Player Dossier

2007-2010

Baylor

Jay Finley

RB • 5'11" • Corsicana, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jay Finley leans balanced backfield option traits and 61.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

31%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

31

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

55

Useful peak profile

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.83

Corsicana · Corsicana, TX

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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonBaylor11359207152341.9
2008 Regular SeasonBaylor121,006865141969.5
2009 Regular SeasonBaylor941737047141.3
2010 PostseasonBaylor1363630172.4
2010 Regular SeasonBaylor131,2311,155761172.4

Related Context

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

2009 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 37.1 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: UConn

Loss with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · Baylor

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

46.3

Efficiency

37.1

Usage

18.8

Consistency

42.1

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 95. UConn: 127. Oklahoma: -1. Oklahoma State: 31. Nebraska: 33. Missouri: -3. Texas: 16. Texas A&M: 50. Texas Tech: 69

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 15 by 67. UConn: 9 by 100. Oklahoma: 2 by 0. Oklahoma State: 10 by 32.3. Nebraska: 10 by 28.6. Missouri: 1 by 0. Texas: 10 by 16.7. Texas A&M: 9 by 55.2. Texas Tech: 19 by 34.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins46 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses46.4 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

100 vs UConn

Result
Sat 11/28vs Texas TechL 13-2018553.1001143.6
Sat 11/21@ Texas A&ML 3-388415.100195.6
Sat 11/14vs TexasL 14-4710161.6001.6
Sat 11/7@ MissouriW 40-321-3-30-3
Sat 10/31vs NebraskaL 10-208192.4002143.3
Sat 10/24vs Oklahoma StateL 7-3410313.1003.1
Sat 10/10@ OklahomaL 7-332-1-0.500-0.5
Sat 9/19vs UConn100 rush yardsL 22-30812115.1011614.1
Sat 9/5@ Wake ForestW 24-2114916.500146.3

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
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonBaylor35945.413.7
2008 Regular SeasonBaylor1,0066024.2647
2009 Regular SeasonBaylor41737.118.8-589
2010 PostseasonBaylor1,29461.526877
2010 Regular SeasonBaylor1,29461.5260

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

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#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