#25Ja'Kyrian Turner

RB·Pittsburgh·2025

Ja'Kyrian Turner is a Committee Back for Pittsburgh. Ja'Kyrian's 2025 season ranks in the 0th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 139 plays — a developing rate for the RB.

2026 Usage Outlook · projected share of team plays

18%

projected

band 11%'25 20%26%

Regressed toward the RB mean. Model correlation r≈0.52 on a 2019-2025 walk-forward — volume only; efficiency not projected.

2025 Production

Rushing

747 Rush yards7 Rush TD140 Carries5.3 Yards/carry

Receiving

25 Receptions150 Rec yards0 Rec TD6.0 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs RB peers

Player type

Committee Back

Part of a rotation — contributes in a complementary role and keeps the featured back fresh.

Rotational roleSituational use

Peer percentiles

Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)0th %ile · below avg

Game-to-game consistency0th %ile · below avg

Key findings

▸Below-average efficiency vs RB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.
▸High game-to-game variance — boom-or-bust profile.
▸Strong second-half surge — EPA/play improved 0.18 from the first to second half of the season.
▸Peak game: 0.39 EPA/play in Wk 10 vs Stanford (SP+ -12).

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗

Starter

Meaningful starter. Local collective + position-group deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

EPA per play, by weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	Car	Rush Yds	Avg	Rush TD	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	EPA/play
2	vsCentral Michigan	W45-17	-8.8	6	26	4.3	1	1	1	0	0.07
3	@West Virginia	L24-31	-6.8	4	9	2.3	0	1	3	0	-0.37
5	vsLouisville	L27-34	12.4	6	36	6.0	0	—	—	—	-0.31
6	vsBoston College	W48-7	-8.5	12	67	5.6	1	2	32	0	0.16
7	@Florida State	W34-31	7.2	10	44	4.4	2	4	34	0	0.34
8	@Syracuse	W30-13	-13.1	15	42	2.8	0	—	—	—	-0.44
9	vsNC State	W53-34	4.8	13	50	3.8	2	2	13	0	—
10	@Stanford	W35-20	-11.8	22	127	5.8	0	3	36	0	0.39
12	vsNotre Dame	L15-37	24.4	5	15	3.0	0	—	—	—	-0.26
13	@Georgia Tech	W42-28	9.3	21	201	9.6	1	4	12	0	0.13
14	vsMiami	L7-38	20.7	10	37	3.7	0	6	11	0	-0.05
1	vsEast Carolina	L17-23	8.0	16	93	5.8	0	2	8	0	0.23

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

20.3%

Passing plays

7.1%

Rushing plays

37.4%

Standard downs

23.0%

Passing downs

15.2%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: 0.11
Passing downs: 0.01
Pass / Rush EPA: -0.12 / 0.13

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).