Tavorus Jones
UTEP Miners
62
Depth

Tavorus Jones

UTEP MinersRebuilding
RBOffenseDepthTRANSFER · Missouri
Projected Starter

Is Tavorus Jones starting?

Tavorus Jones is the projected starter at RB for UTEP Miners.

Redshirt senior · #0 · 5'9", 205 lbs

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Depth at RB · UTEP Miners

  1. 1062Tavorus JonesStarter
  2. 23258Lamar Sperling

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of El Paso Burges, ranked #170 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 31 rushing yards, 1 rush TD. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 62 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit4★ · #170 NatlTeam Share2%
El Paso, TX
Jersey
#0
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
5'9"
Weight
205 lbs
Transfer
Missouri

Stats

SeasonRush YdsRush TD
—311

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9319
National Rank
#170
High School
El Paso Burges
Hometown
El Paso, TX

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated offense; 33th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.96 for competition level) put them +0 vs unit starters → 62.

Team offense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 33% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 18% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.96)
Depth-chart adjustment
+0 for role

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 10LNEVYDS 3
CAR
4
YDS
3
AVG
0.8
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final L 30-13

Sep 27LORSTYDS 34
CAR
10
YDS
34
AVG
3.4
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final L 33-7

Sep 19LMICHYDS 34
CAR
9
YDS
34
AVG
3.8
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
-3
AVG
-1.5
TD
0

Final L 52-17

Sep 13WTXSOYDS 104
CAR
16
YDS
104
AVG
6.5
TD
1
REC
1
YDS
3
AVG
3.0
TD
0

Final W 51-10

Sep 5LOUYDS 24
CAR
5
YDS
24
AVG
4.8
TD
0
REC
3
YDS
22
AVG
7.3
TD
0

Final L 51-0

Tavorus Jones's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

31 rush yds · 1 TD · 2% of carries
Usage / Involvement12%
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