Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2010Baylor
Jay Finley
RB • 5'11" • Corsicana, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jay Finley leans balanced backfield option traits and 61.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Baylor
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Baylor
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State
Player Story
Jay Finley built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Corsicana, TX wearing No. 23, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Jay Finley's career was his backfield work: 2,660...
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- Committed To
- Baylor
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2011
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 43
- Overall
- No. 246
- NFL Team
- Cincinnati Bengals
Jay Finley, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Baylor. Jay Finley leans balanced backfield option traits and 61.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,076
- Rushing yards
- 2,660
- Receiving yards
- 416
- Touchdowns
- 25
Quick Answers
Jay Finley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Baylor · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,076
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2010 Postseason · Baylor
- Top game
- Kansas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Corsicana · Baylor
- High school pipeline
- Corsicana · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2011 · Round 7 · Pick 43 · Cincinnati Bengals
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,294 scrimmage yards · RB 24th (top 6%) · Big 12 8th (top 4%) · National 43rd (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Baylor | 11 | 359 | 207 | 152 | 3 | 41.9 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Baylor | 12 | 1,006 | 865 | 141 | 9 | 69.5 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Baylor | 9 | 417 | 370 | 47 | 1 | 41.3 |
| 2010 Postseason | Baylor | 13 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 72.4 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Baylor | 13 | 1,231 | 1,155 | 76 | 11 | 72.4 |
Related Context
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Jay Finley played RB for Baylor. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jay Finley recorded 2,660 rushing yards, 416 receiving yards, and 25 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Baylor.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason
Baylor paired 1,294 primary output with 61.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2007 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Win with 101 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2007 Regular Season · Baylor
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
32.6
Efficiency
45.4
Usage
13.7
Consistency
55.4
Best Game by takeover score
Buffalo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rice: 28. Texas State: 67. Buffalo: 101. Texas A&M: 27. Colorado: 28. Kansas: 1. Texas: 28. Kansas State: 38. Texas Tech: 17. Oklahoma: 16. Oklahoma State: 8
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 5 by 58.3. Texas State: 12 by 40.5. Buffalo: 18 by 56.7. Texas A&M: 7 by 35.9. Colorado: 6 by 42.4. Kansas: 3 by 3.5. Texas: 10 by 29.6. Kansas State: 4 by 61.5. Texas Tech: 2 by 70.8. Oklahoma: 5 by 33.3. Oklahoma State: 1 by 66.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins65.3 · Games = 3 · +45.0 vs Losses
Losses20.4 · Games = 8 · -45.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Buffalo
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Texas Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/18 | vs Oklahoma State | L 14-45 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Oklahoma | L 21-52 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | — | — | 3.2 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Texas Tech | L 7-38 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Kansas State | L 13-51 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 9.5 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Texas | L 10-31 | 8 | 23 | 2.90 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.8 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Kansas | L 10-58 | 3 | 1 | 0.30 | 0 | — | — | 0.3 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Colorado | L 23-43 | 3 | 11 | 3.70 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 4.7 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Texas A&M | L 10-34 | 6 | 19 | 3.20 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3.9 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Buffalo | W 34-21 | 15 | 80 | 5.30 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 5.6 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Texas State | W 34-27 | 8 | 22 | 2.80 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 5.6 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Rice | W 42-17 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | — | — | 5.6 |
Player Story
Jay Finley story
Jay Finley built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Corsicana, TX wearing No. 23, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Jay Finley's career was his backfield work: 2,660 rushing yards, 478 carries, 22 rushing touchdowns, and 416 receiving yards across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 416 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jay Finley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Baylor
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20072008200920102010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Baylor | 359 | 45.4 | 13.7 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Baylor | 1,006 | 60 | 24.2 | 647 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Baylor | 417 | 37.1 | 18.8 | -589 |
| 2010 Postseason | Baylor | 1,294 | 61.5 | 26 | 877 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Baylor | 1,294 | 61.5 | 26 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kansas State
Week 8 · W 47-42 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
250
Scrimmage Yards
96.7 takeover
250 scrimmage yards and 41.3 usage.
#2
vs UConn
Week 3 · L 22-30
127
Scrimmage Yards
89.2 takeover
Loss with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
127 scrimmage yards and 23.7 usage.
#3
vs Northwestern State
Week 2 · W 51-6
138
Scrimmage Yards
81.7 takeover
Win with 138 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
138 scrimmage yards and 15.8 usage.
#4
vs Washington State
Week 3 · W 45-17
119
Scrimmage Yards
81.4 takeover
Win with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
119 scrimmage yards and 20.4 usage.
#5
@ Buffalo
Week 4 · W 34-21
101
Scrimmage Yards
79.9 takeover
Win with 101 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
101 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Postseason · Baylor
1,294 primary output · 61.5 efficiency · 26 usage
72.4
#2
2010 Regular Season · Baylor
72.4
1,294 primary · 61.5 efficiency · 26 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Baylor
69.5
1,006 primary · 60 efficiency · 24.2 usage
Milestones
8
100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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