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5 Jariq Scales

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Osceola, Ark.
  • Prev School Osceola HS

Biography

Career
Debut: September 2ND, 2021 versus Northwestern Oklahoma State
First Start: September 2nd, 2021 versus Northwestern Oklahoma State
Games Played: 22/22
Stats: 416 rushing attempts; 2519 rushing yards; 114.5 rush yds/game(6.1 yds/rush); longest rush of 74 yards; 37 receptions; 335 receiving yards; 15.2 receiving yds/game(1.7 YPA);  21 total touchdowns

Awards & Honors
2021-22 GAC Freshman of the Year
2021-22 GAC All-Academic Team
2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-Super Region 3 First Team
2022-23 D2CCA Second Team All-Region
2022-23 CSC Academic All-District Football
2022-23 First Team All-GAC

2022
Only Mulerider to earn All-Great American Conference First Team…one of five Mulerider Football players to make the CSC Academic All-District…named onto the D2CCA Second Team All-Region…second player in program history to record consecutive 1,000 or more rushing yard seasons...recorded four 100+ rushing yard games with three going for 150+ rushing yards...rushed for two scores on the ground and  173 yards off of 22 attempts while averaging 7.86 yards per carry against East Central (10/1)…gained a net total of 152 rushing yards from 20 attempts with an average of 7.60 yards per rush while also rushing for a career-high three touchdowns to assist the win on the road against Arkansas Tech (10/15)…recorded a season-high 175 yards rushing on 18 attempts while averaging 9.72 yards per ground attempt with two touchdowns on the ground attack against Southern Nazarene (11/5)
 
2021
Named Freshman of the Year in the Great American Conference…named to the GAC All-Academic Team…one of two Muleriders to be named on the CoSIDA Academic All- Super Region 3 First Team…broke Julian Frazier’s single-season rushing record (1327 yds;1993) as a freshman…recorded seven game with 100+ yards on the ground five of which went for 150+ yards rushing…in his career debut, rushed for 168 yards off of 32 attempts averaging 5.25 yds/rush while also scoring once on the ground to aid in the road victory against Northwestern Oklahoma State (9/2)…rushed for 204 yards on 27 carries to average 7.56 yds/rush and scored twice on the road against Henderson State (9/25)…set a career-high 245 rushing yards on 23 carries averaging 10.65 yds/rush and punched in one to get the win over Arkansas Tech (10/16)…carried the rock for 192 yards off of 30 attempts while averaging 6.40 yds/rush and scoring once on the ground for the road win against Southern Nazarene (11/6)…rushed for 171 yards off of a career-high 37 carries and two scores on the ground against Arkansas-Monticello (11/13)
 
Previous School
Scales, a native of Osceola, Arkansas, is a 2020 graduate of Osceola HS

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    Athlete
    5'10" 185 lbs
  • 22

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    Running Back
    5'10" 185 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Running Back
    5'10" 190 lbs
    22
  • 5

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'10" 190 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Junior

    Running Back
    5'10" 190 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024Senior

    Running Back
    5'10" 200 lbs
    5