and one two-point conversion … recorded 237 all-purpose yards … rushed 2+ times in eight contests and 5+ times in four games, including a season-high 17 against Alabama … carded 20+ rushing yards on four occasions and 50+ rushing yards twice versus Alabama (71 yards) and Oklahoma (54 yards) … broke free for a year-long four-yard TD scamper against Auburn … also earned rushing scores against Murray State and Buffalo … tallied a season-long 14-yard rush in a contest with Mississippi State … compiled one reception in games with Texas A&M, Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Iowa in the Music City Bowl … finished with 10+ receiving yards on two occasions against Alabama (10 yards) and Iowa (12 yards) … connected with QB Brady Cook for a season-long 12-yard reception against Iowa … converted on one two-point conversion versus South Carolina … posted three tackles on special teams, with a season-high two coming in a contest with Iowa … on the field for 365 snaps.
2023: Played in two games against Kentucky and Arkansas … logged one rush for minus one yard (-1.00) … posted one tackle on special teams … on the field for four snaps.
PRIOR TO MIZZOU: Lettered three seasons at St. Mary’s under coach Corey Bethany … rated a four-star prospect by ESPN.com and a three-star prospect by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com … charted as the No. 9, No. 13 and No. 17 prospect from the state of Missouri according ESPN.com, 247Sports.com, and Rivals.com, respectively … listed as the No. 27 and No. 31 running back in the country by ESPN.com and 247Sports.com, respectively … helped St. Mary’s to a 28-5 three-year ledger with three consecutive state playoff appearances, including back-to-back MSHSAA State Championship title as a junior (class 3) and senior (class 4) … in both championship games, St. Mary’s outscored its opponents by a combined 98-0 score … rushed for 114 yards on 12 carries in 2021 Class 3 State Championship Game … tabbed the 2022 class 4 offensive player of the year according to the Missouri Football Coaches Association … named a first team all-state selection ... also lettered in track & field, posting a time of 10.94 in the 100-meter dash as a junior.
PERSONAL: Born October 26, 2004 … son of John Sr. and Latanya Roberts … majoring in general studies.