2022 Football Roster
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Mims, Jordan

Jersey Number 7
Jordan Mims
- Position:
- RB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- East Palo Alto, Calif.
- High School:
- Menlo-Atherton HS
Bio
Last updated on Jan. 11, 2023
CAREER NUMBERS IN THE RECORD BOOKS:
2022 (SENIOR): First team All-Mountain West running back … Phil Steele first team All-Mountain West running back … started all 14 games played … led the team with 261 carries for 1,372 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns … averaged 98.0 rushing yards per game … average 5.3 yards per carry … became the first Bulldog to rush for 1,000 yards since Marteze Waller in 2014 … 1,372 yards are the seventh-most in a season in Bulldog history … 18 rushing touchdowns in a single season is the second-most in program history, and the most by a Bulldog since 2009 … had five multi-rushing score games this season … had a streak of nine-straight games with a rushing touchdown - a streak that is the third-longest in program history and the longest since 2012 … had a career-high 209 yards on 18 carries against Washington State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl (Dec. 17) … was the first Bulldog since 2018 to have a 200-yard rushing performance … his 261 carries tied for the fifth-most carries in a single season in program history … had a season-long 82 yard touchdown run at Nevada (Nov. 19) - the seventh-longest run from scrimmage in program history … tied his career-high with three rushing touchdowns against Wyoming (Nov. 25) … had six 100-yard rushing performances, the most by a Bulldog since 2014 … added 21 receptions for 126 yards and an additional touchdown on the year … was ranked No. 5 in the nation in rushing touchdowns and in total touchdowns … ranked No. 30 in the FBS in scoring, No. 17 in rushing yards, No. 24 in rushing yards per game, No. 48 in All-Purpose yards and No. 54 in rushing yards per carry among all FBS players … around the MW, he ranked No. 1 in scoring and rushing touchdowns, No. 2 in rushing yards, yards per rush and rushing attempts, No. 3 in all-purpose yards and No. 4 in total offensive touchdowns … named the 2022 Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Offensive MVP, earning the MVP honor in back-to-back bowl games … was selected as an offensive team captain in 12 games on the year … preseason honors included: preseason All-Mountain West running back … Phil Steele second team All-MW, Athlon Sports first team All-MW running back and all-purpose player, Shrine Bowl 1000 … was a preseason watch list addition to the Doak Walker Award watch list … accepted an invitation to the East-West Shrine Bowl ... was named to the 2023 All-East Shrine Bowl Practice Team as a running back ... Fall Academic All-MW.
*Utilized the additional year of eligibility approved by the NCAA in the fall of 2020. The NCAA approved a blanket waiver for all 2020 fall sports student-athletes to retain a year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 (SENIOR): Appeared in all 13 games … got the start in two games … finished the season as the team’s second-leading rusher with 127 carries for 710 yards and six touchdowns … averaged 5.6 yards per carry … added 25 receptions for 324 yards and four touchdowns … averaged 13 yards per catch … was second on the team with 10 total touchdowns … had three multi-score games … had three 100-yard rushing performances this season, the most by a Bulldog in a season since 2019 … had a career-high 186 yards rushing at then-No. 21 San Diego State (Oct. 30). Mims scored two touchdowns in the win over the Aztecs … had a season-long 59 yard run against SDSU … his 186-yard rushing performance was the 28th best in a game in program history … also registered a 100-yard rushing performance against Nevada (Oct. 23), finishing with 134 yards and one touchdown on 23 carries … added 20 yards and a touchdown on four receptions against the Pack … was named the PUBG Mobile New Mexico Bowl Offensive Most Outstanding Player after recording 165 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries and 71 yards and one touchdown on five receptions in the bowl game versus UTEP … his three touchdowns scored in the bowl game tied the program record for most TDs scored in a bowl game. He tied with Stephone Paige who scored three in the 1982 California Bowl … had 103 yards receiving and one touchdown on four catches against New Mexico (Nov. 13). Mims remains the only Bulldog running back since 2000 to register a 100-yard receiving game … also handled some kick return duties for the ‘Dogs, totaling 13 returns for 285 yards … had the 8th most kick return yards among players in the MW … had a career-long 37-yard return at Hawai’i (Oct. 2) … had six returns for 140 yards against UNLV (Sept. 24), it was the second-most return yards in a game among all MW returners. His six returns tie for the most in the conference … averaged 21.9 yards per return … totaled 1,319 all-purpose yards in 2021, averaging 101.5 all-purpose yards per game … ranked sixth in the Mountain West in all-purpose yards on the year … was named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks (Oct. 25, Nov. 1) … Week 8 Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll … helped Fresno State to two wins over ranked opponents, both on the road. It was the first time Fresno State defeated two Top 25 opponents in a season for the first time since 2004, and the first time both wins came on the road in the 100 year history of the program.
2020 (R-JUNIOR): Played in all six games and got the start in the season finale against New Mexico (Dec. 12) … was the team’s second-leading rusher this season with 28 carries for 145 yards and one touchdown … also added 10 receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown … averaged 5.2 yards per carry, and 24.3 yards per game … averaged 9.2 yards per catch … scored his first touchdown since coming back from injury in Fresno State’s win against Colorado State (Oct. 29) … had the 10th-longest run from scrimmage in program history with an 84-yard touchdown run against New Mexico (Dec. 12) … his 84-yard dash was the second longest rush in the Mountain West this season … had a season-high nine carries and four receptions at Nevada (Dec. 5) … averaged 28.3 total offensive yards per play against New Mexico. It was the best mark in the conference this season … he averaged 28.3 yards per rush versus the Lobos for the league’s best single-game mark on the year ... named to the Fall Academic All-Mountain West team.
2019 (JUNIOR): Sat out the 2019 season due to injury ... redshirted.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 12 games and made five starts … missed last two games of the season to injury … was the team’s second leading rusher with 436 rushing yards on 113 attempts … scored six times on the ground … caught 21 passes for 286 receiving yards and scored twice through the air … ranked fourth on the team in all-purpose yardage totaling 722 yards … rushed for a career-high three touchdowns in the Sept. 1 season opener against Idaho on just nine attempt for 36 yards ... matched a career-high of 21 attempts on Sept. 15 at UCLA and rushed for a season-high 85 yards against the Bruins … caught a career-high six passes for a career-high 126 receiving yards that included a career-long reception of 55 yards versus Toledo on Sept. 29 – became the first Bulldog running back since Paris Gaines on Dec. 31, 2000 to account for 100 or more receiving yards in a game … tallied four games with double-digit carries and seven games with at least two receptions … eclipsed 40 yards rushing six times ... named to the Fall Academic All-Mountain West team.
2017 (FRESHMAN): As a true freshman, started three games and played in all 14 … owned a team-high 151 carries, a team-high 627 rushing yards (44.8/per game) and a season-best 24-yard long run (vs. New Mexico) … had 14 receptions for 143 yards and season-best 29-yard long reception (vs. New Mexico) … scored all six touchdowns on the ground, ranking second for Bulldog running backs and third on the team in that category … found the end zone in collegiate debut during Sept. 2 season-opener vs. Incarnate Word … accounted for two TDs in back-to-back home games against UNLV (Oct. 28) and BYU (Nov. 4) … rushed for a season-high 112 yards on a season-high 21 carries at San Diego State on Oct. 21 … saw at least 10 carries in nine of 14 games, averaged 4.2 yards per carry ... added a season-best four receptions and season-best 41 yards receiving at No. 6 Washington on Sept. 16.
HIGH SCHOOL: Mims was named the 2016 South Bay/Peninsula Offensive Player of the Year for the Bay Area News Group... earned All-Peninsula Athletic League Football (Bay Division) first-team offensive selection as a junior and senior.... named a 2016 MaxPreps All-NorCal offensive second-team selection... ran for 2,388 yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior adding 17 catches for 275 yards and two more TDs... Menlo-Atherton High School captured the 2016 Central Coast Section Open Division 1 championship behind Mims’ scoring bursts of 76 and 72 yards in a contest his team won 17-0 over Milpitas HS finishing the game with 243 yards on the ground on 27 carries... gained 312 yards (second career 300-yard game) on 23 carries and found the end zone four times in a 49-21 win at Coach Parks Field in the Northern California Division 3-AA championship... Mims topped 200 yards five times during his senior season... totaled four games with four or more TDs in 2016... helped lead Menlo-Atherton to a 12-3 overall record... as a junior in 2015, he rushed for a single-game program record 321 yards against Aragon totaling 395 all-purpose yards in the contest.
PERSONAL: Son of Tenisha Mims … has two brothers, Justin and Jaden … favorite athlete is Christian McCaffrey ... majoring in mass communication and journalism-advertising at Fresno State.
CAREER NUMBERS IN THE RECORD BOOKS:
- Rushing Yards: 3,290 - 4th All-Time
- Rushing Touchdowns: 37 - T3rd All-Time
- Rushing Attempts: 680 - 2nd All-Time
- 150-Yard Rushing Games: 5 - T3rd All-Time
- Pass Receptions By A Running Back: 91 - 4th All-Time
- All-Purpose Yardage: 4,592 - 5th All-Time
- Scoring Leaders (TDs): 45 - 2nd All-Time
2022 (SENIOR): First team All-Mountain West running back … Phil Steele first team All-Mountain West running back … started all 14 games played … led the team with 261 carries for 1,372 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns … averaged 98.0 rushing yards per game … average 5.3 yards per carry … became the first Bulldog to rush for 1,000 yards since Marteze Waller in 2014 … 1,372 yards are the seventh-most in a season in Bulldog history … 18 rushing touchdowns in a single season is the second-most in program history, and the most by a Bulldog since 2009 … had five multi-rushing score games this season … had a streak of nine-straight games with a rushing touchdown - a streak that is the third-longest in program history and the longest since 2012 … had a career-high 209 yards on 18 carries against Washington State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl (Dec. 17) … was the first Bulldog since 2018 to have a 200-yard rushing performance … his 261 carries tied for the fifth-most carries in a single season in program history … had a season-long 82 yard touchdown run at Nevada (Nov. 19) - the seventh-longest run from scrimmage in program history … tied his career-high with three rushing touchdowns against Wyoming (Nov. 25) … had six 100-yard rushing performances, the most by a Bulldog since 2014 … added 21 receptions for 126 yards and an additional touchdown on the year … was ranked No. 5 in the nation in rushing touchdowns and in total touchdowns … ranked No. 30 in the FBS in scoring, No. 17 in rushing yards, No. 24 in rushing yards per game, No. 48 in All-Purpose yards and No. 54 in rushing yards per carry among all FBS players … around the MW, he ranked No. 1 in scoring and rushing touchdowns, No. 2 in rushing yards, yards per rush and rushing attempts, No. 3 in all-purpose yards and No. 4 in total offensive touchdowns … named the 2022 Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Offensive MVP, earning the MVP honor in back-to-back bowl games … was selected as an offensive team captain in 12 games on the year … preseason honors included: preseason All-Mountain West running back … Phil Steele second team All-MW, Athlon Sports first team All-MW running back and all-purpose player, Shrine Bowl 1000 … was a preseason watch list addition to the Doak Walker Award watch list … accepted an invitation to the East-West Shrine Bowl ... was named to the 2023 All-East Shrine Bowl Practice Team as a running back ... Fall Academic All-MW.
*Utilized the additional year of eligibility approved by the NCAA in the fall of 2020. The NCAA approved a blanket waiver for all 2020 fall sports student-athletes to retain a year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 (SENIOR): Appeared in all 13 games … got the start in two games … finished the season as the team’s second-leading rusher with 127 carries for 710 yards and six touchdowns … averaged 5.6 yards per carry … added 25 receptions for 324 yards and four touchdowns … averaged 13 yards per catch … was second on the team with 10 total touchdowns … had three multi-score games … had three 100-yard rushing performances this season, the most by a Bulldog in a season since 2019 … had a career-high 186 yards rushing at then-No. 21 San Diego State (Oct. 30). Mims scored two touchdowns in the win over the Aztecs … had a season-long 59 yard run against SDSU … his 186-yard rushing performance was the 28th best in a game in program history … also registered a 100-yard rushing performance against Nevada (Oct. 23), finishing with 134 yards and one touchdown on 23 carries … added 20 yards and a touchdown on four receptions against the Pack … was named the PUBG Mobile New Mexico Bowl Offensive Most Outstanding Player after recording 165 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries and 71 yards and one touchdown on five receptions in the bowl game versus UTEP … his three touchdowns scored in the bowl game tied the program record for most TDs scored in a bowl game. He tied with Stephone Paige who scored three in the 1982 California Bowl … had 103 yards receiving and one touchdown on four catches against New Mexico (Nov. 13). Mims remains the only Bulldog running back since 2000 to register a 100-yard receiving game … also handled some kick return duties for the ‘Dogs, totaling 13 returns for 285 yards … had the 8th most kick return yards among players in the MW … had a career-long 37-yard return at Hawai’i (Oct. 2) … had six returns for 140 yards against UNLV (Sept. 24), it was the second-most return yards in a game among all MW returners. His six returns tie for the most in the conference … averaged 21.9 yards per return … totaled 1,319 all-purpose yards in 2021, averaging 101.5 all-purpose yards per game … ranked sixth in the Mountain West in all-purpose yards on the year … was named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks (Oct. 25, Nov. 1) … Week 8 Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll … helped Fresno State to two wins over ranked opponents, both on the road. It was the first time Fresno State defeated two Top 25 opponents in a season for the first time since 2004, and the first time both wins came on the road in the 100 year history of the program.
2020 (R-JUNIOR): Played in all six games and got the start in the season finale against New Mexico (Dec. 12) … was the team’s second-leading rusher this season with 28 carries for 145 yards and one touchdown … also added 10 receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown … averaged 5.2 yards per carry, and 24.3 yards per game … averaged 9.2 yards per catch … scored his first touchdown since coming back from injury in Fresno State’s win against Colorado State (Oct. 29) … had the 10th-longest run from scrimmage in program history with an 84-yard touchdown run against New Mexico (Dec. 12) … his 84-yard dash was the second longest rush in the Mountain West this season … had a season-high nine carries and four receptions at Nevada (Dec. 5) … averaged 28.3 total offensive yards per play against New Mexico. It was the best mark in the conference this season … he averaged 28.3 yards per rush versus the Lobos for the league’s best single-game mark on the year ... named to the Fall Academic All-Mountain West team.
2019 (JUNIOR): Sat out the 2019 season due to injury ... redshirted.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 12 games and made five starts … missed last two games of the season to injury … was the team’s second leading rusher with 436 rushing yards on 113 attempts … scored six times on the ground … caught 21 passes for 286 receiving yards and scored twice through the air … ranked fourth on the team in all-purpose yardage totaling 722 yards … rushed for a career-high three touchdowns in the Sept. 1 season opener against Idaho on just nine attempt for 36 yards ... matched a career-high of 21 attempts on Sept. 15 at UCLA and rushed for a season-high 85 yards against the Bruins … caught a career-high six passes for a career-high 126 receiving yards that included a career-long reception of 55 yards versus Toledo on Sept. 29 – became the first Bulldog running back since Paris Gaines on Dec. 31, 2000 to account for 100 or more receiving yards in a game … tallied four games with double-digit carries and seven games with at least two receptions … eclipsed 40 yards rushing six times ... named to the Fall Academic All-Mountain West team.
2017 (FRESHMAN): As a true freshman, started three games and played in all 14 … owned a team-high 151 carries, a team-high 627 rushing yards (44.8/per game) and a season-best 24-yard long run (vs. New Mexico) … had 14 receptions for 143 yards and season-best 29-yard long reception (vs. New Mexico) … scored all six touchdowns on the ground, ranking second for Bulldog running backs and third on the team in that category … found the end zone in collegiate debut during Sept. 2 season-opener vs. Incarnate Word … accounted for two TDs in back-to-back home games against UNLV (Oct. 28) and BYU (Nov. 4) … rushed for a season-high 112 yards on a season-high 21 carries at San Diego State on Oct. 21 … saw at least 10 carries in nine of 14 games, averaged 4.2 yards per carry ... added a season-best four receptions and season-best 41 yards receiving at No. 6 Washington on Sept. 16.
HIGH SCHOOL: Mims was named the 2016 South Bay/Peninsula Offensive Player of the Year for the Bay Area News Group... earned All-Peninsula Athletic League Football (Bay Division) first-team offensive selection as a junior and senior.... named a 2016 MaxPreps All-NorCal offensive second-team selection... ran for 2,388 yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior adding 17 catches for 275 yards and two more TDs... Menlo-Atherton High School captured the 2016 Central Coast Section Open Division 1 championship behind Mims’ scoring bursts of 76 and 72 yards in a contest his team won 17-0 over Milpitas HS finishing the game with 243 yards on the ground on 27 carries... gained 312 yards (second career 300-yard game) on 23 carries and found the end zone four times in a 49-21 win at Coach Parks Field in the Northern California Division 3-AA championship... Mims topped 200 yards five times during his senior season... totaled four games with four or more TDs in 2016... helped lead Menlo-Atherton to a 12-3 overall record... as a junior in 2015, he rushed for a single-game program record 321 yards against Aragon totaling 395 all-purpose yards in the contest.
PERSONAL: Son of Tenisha Mims … has two brothers, Justin and Jaden … favorite athlete is Christian McCaffrey ... majoring in mass communication and journalism-advertising at Fresno State.
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