2026 Football Roster

Ja'Quez Cross

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Hampton, Ark.
  • High School Fordyce
  • Prev School Arkansas State

Biography

2026: Preseason All-Sun Belt (second team) via Phil Steele.

Prior to App State: Transferred with one season of eligibility remaining after redshirting as a Purdue true freshman in 2021, playing three seasons at Arkansas State from 2022-24 and appearing in one 2025 game for the Red Wolves before suffering a season-ending injury … Totaled 38 games (with 22 starts) from 2021-25, including three game appearances at Purdue … Rushed 288 times for 1,509 yards and 10 touchdowns while making 75 catches for 484 yards and two scores from 2021-25 to go along with 48 kickoff returns for 1,159 yards and one touchdown … Rushed for 716 yards (5.6 yards per carry) with seven TDs in 2023 and 638 yards (5.5 yards per carry) in 2024 before starting the 2025 opener and scoring twice while totaling 99 all-purpose yards … In addition to his 716 rushing yards in 2023, had 161 receiving yards and 654 kickoff return yards, including a 93-yard touchdown … Totaled four 100-yard rushing games from 2023-24, with a high of 164 yards … In 2023, had 320 all-purpose yards against Texas State (139 on the ground with three TDs, plus his 93-yard kickoff return).
 
High School: Helped guide Fordyce High in Arkansas to a 2020 state title and 15-0 record … As a senior in 2020, paced the team with 872 rushing yards and a team-best 20 touchdowns while adding a squad-leading 751 receiving yards on 35 catches with nine touchdowns en route to 2,002 all-purpose yards … Three-star recruit by 247Sports … Ranked the No. 11 overall recruit in Arkansas by 247Sports.

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