Player Dossier

2019-2023

Duke

Jaylen Coleman

RB • 6'1" • 204 lbs • Matthews, NC, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jaylen Coleman leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

48%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

66

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

53

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Jaylen Coleman built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Matthews, NC wearing No. 22, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Jaylen Coleman's career was his backfield work: 702...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.833

Porter Ridge · Indian Trail, NC

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Jaylen Coleman, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Duke. Jaylen Coleman leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
808
Rushing yards
702
Receiving yards
106
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Jaylen Coleman quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
808
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 29 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Duke
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
3-star · Porter Ridge · Duke
High school pipeline
Porter Ridge · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Senior
2023 Scrimmage yards rank
222 scrimmage yards · RB 334th (top 48%) · ACC 103rd (top 36%) · National 998th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonDuke542420019.6
2020 Regular SeasonDuke00000-
2021 Regular SeasonDuke714140020.7
2022 PostseasonDuke955532072.8
2022 Regular SeasonDuke947542847572.8
2023 PostseasonDuke8481830146.3
2023 Regular SeasonDuke817414727046.3

Related Context

Jaylen Coleman played RB for Duke. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jaylen Coleman recorded 702 rushing yards, 106 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Duke paired 530 primary output with 51.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 40.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · Duke

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

27.8

Efficiency

40.9

Usage

12.8

Consistency

66.1

Best Game by takeover score

North Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Troy: 48. UConn: 8. Florida State: 30. Louisville: 3. Wake Forest: 14. North Carolina: 58. Virginia: 31. Pittsburgh: 30

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. Troy: 11 by 30.7. UConn: 3 by 27.8. Florida State: 4 by 78.1. Louisville: 1 by 25. Wake Forest: 3 by 48.6. North Carolina: 14 by 41.7. Virginia: 7 by 46.6. Pittsburgh: 11 by 28.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins25 · Games = 4 · -5.5 vs Losses
Losses30.5 · Games = 4 · +5.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

North Carolina

Best efficiency game

78.1 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 12/23vs TroyW 17-10918212304.4
Sat 11/25vs PittsburghW 30-1911302.7002.7
Sat 11/18@ VirginiaL 27-304184.5003134.4
Sun 11/12@ North CarolinaL 45-4712473.9002114.1
Thu 11/2vs Wake ForestW 24-213144.7004.7
Sat 10/28@ LouisvilleL 0-23133
Sat 10/21@ Florida StateL 20-384307.5007.5
Sat 9/23@ UConnW 41-7382.7002.7

Player Story

Jaylen Coleman story

Jaylen Coleman built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Matthews, NC wearing No. 22, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Jaylen Coleman's career was his backfield work: 702 rushing yards, 174 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 106 receiving yards across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 106 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.

The arc is straightforward: Jaylen Coleman moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Duke

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonDuke4224.24.5
2020 Regular SeasonDuke0-42
2021 Regular SeasonDuke1413.42.514
2022 PostseasonDuke53051.521.1516
2022 Regular SeasonDuke53051.521.10
2023 PostseasonDuke22240.912.8-308
2023 Regular SeasonDuke22240.912.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Virginia

Week 5 · W 38-17 · Conference game

Win with 97 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

78.5 takeover

97 scrimmage yards and 28.8 usage.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 2 · W 31-23

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Scrimmage Yards

76.5 takeover

Win with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

83 scrimmage yards and 22.9 usage.

#3

@ North Carolina

Week 11 · L 45-47 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

69.4 takeover

Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

58 scrimmage yards and 23.3 usage.

#4

vs North Carolina A&T

Week 2 · W 45-13

34

Scrimmage Yards

63.1 takeover

Win with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

34 scrimmage yards and 6.5 usage.

#5

vs UCF

Week 1 · W 30-13 · Postseason

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Scrimmage Yards

57.2 takeover

Win with 55 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

55 scrimmage yards and 13.6 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Duke

530 primary output · 51.5 efficiency · 21.1 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Duke

72.8

530 primary · 51.5 efficiency · 21.1 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Duke

46.3

222 primary · 40.9 efficiency · 12.8 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games