Usage / Role
70%
Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2011Duke
Jay Hollingsworth
RB • 5'10" • Sanford, NC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jay Hollingsworth leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
36
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Duke | 12 | 587 | 399 | 188 | 3 | 63.6 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Duke | 11 | 266 | 179 | 87 | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Duke | 10 | 204 | 175 | 29 | 2 | 32.5 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Duke | 9 | 232 | 107 | 125 | 1 | 37.8 |
Related Context
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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
2008 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.2 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: North Carolina
Loss with 111 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · Duke
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
48.9
Efficiency
39.2
Usage
20.3
Consistency
57.1
Best Game by takeover score
North Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. James Madison: 46. Northwestern: 58. Navy: 10. Virginia: 67. Georgia Tech: 21. Miami: 17. Vanderbilt: 39. Wake Forest: 69. NC State: 103. Clemson: 22. Virginia Tech: 24. North Carolina: 111
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. James Madison: 15 by 31.9. Northwestern: 13 by 41.9. Navy: 4 by 27.1. Virginia: 17 by 41. Georgia Tech: 8 by 23.4. Miami: 4 by 44.3. Vanderbilt: 11 by 39.1. Wake Forest: 16 by 45.9. NC State: 14 by 51.2. Clemson: 8 by 27.7. Virginia Tech: 8 by 31.3. North Carolina: 15 by 65.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins40.5 · Games = 4 · -12.6 vs Losses
Losses53.1 · Games = 8 · +12.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Carolina
Best efficiency game
65.6 vs North Carolina
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs North Carolina | L 20-28 | 9 | 50 | 5.60 | 0 | 6 | 61 | 7.4 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Virginia Tech | L 3-14 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Clemson | L 7-31 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2.8 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs NC State | L 17-27 | 7 | 23 | 3.30 | 0 | 7 | 80 | 7.4 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Wake Forest | L 30-33 | 15 | 67 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Vanderbilt | W 10-7 | 10 | 39 | 3.90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Miami | L 31-49 | 4 | 17 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Georgia Tech | L 0-27 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2.6 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Virginia | W 31-3 | 15 | 59 | 3.90 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3.9 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Navy | W 41-31 | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Northwestern | L 20-24 | 11 | 41 | 3.70 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4.5 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs James Madison | W 31-7 | 15 | 46 | 3.10 | 0 | — | — | 3.1 |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Duke | 587 | 39.2 | 20.3 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Duke | 266 | 29.9 | 12.7 | -321 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Duke | 204 | 41 | 8.4 | -62 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Duke | 232 | 38.1 | 7.4 | 28 |
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
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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