Running back, Incarnate Word (from Nicholls), 2022–⁠25

Jaylon Spears

Number
No. 1
Height
5′10″
Weight
200 lb
Class (2025)
Junior
Hometown
New Orleans, LA

Jaylon Spears played running back at Nicholls (2022–⁠24) and Incarnate Word (2025).

Career highs

177rushing yards, career highvs. Lamar, 20233rushing touchdowns, career highvs. East Texas A&M, 2025116receiving yards, career highvs. Southeast Missouri State, 2023

Team titles: Southland champions, 2023

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Nicholls11433.9015
2023Nicholls1157536.5669
2024Nicholls18472.6029
2025Incarnate Word1385694.1632
Career2821,4125.01269

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022Nicholls276360–––
2023Nicholls123010160
2025Incarnate Word3430–––
Career429800160

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Nicholls393.007
2023Nicholls1626016.3388
2024Nicholls33913.0029
2025Incarnate Word15513.4013
Career373599.7388

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Nicholls1RBYr 1
2023Nicholls1RBYr 2
2024Nicholls1RBYr 3
2025Incarnate Word1RBJr. (Yr 4)5′10″200

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2022Nicholls (FCS)10-0.68––-6.8–
2023Nicholls (FCS)1110.3389th (n=450)0.1736.919%
2024Nicholls (FCS)170.15––2.5–
2025Incarnate Word (FCS)140-0.0414th (n=576)0.10-5.217%

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.

Game by game

2025 Incarnate Word 12 games, 569 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 23atNichollsL 6–⁠2015490–––
Aug 30vs.Eastern WashingtonW 31–⁠219250–––
Sep 13atUTSAL 20–⁠485260–––
Sep 20atNorthern ArizonaL 23–⁠315350–––
Sep 27vs.Abilene ChristianW 38–⁠713631–––
Oct 4vs.Stephen F. AustinL 17–⁠3110330–––
Oct 18vs.East Texas A&ML 45–⁠521885314–
Oct 25atUT Rio Grande ValleyL 28–⁠561236014–
Nov 1vs.LamarW 24–⁠1712180135–
Nov 8atNorthwestern StateW 38–⁠37110–––
Nov 15vs.SE LouisianaL 7–⁠1014970–––
Nov 22atHouston ChristianW 31–⁠1018912–––
2024 Nicholls 2 games, 47 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31atLouisiana TechL 17–⁠25630–––
Oct 12atIncarnate WordL 10–⁠5512440–––
2023 Nicholls 11 games, 753 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.Sacramento StateL 24–⁠389421375–
Sep 9atTCUL 6–⁠41103502461
Sep 23atTulaneL 7–⁠36–––242–
Sep 30atMcNeeseW 31–⁠108361148–
Oct 7vs.Houston ChristianW 38–⁠781130131–
Oct 21atEast Texas A&MW 27–⁠712691245–
Oct 28vs.Southeast Missouri StateL 31–⁠355191114–
Nov 4atIncarnate WordW 45–⁠32231600–––
Nov 11vs.LamarW 37–⁠24161772–––
Nov 16atSE LouisianaW 21–⁠1614580–––
Nov 25 ✦atSouthern IllinoisL 0–⁠3510440–––

No box score in the source for Oct 14 vs. Northwestern State, so that game is not listed.

2022 Nicholls 11 games, 27 returns, 636 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3atSouth AlabamaL 7–⁠48110360–
Sep 10atUL MonroeL 7–⁠35–––249–
Sep 17atSoutheast Missouri StateL 16–⁠42–––6103–
Sep 24vs.Jacksonville StateL 21–⁠523130145–
Oct 1atNorthwestern StateL 33–⁠36–––238–
Oct 8atHouston ChristianW 19–⁠17–––268–
Oct 15vs.Incarnate WordL 14–⁠491−20124–
Oct 22vs.McNeeseW 40–⁠35–––120–
Oct 29atLamarL 17–⁠241104103–
Nov 12vs.East Texas A&MW 12–⁠102170118–
Nov 17vs.SE LouisianaL 17–⁠4031304108–

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

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