Player Dossier

2008-2011

Duke

Jay Hollingsworth

RB • 5'10" • Sanford, NC, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jay Hollingsworth leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Player Story

Jay Hollingsworth built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from Sanford, NC wearing No. 27, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Jay Hollingsworth's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.8567

Lee County · Sanford, NC

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Jay Hollingsworth, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Duke. Jay Hollingsworth leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,289
Rushing yards
860
Receiving yards
429
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Jay Hollingsworth quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,289
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 42 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Duke
Top game
North Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Lee County · Duke
High school pipeline
Lee County · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 27 · Class 2011
2011 Scrimmage yards rank
232 scrimmage yards · RB 241st (top 52%) · ACC 77th (top 39%) · National 795th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonDuke12587399188363.6
2009 Regular SeasonDuke1126617987041.9
2010 Regular SeasonDuke1020417529232.5
2011 Regular SeasonDuke9232107125137.8

Related Context

Jay Hollingsworth played RB for Duke. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jay Hollingsworth recorded 860 rushing yards, 429 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Duke paired 587 primary output with 39.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 38.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2011 Regular Season · Duke

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

25.8

Efficiency

38.1

Usage

7.4

Consistency

52.5

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Richmond: 9. Stanford: 47. Boston College: 1. Tulane: 76. Florida International: 11. Florida State: 39. Wake Forest: 26. Miami: 24. Georgia Tech: -1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Richmond: 3 by 28.1. Stanford: 6 by 53.5. Boston College: 1 by 10.4. Tulane: 8 by 70.8. Florida International: 3 by 27.8. Florida State: 7 by 56. Wake Forest: 7 by 34.2. Miami: 4 by 62.5. Georgia Tech: 1 by 0

Split Comparison

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

Wins29.3 · Games = 3 · +5.3 vs Losses
Losses24 · Games = 6 · -5.3 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

Tulane

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Tulane

Result
Sat 11/19vs Georgia TechL 31-381-1-10-1
Sat 11/5@ MiamiL 14-49424606
Sat 10/22vs Wake ForestL 23-24515302113.7
Sat 10/15vs Florida StateL 16-414215.3003185.6
Sat 10/1@ Florida InternationalW 31-271220293.7
Sat 9/24vs TulaneW 48-27630512469.5
Sat 9/17@ Boston CollegeW 20-1911101
Sat 9/10vs StanfordL 14-443103.3003377.8
Sat 9/3vs RichmondL 21-23252.500143

Player Story

Jay Hollingsworth story

Jay Hollingsworth built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from Sanford, NC wearing No. 27, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Jay Hollingsworth's career was his backfield work: 860 rushing yards, 234 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 429 receiving yards across 42 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 429 receiving yards and 37 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 42 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.

The arc is straightforward: Jay Hollingsworth moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Duke

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2008200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonDuke58739.220.3
2009 Regular SeasonDuke26629.912.7-321
2010 Regular SeasonDuke204418.4-62
2011 Regular SeasonDuke23238.17.428

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs North Carolina

Week 14 · L 20-28 · Conference game

Loss with 111 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

111

Scrimmage Yards

80.7 takeover

111 scrimmage yards and 26.8 usage.

#2

@ Miami

Week 12 · L 16-34 · Conference game

56

Scrimmage Yards

73.7 takeover

Loss with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

56 scrimmage yards and 28.6 usage.

#3

vs Miami

Week 7 · L 13-28 · Conference game

74

Scrimmage Yards

73.7 takeover

Loss with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

74 scrimmage yards and 17.5 usage.

#4

vs NC State

Week 11 · L 17-27 · Conference game

103

Scrimmage Yards

68.5 takeover

Loss with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

103 scrimmage yards and 21.5 usage.

#5

vs Tulane

Week 4 · W 48-27

76

Scrimmage Yards

68.3 takeover

Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

76 scrimmage yards and 11.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Duke

587 primary output · 39.2 efficiency · 20.3 usage

63.6

#2

2009 Regular Season · Duke

41.9

266 primary · 29.9 efficiency · 12.7 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Duke

37.8

232 primary · 38.1 efficiency · 7.4 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games