2018 Football Roster
Roster
Jordan Scarlett
- Position:
- RB
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
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Finished his collegiate career with 1,846 rushing yards, 344 carries and 12 touchdowns in 35 games playedβ¦ 2018: Declared for the NFL Draft following the seasonβ¦ Played in all 13 contests and recorded 12 startsβ¦ Ranked second on the team with 131 carries, 776 rushing yards, five touchdowns and 860 total yardsβ¦ Caught 10 passes for 84 yardsβ¦ Tallied a career-high 159 rushing yards on 18 carries against South Carolinaβ¦ Also recorded a 100-yard rushing performance at Vanderbilt (16-113)β¦ Tallied 22 rushes of more than 10 yardsβ¦ Bought into Dan Mullenβs philosophy to spilt carries with Lamical Perine, which kept them both fresh throughout a game and the entire seasonβ¦Β Overall, the Gators ranked fourth in the SEC in yards per carry (5.29) and yards per game (213.15) and totaled 2,771 yards rushing on 526 attempts during the seasonβ¦ That mark passed the 2007 Gators (2,602) for the programβs third-highest rushing yardage total since the start of 1990; only the 2008 Gators (3,326) and 2009 Gators (3,105) had higher totalsβ¦ Also as a team, UF rushed for 200-plus yards nine times, which tied the 2008 Gators for the highest number of times it hit that mark in a season since the start of 1996β¦ Perine (826) and Scarlett (776) are the first pair of Gators with at least 775 rushing yards in a season since Elijah Williams (858) and Terry Jackson (780) both hit that mark in 1995β¦ Was one of three players (Perine, Feleipe Franks) who scored at least five rushing touchdowns, which marked the first time UF accomplished that feat since 2010β¦ 2017: Spent the entire season suspended and away from the teamβ¦ 2016: Took over the starting role late in the season and carried the load for the Gatorsβ offenseβ¦ Played in all 13 contests and started eight timesβ¦ Led the team with 179 carries, 889 rushing yards and six touchdownsβ¦ Scarlettβs 889 yards rushing was the most by a Florida freshman or sophomore running back since 1995β¦ Recorded a team-best 5.0 yards per rush for players who had at least 10 attemptsβ¦ Had three games of 100-plus yards on the seasonβ¦ Led the team in rushing yards nine times on the season, against UMass (70 yards), Tennessee (44), Vanderbilt (55), Georgia (93), South Carolina (134), LSU (108), Florida State (53), Alabama (17) and Iowa (94)β¦ Had a career day against South Carolina, averaging 6.7 yards on 20 carries and totaling 134 yardsβ¦ With his rushing touchdown against Georgia, Scarlett joined Kelvin Taylor (2015) as the only other UF running back since 2005 to score a rushing touchdown in six consecutive gamesβ¦ Pro Football Focus credited Scarlett with 48 missed tackles (most in the SEC/16th nationally) during the regular season (prior to the Outback Bowl)β¦ For instance, 588 of his 795 rushing yards during the regular season were after contact, which accounted for 74 percent of his total rushing yardsβ¦ That mark tied him with Georgiaβs Nick Chubb for the highest percentage in that categoryβ¦ After finishing the season with 94 rushing yards against Iowa in the Outback Bowl, Scarlett eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards for his careerβ¦ 2015: Played in 10 games and recorded his first-career start against Vanderbilt... Finished third on the team with 181 yards on 34 carries (5.3 avg) and one touchdown... Posted career highs in rushing yards (96) and attempts (nine) versus Georgia...Broke off a career-best run of 60 yards against the Bulldogs... Recorded his first-career rushing touchdown against New Mexico State.
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PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
Played in the 2015 U.S. Army All-American Bowl Game in San Antonio, Texasβ¦ Named to the 2014 Class 7A All-State First Teamβ¦ Participated in Nikeβs The Opening event in 2014 in Oregonβ¦ Rushed for 1,124 yards on 143 carries and scored 24 touchdowns in his senior season at St. Thomas Aquinasβ¦ Totaled 2,857 rushing yards on 351 carries in three seasons at University Schoolβ¦ Scored 51 touchdowns as well, including 50 on the groundβ¦ Was a member of St. Thomasβ 2014 Class 7A state championship teamβ¦ Had 15 carries for 121 yards and a touchdown against Kissimmee Osceola in the state championship winβ¦ Named to the 2013 Class 4A All-State Second Team while at University Schoolβ¦ Rushed for 932 yards as a junior and 1,357 as a sophomoreβ¦ Played for Coach Rocco Casulloβ¦ Named the Sun Sentinel's 2014 Class 8A-7A-6A Player of the Year... Also ran track in high school.
