Jaylen McGill
North Carolina Tar Heels
66
Depth

Jaylen McGill

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2nd String / Backup

Is Jaylen McGill starting?

Jaylen McGill is listed 2nd string at RB for North Carolina Tar Heels.

Sophomore · #27 · 5'10", 200 lbs

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Depth at RB · North Carolina Tar Heels

  1. 1782Benjamin HallStarter
  2. 22766Jaylen McGillYou
  3. 3066Demon June

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Mountain View Preparatory, ranked #493 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 19 rushing yards, 0 rush TD. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 66 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #493 NatlTeam Share1%
Spartanburg, SC
Jersey
#27
Class
SO
Height
5'10"
Weight
200 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonRush YdsRush TD
2025190

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8893
National Rank
#493
High School
Mountain View Preparatory
Hometown
Spartanburg, SC

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated offense; 14th-percentile production (×0.91 for competition level) put them -10 vs unit starters → 66.

Team offense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 14% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
-10 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WPITTYDS -4
CAR
1
YDS
-4
AVG
-4.0
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 21-17

Oct 3LNDYDS 15
CAR
4
YDS
15
AVG
3.8
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final L 37-26

Sep 19LCLEMYDS 13
CAR
3
YDS
13
AVG
4.3
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final L 28-20

Sep 12WETSUYDS 40
CAR
5
YDS
40
AVG
8.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
20
AVG
20.0
TD
0

Final W 35-3

Aug 29WTCUYDS 33
CAR
5
YDS
33
AVG
6.6
TD
1
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 15-10

Jaylen McGill's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

19 rush yds · 0 TD · 2% of carries
Usage / Involvement3%
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