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Jadan Baugh

RB · Florida · 2027 NFL Draft class

Public Draft Board rank #20·26 contributing sources·Board as of August 31, 2026
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Revised preseason edition · September 12, 20263 min readReport role: RB · Florida

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Baugh projects as a lead rushing back with power, quick feet and useful receiving ability. He can set up the block, change the contact angle with a jump cut and continue through the tackle. Too many adjustments before committing can waste an available crease. His hands and route movement support involvement beyond handoffs, with protection still requiring a separate assessment.

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01Experience and production

Florida records 673 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns in Baugh’s freshman season, when he appeared in all 13 games and made four starts. He also served as the primary kick returner. In 2025 he started all 12 games, carrying 220 times for 1,170 yards and eight rushing touchdowns. That progression establishes meaningful experience with an expanding workload. His 38 carries for 266 yards and two touchdowns against Florida State provide a distinct example of sustained involvement. The season also included a larger receiving role. Those different responsibilities matter more to the role assessment than treating one impressive rushing game as the entire case.

02Power, feet and contact balance

Baugh combines downhill power, a stiff-arm and contact balance with lighter feet than his size might suggest. He can wait for a block to develop, jump-cut into the opening and accelerate before the defender gets square. That footwork makes his power more effective by improving the collision angle. He can also carry the run through attempted tackles, giving the offense useful rushing value without requiring every lane to be clean.

03Vision and decision tempo

Baugh’s patience is productive when he presses the blocking and commits as the opening develops. It becomes hesitation when he continues dancing after a usable crease is available. Another adjustment can leave the defense time to close the space he had created. The technical priority is a quicker commitment upfield while retaining the jump cut and block setup that make him difficult to square up.

04Receiving and protection scope

Baugh runs fluid routes, shows soft hands and can catch while moving. Those skills support a receiving role beyond a stationary checkdown. They do not establish his protection readiness. This evaluation does not identify a supported recurring college protection failure, but a complete passing-down projection still requires verified recognition and blocking work.

05Additional usage

Baugh took wildcat snaps during Florida’s spring work, drawing on earlier high-school quarterback experience. The April 3 practice account establishes an experiment rather than a regular game package. The potential use is another way to put a powerful runner behind the blocking; it does not add a demonstrated passing role to his evaluation. His primary projection remains running back.

The case for the player

Strengths

  • He can continue the run after the first attempted tackle.

  • His sophomore season brought a full starting workload.

The questions that remain

Concerns

  • Too many adjustments can let the running opportunity close.

  • Receiving skill does not establish readiness for every protection assignment.

Building the fit

NFL role and scheme fit

Give Baugh a lead rushing role that uses his downhill power and lets him set up a decisive cut behind the blocking. His ability to catch in motion supports routes beyond a basic outlet and reduces the need to substitute solely for receiving skill. More decisive commitment would make the run timing cleaner. Sustained passing-down work should follow a verified protection evaluation, while wildcat usage remains an optional package rather than part of the established projection.

The Draftanomics view

Bottom line

A lead-back prospect with power, contact balance and useful receiving movement. Baugh has already handled a full starting workload and a high-volume individual game. More decisive lane selection would improve the consistency of the rushing work. Protection is the main unverified component of a complete three-down projection.

Sources & edition

The Draftanomics assessment, synthesized from attributed reporting. Role and development language expresses scouting opinion.

Preseason synthesis of published evaluations and official college records, reviewed September 12, 2026. This edition does not assess 2026 game film.

Edition reviewed September 12, 2026. Replaces fragmented sections with connected technical analysis, explicit evaluator disagreements and a defined role assessment.

The original August edition remains preserved. This is a revised Draftanomics assessment, with supporting sources attached to each statement.

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Sources for overview
  1. House assessment

    Baugh projects as a lead rushing back with power, quick feet and useful receiving ability. He can set up the block, change the contact angle with a jump cut and continue through the tackle. Too many adjustments before committing can waste an available crease. His hands and route movement support involvement beyond handoffs, with protection still requiring a separate assessment.

Sources for experience and production
  1. House assessment

    Florida records 673 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns in Baugh’s freshman season, when he appeared in all 13 games and made four starts. He also served as the primary kick returner. In 2025 he started all 12 games, carrying 220 times for 1,170 yards and eight rushing touchdowns. That progression establishes meaningful experience with an expanding workload.

  2. House assessment

    His 38 carries for 266 yards and two touchdowns against Florida State provide a distinct example of sustained involvement. The season also included a larger receiving role. Those different responsibilities matter more to the role assessment than treating one impressive rushing game as the entire case.

Sources for power, feet and contact balance
  1. House assessment

    Baugh combines downhill power, a stiff-arm and contact balance with lighter feet than his size might suggest. He can wait for a block to develop, jump-cut into the opening and accelerate before the defender gets square. That footwork makes his power more effective by improving the collision angle. He can also carry the run through attempted tackles, giving the offense useful rushing value without requiring every lane to be clean.

Sources for vision and decision tempo
  1. House assessment

    Baugh’s patience is productive when he presses the blocking and commits as the opening develops. It becomes hesitation when he continues dancing after a usable crease is available. Another adjustment can leave the defense time to close the space he had created. The technical priority is a quicker commitment upfield while retaining the jump cut and block setup that make him difficult to square up.

Sources for receiving and protection scope
  1. House assessment

    Baugh runs fluid routes, shows soft hands and can catch while moving. Those skills support a receiving role beyond a stationary checkdown. They do not establish his protection readiness. This evaluation does not identify a supported recurring college protection failure, but a complete passing-down projection still requires verified recognition and blocking work.

Sources for additional usage
  1. House assessment

    Baugh took wildcat snaps during Florida’s spring work, drawing on earlier high-school quarterback experience. The April 3 practice account establishes an experiment rather than a regular game package. The potential use is another way to put a powerful runner behind the blocking; it does not add a demonstrated passing role to his evaluation. His primary projection remains running back.

Sources for contact balance
  1. House assessment

    He can continue the run after the first attempted tackle.

Sources for experience carrying responsibility
  1. House assessment

    His sophomore season brought a full starting workload.

Sources for decision tempo
  1. House assessment

    Too many adjustments can let the running opportunity close.

Sources for passing-down completeness
  1. House assessment

    Receiving skill does not establish readiness for every protection assignment.

Sources for nfl role and scheme fit
  1. House assessment

    Give Baugh a lead rushing role that uses his downhill power and lets him set up a decisive cut behind the blocking. His ability to catch in motion supports routes beyond a basic outlet and reduces the need to substitute solely for receiving skill. More decisive commitment would make the run timing cleaner. Sustained passing-down work should follow a verified protection evaluation, while wildcat usage remains an optional package rather than part of the established projection.

Sources for bottom line
  1. House assessment

    A lead-back prospect with power, contact balance and useful receiving movement. Baugh has already handled a full starting workload and a high-volume individual game. More decisive lane selection would improve the consistency of the rushing work. Protection is the main unverified component of a complete three-down projection.

College record & draft context

College production, measurables, experience, and the prospect's place on the sealed Public Draft Board.

Public Draft Board

Public Draft Board rank
#20
Position rank
RB2
Contributing sources
26
Movement since prior snapshot
Up 18

Sealed snapshot as of August 31, 2026 · equal-weight aggregation of public boards, minimum 3 sources for a rank · The Public Draft Board

College production

Receiving
StatisticSeason 2024Season 2025
Receptions433
Receiving yards33210
Yards per reception8.36.4
Receiving TD12
Long2533
Rushing
StatisticSeason 2024Season 2025
Carries133220
Rushing yards6731170
Yards per carry5.15.3
Rushing TD78
Long5526

Seasons of evidence: 2. Games played, snap counts, and usage shares are not in the retained data. An em dash means the value is not in the dataset, not zero.

Evidence notes

  • The retained data contains 2 seasons of receiving, rushing production (2024–2025).
  • Receiving yards increased in each observed season (33 → 210).
  • The newest college season in the retained data is 2025; the 2026 season is not yet included.
  • No verified athletic testing is included in the sealed dataset for this prospect.
  • 26 contributing public boards rank this prospect; the Public Draft Board places him at #20.
  • The aggregate public rank rose 18 spots between the two most recent sealed weekly snapshots.

Each note restates a displayed fact. None is a forecast of NFL performance.

Experience and measurements

Listed height
6'1"
Listed weight
225 lb
Class
Junior
Age
Not in dataset
Recorded school
Florida
Former school
Not in dataset
Hometown
Atlanta, GA
Jersey
#13
Recruiting stars
4-star
Recruiting rank
#381 nationally

"Not in dataset" means the value is absent from the sealed dossier dataset, not that it does not exist.

Athletic testing

Not included in the sealed dataset. No combine, pro-day, or RAS value is retained for the 2027 class; absence here does not mean no testing has taken place.

Listed roster height and weight (CollegeFootballData); no verified athletic testing is retained. Bio captured August 29, 2026.

Historical comparisons

Historical profile comparisons are being rebuilt.

Sources and methodology

  • Retained bio and measurements: Draftanomics prospect ingest (CollegeFootballData rosters and recruiting), retained seed data/seed/prospects_upcoming_full.parquet.
  • Retained college production: CollegeFootballData season statistics via the retained player cross-reference; position-relevant categories only; all-zero category rows dropped.
  • Age: unavailable — no birth date or age is retained for the 2027 class.
  • Transfer history: not retained — the page shows the current school and, where the frozen id names a different school, the former school.
  • Public Draft Board: sealed snapshot as of August 31, 2026; per-source ranks are not published under the aggregate-only source policy.

Board methodologyDossier methodologyResearch status

Board position reflects aggregated public opinion; the scouting report is a separate editorial assessment.