Jaelin Benefield

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2024 Southern Illinois 3 games, 88 rushing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Aug 31	atBYU	L 13–⁠41	3	−1	0	1	4	0
Sep 7	atAustin Peay	W 31–⁠17	9	55	1	2	3	0
Sep 14	vs.Incarnate Word	W 35–⁠28	5	34	0	–	–	–

2023 Southern Illinois 12 games, 121 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 2	vs.Austin Peay	W 49–⁠23	6	15	0	3	72	1
Sep 9	atNorthern Illinois	W 14–⁠11	3	12	0	2	6	0
Sep 16	atSoutheast Missouri State	W 26–⁠25	4	4	0	3	24	0
Sep 30	vs.Missouri State	W 33–⁠20	–	–	–	1	7	0
Oct 14	atMurray State	W 27–⁠6	12	39	0	1	2	0
Oct 21	vs.South Dakota State	L 10–⁠17	2	3	0	3	7	0
Oct 28	atWestern Illinois	W 63–⁠0	7	37	0	2	14	0
Nov 4	vs.South Dakota	L 7–⁠14	1	1	0	–	–	–
Nov 11	atNorth Dakota State	L 10–⁠34	1	3	0	1	6	0
Nov 18	vs.Indiana State	W 38–⁠9	3	7	0	1	11	0
Nov 25 ✦	vs.Nicholls	W 35–⁠0	–	–	–	1	4	0
Dec 2 ✦	atIdaho	L 17–⁠20	–	–	–	2	11	0

2022 Eastern Illinois 10 games, 379 rushing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 1	atNorthern Illinois	L 27–⁠34	10	63	0	4	57	1
Sep 10	vs.Chattanooga	L 20–⁠38	6	20	0	2	13	0
Sep 17	atIllinois State	L 7–⁠35	8	31	0	2	−6	0
Sep 24	atMurray State	W 35–⁠21	15	65	0	2	7	0
Oct 8	vs.Northwestern State	W 35–⁠27	5	20	0	–	–	–
Oct 22	atTennessee State	L 17–⁠37	3	13	0	1	11	0
Oct 29	vs.Tennessee Tech	L 17–⁠20	14	79	0	1	19	0
Nov 5	atMcNeese	L 15–⁠29	5	43	0	–	–	–
Nov 12	vs.Southeast Missouri State	L 7–⁠31	5	21	1	–	–	–
Nov 19	atUT Martin	L 31–⁠34	11	24	0	1	84	1

2019 Eastern Illinois 1 game, 14 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 7	atIndiana	L 0–⁠52	6	14	0	1	8	0

No box score in the source for Aug 29 at Chattanooga; Sep 14 vs. Illinois State; Sep 21 at Indiana State; Sep 28 vs. Tennessee Tech; Oct 5 at Murray State; Oct 12 vs. Jacksonville State; Oct 19 at UT Martin; Oct 26 vs. Eastern Kentucky; Nov 9 at Tennessee State; Nov 16 vs. Southeast Missouri State; Nov 23 at Austin Peay, so those games are not listed.

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