Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Auburn
Jay Hardy
DL • 6'3" • 317 lbs • Chattanooga, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jay Hardy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Liberty
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Auburn • Liberty
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Jay Hardy built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Chattanooga, TN wearing No. 92, spending time with Auburn and Liberty. The clearest part of Jay Hardy's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Jay Hardy, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Liberty. Jay Hardy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 59
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Jay Hardy quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Auburn · DL
- Career Tackles
- 59
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Liberty
- Top game
- UTEP
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · McCallie School · Auburn
- High school pipeline
- McCallie School · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 92 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 11 tackles · DL 605th (top 57%) · SEC 337th (top 45%) · National 2,816th (top 46%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Liberty | 8 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28.7 |
| 2023 Postseason | Liberty | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Liberty | 11 | 25 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Liberty | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Liberty | 5 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 15.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Auburn | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 19.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Jay Hardy played DL for Auburn and Liberty. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jay Hardy recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Liberty.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Liberty paired 7 primary output with 17 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 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 Auburn, Liberty.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Auburn
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
11
Usage
3.3
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Kentucky: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Mercer: 0. Alabama: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 2 by 8.3. Texas A&M: 3 by 12.5. Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Vanderbilt: 2 by 18.3. Alabama: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Alabama
Player Story
Jay Hardy story
Jay Hardy built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Chattanooga, TN wearing No. 92, spending time with Auburn and Liberty. The clearest part of Jay Hardy's career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Jay Hardy'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
Auburn
2020-2025
Opening stop
- 2
Liberty
2022-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202220232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Liberty | 3.5 | 11.2 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Liberty | 7 | 17 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Liberty | 7 | 17 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Liberty | 1.5 | 8.8 | 2 | -5.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Liberty | 1.5 | 8.8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Auburn | 2 | 11 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTEP
Week 13 · W 42-28 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 11 Vanderbilt
Week 11 · L 38-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
63 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.
#3
vs Gardner-Webb
Week 7 · W 21-20
1
Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 10 · W 56-30 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
57.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 20 Alabama
Week 14 · L 20-27 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Liberty
7 primary output · 17 efficiency · 4.7 usage
40.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · Liberty
40.5
7 primary · 17 efficiency · 4.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Liberty
28.7
3.5 primary · 11.2 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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