Player Dossier

2017-2022

Illinois

Chase Hayden

RB • 5'10" • 205 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Chase Hayden leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

47

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

47

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

61

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Arkansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Arkansas • East Carolina • Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida A&M

Player Story

Chase Hayden built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 22, spending time with Arkansas, East Carolina, and Illinois. The clearest part of Chase Hayden's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8927

St. George's Independent School · Collierville, TN

Committed To
Arkansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Chase Hayden, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Arkansas. Chase Hayden leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
922
Rushing yards
783
Receiving yards
139
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Chase Hayden quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
922
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 32 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Arkansas
Top game
Florida A&M
Recruit profile
4-star · St. George's Independent School · Arkansas
High school pipeline
St. George's Independent School · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Senior
2022 Scrimmage yards rank
99 scrimmage yards · RB 447th (top 65%) · Big Ten 140th (top 51%) · National 1,388th (top 53%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas734932623462.7
2018 Regular SeasonArkansas1131225161151
2019 Regular SeasonArkansas4513912030.5
2020 Regular SeasonEast Carolina3936231032.6
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois218180034
2021 Regular SeasonEast Carolina2000034
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois5998712036.4

Related Context

Chase Hayden played RB for Arkansas, East Carolina, and Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, Chase Hayden recorded 783 rushing yards, 139 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Arkansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Arkansas paired 349 primary output with 48.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 48.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arkansas, East Carolina, Illinois.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida A&M

Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Arkansas

Games

7

Scrimmage Yards / G

49.9

Efficiency

48.3

Usage

15.3

Consistency

58.8

Best Game by takeover score

Florida A&M

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida A&M: 120. TCU: 1. Texas A&M: 77. New Mexico State: 48. South Carolina: 28. Alabama: 10. Auburn: 65

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida A&M: 14 by 85.7. TCU: 2 by 5.2. Texas A&M: 13 by 61.7. New Mexico State: 12 by 41.7. South Carolina: 9 by 32.4. Alabama: 9 by 11.6. Auburn: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins84 · Games = 2 · +47.8 vs Losses
Losses36.2 · Games = 5 · -47.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida A&M

Best efficiency game

100 vs Auburn

Result
Sat 10/21vs AuburnL 20-5224221012321.7
Sat 10/14@ AlabamaL 9-419101.1001.1
Sat 10/7@ South CarolinaL 22-489283.1003.1
Sat 9/30vs New Mexico State2+ TDW 42-241248424
Sat 9/23vs Texas A&ML 43-5013775.9015.9
Sat 9/9vs TCUL 7-28210.5000.5
Fri 9/1vs Florida A&M100 rush yardsW 49-7141208.6018.6

Player Story

Chase Hayden story

Chase Hayden built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 22, spending time with Arkansas, East Carolina, and Illinois. The clearest part of Chase Hayden's career was his backfield work: 783 rushing yards, 173 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 139 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 139 receiving yards and 26 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Chase Hayden's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Arkansas

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    East Carolina

    2020-2021

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Illinois

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas34948.315.3
2018 Regular SeasonArkansas31235.910.7-37
2019 Regular SeasonArkansas5137.77-261
2020 Regular SeasonEast Carolina9344.79.142
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois1846.94.2-75
2021 Regular SeasonEast Carolina1846.94.20
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois9935.16.981

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida A&M

Week 1 · W 49-7

Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

83.8 takeover

120 scrimmage yards and 23 usage.

#2

vs Vanderbilt

Week 9 · L 31-45 · Conference game

87

Scrimmage Yards

80.4 takeover

Loss with 87 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

87 scrimmage yards and 19.2 usage.

#3

vs UCF

Week 4 · L 28-51 · Conference game

73

Scrimmage Yards

67.2 takeover

Loss with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

73 scrimmage yards and 14.7 usage.

#4

vs Colorado State

Week 3 · W 55-34

29

Scrimmage Yards

63.9 takeover

Win with 29 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

29 scrimmage yards and 7.3 usage.

#5

vs Texas A&M

Week 4 · L 43-50 · Conference game

77

Scrimmage Yards

63.3 takeover

Loss with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

77 scrimmage yards and 22.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Arkansas

349 primary output · 48.3 efficiency · 15.3 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · Arkansas

51

312 primary · 35.9 efficiency · 10.7 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Illinois

36.4

99 primary · 35.1 efficiency · 6.9 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games