Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Illinois
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.
Impact Production
5
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
18
Limited ceiling signals so far
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Arkansas | 7 | 349 | 326 | 23 | 4 | 62.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas | 11 | 312 | 251 | 61 | 1 | 51 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas | 4 | 51 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 30.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | East Carolina | 3 | 93 | 62 | 31 | 0 | 32.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 2021 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 99 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 36.4 |
Related Context
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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
2021 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
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: Nebraska
Win with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
2
Scrimmage Yards / G
9
Efficiency
46.9
Usage
4.2
Consistency
72.2
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 12. Virginia: 6
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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Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins12 · Games = 1 · +6 vs Losses
Losses6 · Games = 1 · -6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Virginia
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
Arkansas
2017-2019
Opening stop
- 2
East Carolina
2020-2021
Peak year stop
- 3
Illinois
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Arkansas | 349 | 48.3 | 15.3 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas | 312 | 35.9 | 10.7 | -37 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas | 51 | 37.7 | 7 | -261 |
| 2020 Regular Season | East Carolina | 93 | 44.7 | 9.1 | 42 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 18 | 46.9 | 4.2 | -75 |
| 2021 Regular Season | East Carolina | 18 | 46.9 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 99 | 35.1 | 6.9 | 81 |
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
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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