Jekail Middlebrook
Virginia Cavaliers
78
Solid

Jekail Middlebrook

Virginia CavaliersRebuilding
RBOffenseSolidTRANSFER · Middle Tennessee
Projected Starter

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Jekail Middlebrook is the projected starter at RB for Virginia Cavaliers.

Redshirt junior · #21 · 5'10", 198 lbs

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Depth at RB · Virginia Cavaliers

  1. 12178Jekail MiddlebrookStarter
  2. 2272Peyton Lewis
  3. 32553Xay Davis
  4. 4053Xavier Brown
  5. 5349Noah Vaughn

Virginia Starting Lineup

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Top running backs in the ACC

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Up next for Virginia

Virginia plays California at home on Sat, Nov 14. Kickoff time not announced yet.

The Story

The Workhorse

This season: 752 rushing yards, 4 rush TD. That's 29% of the team's production at his spot and 80th-percentile production nationally — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Team Share29%Percentile80th
Atlanta, GA
Jersey
#21
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
5'10"
Weight
198 lbs
Transfer
Middle Tennessee

Stats

SeasonRush YdsRush TD
—7524

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

Recruiting Profile

High School
Langston Hughes
Hometown
Fairburn, GA

Why this rating?

On a 70-rated offense; 80th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.76 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 78.

Team offense (SP+)
70
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 80% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 35% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.76)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 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 23LDUKEYDS 117
CAR
24
YDS
117
AVG
4.9
TD
1
REC
2
YDS
8
AVG
4.0
TD
0

Final L 19-16

Oct 17LSMUYDS 59
CAR
14
YDS
59
AVG
4.2
TD
0
REC
3
YDS
19
AVG
6.3
TD
0

Final L 23-13

Oct 10WSYRYDS 95
CAR
17
YDS
95
AVG
5.6
TD
2
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 28-25

Oct 3LFSUYDS 65
CAR
10
YDS
65
AVG
6.5
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
24
AVG
12.0
TD
0

Final L 38-7

Sep 26WDELYDS 23
CAR
5
YDS
23
AVG
4.6
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
21
AVG
10.5
TD
0

Final W 42-3

Sep 19LWVUYDS 75
CAR
17
YDS
75
AVG
4.4
TD
1
REC
2
YDS
1
AVG
0.5
TD
1

Final L 38-27

Sep 11WNORFYDS 15
CAR
3
YDS
15
AVG
5.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
5
AVG
5.0
TD
0

Final W 59-3

Aug 29WNCSUYDS 64
CAR
15
YDS
64
AVG
4.3
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 34-8

Jekail Middlebrook's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Workhorse
752 rush yds · 4 TD · 26% of carries
Usage / Involvement100%
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