Jacory Merritt with the Washington Commanders, 2025
With the Washington Commanders, 2025. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Arizona (from Alabama State, New Mexico), 2019–⁠24

Jacory Merritt

Number
No. 1
Height
5′11″
Weight
204 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Montgomery, AL
Born
Apr 12, 2001

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Jacory Merritt played running back at Alabama State (2019–⁠22), New Mexico (2023) and Arizona (2024). The Washington Commanders took Merritt in round 7, No. 245 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,185
Rushing yards, 2023 (New Mexico, 4–⁠8)
Best game
204 yards
At Fresno State, week 12, 2023: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 5
In FBS in rushing touchdowns, 2023
Drafted
No. 245
Round 7, 2025 NFL Draft (Washington Commanders)

Career highs

233rushing yards, career highvs. Utah State, 20233rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Tennessee Tech, 2023

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2019Alabama State11383.5017
2021*Alabama State10171.706
2022Alabama State1204703.9450
2023New Mexico1891,1856.31755
2024Arizona131068.2136
Career3431,8165.32255

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2019Alabama State166.006
2021*Alabama State11515.0015
2022Alabama State1316712.8030
2023New Mexico77210.3131
Career2226011.8131

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Alabama State1RBYr 1
2021Alabama State1RBYr 3
2022Alabama State1RBYr 4
2023New Mexico1RBYr 5
2024Arizona1RBSr. (Yr 6)5′11″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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2019Alabama State (FCS)12-0.18––-2.1––
2021Alabama State (FCS)12-0.16––-1.9––
2022Alabama State (FCS)99-0.065th (n=470)0.14-6.121%–
2023New Mexico1910.3692nd (n=450)0.1768.824%0.26
2024Arizona140.08––1.1––

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.

Game by game

2024 Arizona 1 game, 106 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31vs.New MexicoW 61–⁠3913106136––
2023 New Mexico 12 games, 1,185 rushing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2atTexas A&ML 10–⁠521150127––
Sep 9vs.Tennessee TechW 56–⁠1012162355––
Sep 16vs.New Mexico StateL 17–⁠271683119131
Sep 23atMassachusettsW 34–⁠31933221117
Sep 30atWyomingL 26–⁠3515103022215
Oct 14vs.San José StateL 24–⁠521768216––
Oct 21vs.Hawai’iW 42–⁠211046214––
Oct 28atNevadaL 24–⁠3411441121−2
Nov 4vs.UNLVL 14–⁠56218601311
Nov 11atBoise StateL 14–⁠421573218110
Nov 18atFresno StateW 25–⁠1721204250––
Nov 24vs.Utah StateL 41–⁠4431233122––
2022 Alabama State 11 games, 470 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 27vs.HowardW 23–⁠131555121348
Sep 3vs.MilesW 21–⁠139120814
Sep 10atUCLAL 7–⁠458200915
Sep 24vs.Prairie View A&ML 15–⁠2517143031––
Oct 1atTexas SouthernW 16–⁠131119061−2
Oct 8vs.Jackson StateL 12–⁠2669014––
Oct 15vs.Mississippi Valley StateW 24–⁠91139018––
Oct 29vs.Alabama A&MW 24–⁠177171627
Nov 5atBethune-CookmanW 37–⁠221045019247
Nov 12vs.Florida A&ML 14–⁠21920012111
Nov 24vs.Arkansas–Pine BluffL 14–⁠191791250247
2021 Alabama State 1 game, 17 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 11atAuburnL 0–⁠62101706115

No box score in the source for Sep 4 vs. Miles, so that game is not listed.

2019 Alabama State 2 games, 38 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 29atUABL 19–⁠2451407––
Nov 16atFlorida StateL 12–⁠4962401716

No box score in the source for Sep 7 vs. Tuskegee; Sep 14 vs. Kennesaw State; Sep 21 vs. Grambling; Oct 5 vs. Alcorn State; Oct 12 at Jackson State; Oct 26 vs. Alabama A&M; Nov 2 at Mississippi Valley State; Nov 9 at Texas Southern; Nov 28 vs. Prairie View A&M, so those games are not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Offensive MVP of the 2025 East–West Shrine Bowl.

DrillPro day
Height5′11″
Weight208 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9″
Wingspan77⅛″W
40-yard dash4.47 s
10-yard split1.50 s
Vertical jump41½″
Broad jump10′4″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.28 s
20-yard shuttle4.44 s

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).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 22 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Commanders.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2025Washington Commanders171758058968
2026 (so far)Washington Commanders5672392540
NFL career222421,0441014108

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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