Player Dossier

2008-2011

Notre Dame

Jonas Gray

RB • 5'10" • Pontiac, MI, USA

Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency

Jonas Gray leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 70 efficiency.

Usage / Role

24%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Player Story

Jonas Gray built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from Pontiac, MI wearing No. 25, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Jonas Gray's career was his backfield work: 1,100...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.9565

Detroit Country Day · Franklin, MI

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Jonas Gray, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Jonas Gray leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 70 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,205
Rushing yards
1,100
Receiving yards
105
Touchdowns
12

Quick Answers

Jonas Gray quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,205
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Top game
Maryland
Recruit profile
4-star · Detroit Country Day · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Detroit Country Day · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Class 2011
2011 Scrimmage yards rank
829 scrimmage yards · RB 74th (top 16%) · FBS Independents 7th (top 10%) · National 167th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2008 PostseasonNotre Dame313130030.4
2008 Regular SeasonNotre Dame377770030.4
2009 Regular SeasonNotre Dame617311954035.9
2010 Regular SeasonNotre Dame511310013041.5
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame11829791381276.4

Related Context

Jonas Gray played RB for Notre Dame. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jonas Gray recorded 1,100 rushing yards, 105 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

Notre Dame paired 829 primary output with 70 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 40.5 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: Washington

Win with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

3

Scrimmage Yards / G

30

Efficiency

40.5

Usage

11.3

Consistency

37.8

Best Game by takeover score

Washington

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 13. Washington: 61. Navy: 16

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. Hawai'i: 5 by 27.1. Washington: 9 by 70.6. Navy: 7 by 23.8

Split Comparison

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

First Half37 · Games = 2 · +21 vs Second Half
Second Half16 · Games = 1 · -21 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Washington

Best efficiency game

70.6 vs Washington

Result
Thu 12/25vs Hawai'iW 49-215132.6002.6
Sat 11/15@ NavyW 27-217162.3002.3
Sun 10/26@ WashingtonW 33-79616.8006.8

Player Story

Jonas Gray story

Jonas Gray built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from Pontiac, MI wearing No. 25, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Jonas Gray's career was his backfield work: 1,100 rushing yards, 189 carries, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 105 receiving yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Notre Dame. 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 105 receiving yards and 16 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame.

The arc is straightforward: Jonas Gray 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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    Notre Dame

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20082008200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 PostseasonNotre Dame9040.511.3
2008 Regular SeasonNotre Dame9040.511.30
2009 Regular SeasonNotre Dame17342.110.383
2010 Regular SeasonNotre Dame11359.38.6-60
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame8297019.2716

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Maryland

Week 11 · W 45-21

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

141

Scrimmage Yards

83.6 takeover

141 scrimmage yards and 29.3 usage.

#2

vs Utah

Week 11 · W 28-3

44

Scrimmage Yards

73.6 takeover

Win with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

44 scrimmage yards and 7.3 usage.

#3

@ Wake Forest

Week 10 · W 24-17

92

Scrimmage Yards

71.9 takeover

Win with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

92 scrimmage yards and 38.8 usage.

#4

@ Washington

Week 9 · W 33-7

61

Scrimmage Yards

70.3 takeover

Win with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

61 scrimmage yards and 14.1 usage.

#5

@ Purdue

Week 5 · W 38-10

94

Scrimmage Yards

66.7 takeover

Win with 94 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

94 scrimmage yards and 23.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · Notre Dame

829 primary output · 70 efficiency · 19.2 usage

76.4

#2

2010 Regular Season · Notre Dame

41.5

113 primary · 59.3 efficiency · 8.6 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Notre Dame

35.9

173 primary · 42.1 efficiency · 10.3 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games