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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025SMU
Ashaad Clayton
RB • 6'1" • 204 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ashaad Clayton leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
0
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Tulane
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Colorado • Tulane • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Ashaad Clayton built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 2, spending time with Colorado, SMU, and Tulane. The clearest part of Ashaad Clayton's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Colorado
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Ashaad Clayton, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Tulane. Ashaad Clayton leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,106
- Rushing yards
- 913
- Receiving yards
- 193
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Ashaad Clayton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,106
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 10 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · Tulane
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Warren Easton · Colorado
- High school pipeline
- Warren Easton · 25 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 108 scrimmage yards · RB 457th (top 63%) · ACC 174th (top 49%) · National 1,402nd (top 51%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 3 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 21.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado | 4 | 84 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 32.9 |
| 2022 Postseason | Tulane | 10 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulane | 10 | 343 | 314 | 29 | 2 | 57.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Tulane | 9 | -10 | -9 | -1 | 0 | 46.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulane | 9 | 247 | 159 | 88 | 0 | 46.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Tulane | 12 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 50.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tulane | 12 | 262 | 209 | 53 | 1 | 50.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 103 | 83 | 20 | 2 | 33.5 |
Related Context
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Ashaad Clayton played RB for Colorado, Tulane, and SMU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ashaad Clayton recorded 913 rushing yards, 193 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Tulane.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
Tulane paired 362 primary output with 56 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.8 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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado, Tulane, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Win with 87 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · Tulane
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
26.3
Efficiency
39.8
Usage
10.9
Consistency
50.6
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: -10. South Alabama: 11. Ole Miss: 32. Southern Miss: 87. Nicholls: 10. UAB: 9. Rice: 40. East Carolina: 25. SMU: 33
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. Virginia Tech: 5 by 0. South Alabama: 4 by 28.6. Ole Miss: 7 by 47.6. Southern Miss: 13 by 62.3. Nicholls: 4 by 10.4. UAB: 3 by 34.4. Rice: 3 by 84.4. East Carolina: 5 by 44.3. SMU: 7 by 46.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins30.3 · Games = 6 · +12 vs Losses
Losses18.3 · Games = 3 · -12 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
84.4 vs Rice
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/27 | vs Virginia Tech | L 20-41 | 3 | -9 | -3 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -2 |
| Sat 12/2 | vs SMU | L 14-26 | 4 | 17 | 4.30 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 4.7 |
| Sat 11/4 | @ East Carolina | W 13-10 | 4 | 15 | 3.80 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Rice | W 30-28 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 13.3 |
| Sat 9/30 | vs UAB | W 35-23 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Nicholls | W 36-7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.5 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Southern Miss | W 21-3 | 12 | 66 | 5.50 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6.7 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Ole Miss | L 20-37 | 7 | 32 | 4.60 | 0 | — | — | 4.6 |
| Sun 9/3 | vs South Alabama | W 37-17 | 4 | 11 | 2.80 | 0 | — | — | 2.8 |
Player Story
Ashaad Clayton story
Ashaad Clayton built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 2, spending time with Colorado, SMU, and Tulane. The clearest part of Ashaad Clayton's career was his backfield work: 913 rushing yards, 171 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 193 receiving yards across 44 career games in the available record. His career also includes 193 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 152 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ashaad Clayton'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
Colorado
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Tulane
2022-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
SMU
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222022202320232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 31 | 38.2 | 4.3 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado | 84 | 34.4 | 9.8 | 53 |
| 2022 Postseason | Tulane | 362 | 56 | 10.9 | 278 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulane | 362 | 56 | 10.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Tulane | 237 | 39.8 | 10.9 | -125 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulane | 237 | 39.8 | 10.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Tulane | 284 | 55.8 | 6.8 | 47 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tulane | 284 | 55.8 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 108 | 51.9 | 4.6 | -176 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 108 | 51.9 | 4.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tulsa
Week 10 · W 27-13 · Conference game
Win with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
106
Scrimmage Yards
80.5 takeover
106 scrimmage yards and 21.9 usage.
#2
@ Southern Miss
Week 3 · W 21-3
87
Scrimmage Yards
79.3 takeover
Win with 87 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
87 scrimmage yards and 26.5 usage.
#3
vs No. 25 Louisville
Week 13 · W 38-6 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
62
Scrimmage Yards
73.9 takeover
Win with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 7.6 usage.
#4
@ Charlotte
Week 10 · W 34-3 · Conference game
69
Scrimmage Yards
73.2 takeover
Win with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
69 scrimmage yards and 10 usage.
#5
vs SMU
Week 12 · W 59-24 · Conference game
76
Scrimmage Yards
69.1 takeover
Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
76 scrimmage yards and 17.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Postseason · Tulane
362 primary output · 56 efficiency · 10.9 usage
57.6
#2
2022 Regular Season · Tulane
57.6
362 primary · 56 efficiency · 10.9 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Tulane
50.3
284 primary · 55.8 efficiency · 6.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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