Running back, Virginia (from North Carolina Central), 2020–25
J’mari Taylor
- Number
- No. 3
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 204 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Charlotte, NC
- Born
- Mar 15, 2002
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J’mari Taylor played running back at North Carolina Central (2020–24) and Virginia (2025).
Career highs
206rushing yards, career highvs. Howard, 20243rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at NC State, 20257catches, career highvs. Wake Forest, 2025100receiving yards, career highvs. South Carolina State, 20232receiving touchdowns, career highvs. South Carolina State, 2023Team titles: MEAC champions, 2022 and 2023
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | North Carolina Central | 86 | 417 | 4.8 | 7 | 45 |
| 2023 | North Carolina Central | 68 | 289 | 4.3 | 1 | 23 |
| 2024 | North Carolina Central | 196 | 1,146 | 5.8 | 15 | 66 |
| 2025 | Virginia | 222 | 1,062 | 4.8 | 14 | 78 |
| Career | 572 | 2,914 | 5.1 | 37 | 78 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | North Carolina Central | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 3 | 27 |
| 2023 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 209 | 14.9 | 3 | 60 |
| 2024 | North Carolina Central | 29 | 257 | 8.9 | 2 | 39 |
| 2025 | Virginia | 43 | 253 | 5.9 | 1 | 25 |
| Career | 95 | 848 | 8.9 | 9 | 60 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | North Carolina Central | 6 | 82 | 0 |
| 2025 | Virginia | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Career | 7 | 102 | 0 | |
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | North Carolina Central | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | North Carolina Central | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | North Carolina Central | 3 | RB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | North Carolina Central | 3 | RB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | North Carolina Central | 3 | RB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | North Carolina Central | 3 | RB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Virginia | 3 | RB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′9″ | 204 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | North Carolina Central (FCS) | 60 | 0.19 | 64th (n=470) | 0.14 | 11.4 | 13% | – |
| 2025 | Virginia | 279 | 0.14 | 61st (n=576) | 0.10 | 38.2 | 29% | 0.24 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Rushing detail
| Season | Team | Success | Line yards | Second level | Open field | Stuffed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia | 40% | 3.00 | 0.80 | 1.20 | 15% |
Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.
Game by game
2025 Virginia 13 games, 1,062 rushing yards, 14 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 48–7 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at | L 31–35 | 17 | 150 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. | W 55–16 | 6 | 31 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. | W 48–20 | 15 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs. | W 46–38 | 27 | 99 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at | W 30–27 | 16 | 68 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. | W 22–20 | 17 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at | W 17–16 | 21 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at | W 31–21 | 21 | 105 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. | L 9–16 | 19 | 98 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at | W 34–17 | 18 | 133 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. | W 27–7 | 20 | 80 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs. | L 20–27 | 15 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 1 |
2024 North Carolina Central 11 games, 1,146 rushing yards, 15 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 31–24 | 24 | 128 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | vs. | L 19–41 | 14 | 54 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at | L 10–45 | 21 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 66–24 | 19 | 137 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 37–10 | 11 | 86 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at | W 45–14 | 18 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Virginia Lynchburg | W 68–0 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 16–7 | 26 | 196 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | at | L 21–24 | 14 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. | W 26–3 | 24 | 206 | 3 | 6 | 78 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at | W 52–10 | 16 | 78 | 1 | – | – | – |
2023 North Carolina Central 10 games, 289 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at | W 30–16 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at | L 7–59 | 11 | 23 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 23 | vs. | W 45–3 | 7 | 36 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 30 | vs. | W 49–48 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at | W 16–10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 62–28 | 13 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 2 |
| Nov 4 | vs. | W 38–24 | 10 | 52 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 11 | at | L 20–50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. | W 55–14 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 1 |
| Nov 25 ✦ | at | L 27–49 | 4 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – |
No box score in the source for Sep 2 vs. Winston-Salem State, so that game is not listed.
2022 North Carolina Central 12 games, 417 rushing yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 28–13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs.Winston-Salem State | W 41–0 | 16 | 65 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Sep 17 | at | W 45–27 | 11 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs.Virginia Lynchburg | W 59–14 | 7 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at | L 18–48 | 10 | 23 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 13 | vs. | W 59–20 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | at | L 24–26 | 3 | 17 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 29 | at | W 28–21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 5 | vs. | W 50–21 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | at | W 48–14 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Nov 19 | at | W 22–20 | 7 | 32 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. | W 41–34 | 5 | 40 | 1 | – | – | – |
2021 North Carolina Central 1 game, 2 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | at | L 10–44 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
No box score in the source for Sep 25 at North Carolina A&T, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2026 Senior Bowl (National team, lost 9–17).
| Drill | Combine 2026 | Combine or pro day 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′9⅞″ | |
| Weight | 199 lb | |
| Arm length | 30″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| Wingspan | 72⅞″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.66 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ | |
| Bench press | 20 reps |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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