Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024NC State
Jordan Waters
RB • 6'0" • 215 lbs • Fairmont, NC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jordan Waters leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Duke • NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Jordan Waters built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Fairmont, NC wearing No. 7, spending time with Duke and NC State. The clearest part of Jordan Waters' career was his backfield...
Read the storyJordan Waters, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Duke. Jordan Waters leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,641
- Rushing yards
- 2,160
- Receiving yards
- 481
- Touchdowns
- 29
Quick Answers
Jordan Waters quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,641
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 55 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Duke
- Top game
- NC State
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 637 scrimmage yards · RB 158th (top 23%) · ACC 42nd (top 12%) · National 334th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 6 | 93 | 100 | -7 | 2 | 18.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Duke | 9 | 273 | 197 | 76 | 2 | 29.6 |
| 2022 Postseason | Duke | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Duke | 13 | 667 | 561 | 106 | 8 | 60.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Duke | 13 | 75 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 75.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Duke | 13 | 883 | 753 | 130 | 12 | 75.3 |
| 2024 Postseason | NC State | 12 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 56.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 12 | 605 | 445 | 160 | 5 | 56.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Jordan Waters played RB for Duke and NC State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jordan Waters recorded 2,160 rushing yards, 481 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Duke paired 958 primary output with 56.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 49.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Duke, NC State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Carolina
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · NC State
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
53.1
Efficiency
49.2
Usage
17.8
Consistency
58.5
Best Game by takeover score
Western Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 32. Western Carolina: 133. Tennessee: -4. Louisiana Tech: 45. Clemson: 54. Northern Illinois: 47. Wake Forest: 69. Syracuse: 14. Stanford: 115. Duke: 42. Georgia Tech: 55. North Carolina: 35
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. East Carolina: 5 by 65.7. Western Carolina: 21 by 64.8. Tennessee: 7 by 0. Louisiana Tech: 11 by 39.5. Clemson: 9 by 56.3. Northern Illinois: 10 by 37.6. Wake Forest: 13 by 42.7. Syracuse: 4 by 36.5. Stanford: 5 by 100. Duke: 13 by 27.7. Georgia Tech: 6 by 59. North Carolina: 6 by 60.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins75 · Games = 5 · +37.6 vs Losses
Losses37.4 · Games = 7 · -37.6 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
Western Carolina
Best efficiency game
100 vs Stanford
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | vs East Carolina | L 21-26 | 4 | 25 | 6.30 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6.4 |
| Sat 11/30 | @ North Carolina | W 35-30 | 6 | 35 | 5.80 | 0 | — | — | 5.8 |
| Fri 11/22 | @ Georgia Tech | L 29-30 | 3 | 10 | 3.30 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 9.2 |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Duke | L 19-29 | 11 | 25 | 2.30 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 3.2 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Stanford100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 59-28 | 5 | 115 | 23 | 2 | — | — | 23 |
| Sun 10/13 | vs Syracuse | L 17-24 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Wake Forest | L 30-34 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 5.3 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Northern Illinois | W 24-17 | 8 | 23 | 2.90 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 4.7 |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Clemson | L 35-59 | 7 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 30-20 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4.1 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Tennessee | L 10-51 | 7 | -4 | -0.60 | 0 | — | — | -0.6 |
| Thu 8/29 | vs Western Carolina100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 38-21 | 20 | 123 | 6.20 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6.3 |
Player Story
Jordan Waters story
Jordan Waters built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Fairmont, NC wearing No. 7, spending time with Duke and NC State. The clearest part of Jordan Waters' career was his backfield work: 2,160 rushing yards, 428 carries, 27 rushing touchdowns, and 481 receiving yards across 55 career games in the available record. His career also includes 481 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jordan Waters' 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
Duke
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
NC State
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220222023202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 8 | 41.7 | 1.5 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 93 | 33.9 | 5.5 | 85 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Duke | 273 | 46.3 | 7.1 | 180 |
| 2022 Postseason | Duke | 672 | 46.2 | 18.8 | 399 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Duke | 672 | 46.2 | 18.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Duke | 958 | 56.1 | 25.3 | 286 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Duke | 958 | 56.1 | 25.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | NC State | 637 | 49.2 | 17.8 | -321 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 637 | 49.2 | 17.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs NC State
Week 7 · W 24-3 · Conference game
Win with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
123
Scrimmage Yards
96.5 takeover
123 scrimmage yards and 38.2 usage.
#2
vs Western Carolina
Week 1 · W 38-21
133
Scrimmage Yards
88.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
133 scrimmage yards and 35.6 usage.
#3
@ Northwestern
Week 2 · W 31-23
100
Scrimmage Yards
84.4 takeover
Win with 100 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
100 scrimmage yards and 22.9 usage.
#4
@ North Carolina
Week 11 · L 45-47 · Conference game
113
Scrimmage Yards
82 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
113 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#5
vs Clemson
Week 1 · W 28-7 · Conference game
109
Scrimmage Yards
80.6 takeover
Win with 109 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
109 scrimmage yards and 29.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Duke
958 primary output · 56.1 efficiency · 25.3 usage
75.3
#2
2023 Regular Season · Duke
75.3
958 primary · 56.1 efficiency · 25.3 usage
#3
2022 Postseason · Duke
60.6
672 primary · 46.2 efficiency · 18.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
8
2+ TD games
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