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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Virginia Tech
Jalen Holston
RB • 5'11" • 210 lbs • Stockbridge, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jalen Holston leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
31
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Virginia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Player Story
Jalen Holston built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a running back from Stockbridge, GA, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Jalen Holston's career was his backfield work: 1,235...
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- Committed To
- Virginia Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Jalen Holston, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Jalen Holston leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,411
- Rushing yards
- 1,235
- Receiving yards
- 176
- Touchdowns
- 14
Quick Answers
Jalen Holston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia Tech · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,411
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 48 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
- Top game
- Liberty
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Stockbridge · Virginia Tech
- High school pipeline
- Stockbridge · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 387 scrimmage yards · RB 252nd (top 37%) · ACC 69th (top 26%) · National 639th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 9 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 46.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 9 | 213 | 214 | -1 | 3 | 46.1 |
| 2018 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 12 | 54 | 40 | 14 | 0 | 51.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 12 | 248 | 241 | 7 | 2 | 51.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 40.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 9 | 247 | 189 | 58 | 2 | 53.9 |
| 2021 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 7 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 50.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 7 | 208 | 176 | 32 | 2 | 50.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 10 | 387 | 321 | 66 | 5 | 55.5 |
Related Context
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Jalen Holston played RB for Virginia Tech. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jalen Holston recorded 1,235 rushing yards, 176 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Virginia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Virginia Tech paired 387 primary output with 37.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 37.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
38.7
Efficiency
37.3
Usage
17.3
Consistency
35.3
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Old Dominion: 12. Boston College: 56. Wofford: 81. West Virginia: 18. North Carolina: 7. Pittsburgh: 1. NC State: 20. Georgia Tech: 21. Duke: 67. Liberty: 104
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Old Dominion: 5 by 25. Boston College: 21 by 26.1. Wofford: 19 by 43.5. West Virginia: 4 by 46.9. North Carolina: 2 by 36.5. Pittsburgh: 1 by 10.4. NC State: 6 by 31.4. Georgia Tech: 4 by 54.7. Duke: 10 by 59.2. Liberty: 28 by 39.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins80.3 · Games = 3 · +59.5 vs Losses
Losses20.9 · Games = 7 · -59.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Liberty
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs Duke
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/19 | @ Liberty2+ TD | W 23-22 | 26 | 99 | 3.80 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3.7 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Duke | L 7-24 | 7 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 6.7 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Georgia Tech | L 27-28 | 4 | 21 | 5.30 | 0 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Thu 10/27 | @ NC State | L 21-22 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.3 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Pittsburgh | L 29-45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ North Carolina | L 10-41 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Thu 9/22 | vs West Virginia | L 10-33 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Wofford | W 27-7 | 16 | 66 | 4.10 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 4.3 |
| Sun 9/11 | vs Boston College | W 27-10 | 20 | 48 | 2.40 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2.7 |
| Fri 9/2 | @ Old Dominion | L 17-20 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | — | — | 2.4 |
Player Story
Jalen Holston story
Jalen Holston built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a running back from Stockbridge, GA, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Jalen Holston's career was his backfield work: 1,235 rushing yards, 315 carries, 13 rushing touchdowns, and 176 receiving yards across 48 career games in the available record. His career also includes 176 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 46 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalen Holston's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Virginia Tech
2017-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720172018201820192020202120212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 225 | 34.4 | 13.3 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 225 | 34.4 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 302 | 43.1 | 8.6 | 77 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 302 | 43.1 | 8.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 19 | 33 | 8.5 | -283 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 247 | 67.7 | 8.4 | 228 |
| 2021 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 231 | 39.6 | 14.9 | -16 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 231 | 39.6 | 14.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 387 | 37.3 | 17.3 | 156 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Liberty
Week 12 · W 23-22
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
104
Scrimmage Yards
79.8 takeover
104 scrimmage yards and 38.4 usage.
#2
vs Marshall
Week 14 · W 41-20
54
Scrimmage Yards
73.4 takeover
Win with 54 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
54 scrimmage yards and 7.1 usage.
#3
@ West Virginia
Week 3 · L 21-27
73
Scrimmage Yards
70.5 takeover
Loss with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 21.7 usage.
#4
vs Virginia
Week 15 · W 33-15 · Conference game
58
Scrimmage Yards
69.9 takeover
Win with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
58 scrimmage yards and 23.3 usage.
#5
vs Pittsburgh
Week 12 · W 20-14 · Conference game
52
Scrimmage Yards
68.5 takeover
Win with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
52 scrimmage yards and 21.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
387 primary output · 37.3 efficiency · 17.3 usage
55.5
#2
2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
53.9
247 primary · 67.7 efficiency · 8.4 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Virginia Tech
51.5
302 primary · 43.1 efficiency · 8.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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