Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2011-2015East Carolina
Chris Hairston
RB • 6'0" • Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Chris Hairston leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
76
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Towson
Player Story
Chris Hairston built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a running back from Winston-Salem, NC wearing No. 22, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Chris Hairston's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- East Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Chris Hairston, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · East Carolina. Chris Hairston leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,752
- Rushing yards
- 1,468
- Receiving yards
- 284
- Touchdowns
- 14
Quick Answers
Chris Hairston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,752
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- Towson
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Parkland · East Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Parkland · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 947 scrimmage yards · RB 79th (top 15%) · American Athletic 15th (top 7%) · National 142nd (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | East Carolina | 8 | 246 | 186 | 60 | 3 | 28.8 |
| 2014 Postseason | East Carolina | 11 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 48.7 |
| 2014 Regular Season | East Carolina | 11 | 486 | 455 | 31 | 2 | 48.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 12 | 947 | 754 | 193 | 9 | 72.8 |
Related Context
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Chris Hairston played RB for East Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chris Hairston recorded 1,468 rushing yards, 284 receiving yards, and 14 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 947 primary output with 47.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 47.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Towson
Win with 173 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
78.9
Efficiency
47.7
Usage
27.1
Consistency
66
Best Game by takeover score
Towson
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Towson: 173. Florida: 49. Navy: 68. Virginia Tech: 3. SMU: 94. BYU: 127. Tulsa: 94. Temple: 76. UConn: 66. South Florida: 24. UCF: 137. Cincinnati: 36
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Towson: 23 by 81.3. Florida: 22 by 14.8. Navy: 16 by 41.5. Virginia Tech: 15 by 2.1. SMU: 19 by 52.2. BYU: 18 by 61.5. Tulsa: 19 by 49.1. Temple: 11 by 78.8. UConn: 12 by 57.3. South Florida: 13 by 19.2. UCF: 16 by 85.7. Cincinnati: 10 by 29.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins100.2 · Games = 5 · +36.5 vs Losses
Losses63.7 · Games = 7 · -36.5 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
Towson
Best efficiency game
85.7 vs UCF
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | vs Cincinnati | L 16-19 | 7 | 16 | 2.30 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 3.6 |
| Fri 11/20 | @ UCF100 rush yards | W 44-7 | 14 | 123 | 8.80 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8.6 |
| Sun 11/8 | vs South Florida | L 17-22 | 13 | 24 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Fri 10/30 | @ UConn | L 13-31 | 12 | 66 | 5.50 | 0 | — | — | 5.5 |
| Thu 10/22 | vs Temple | L 14-24 | 8 | 65 | 8.10 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6.9 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Tulsa | W 30-17 | 18 | 82 | 4.60 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4.9 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ BYU | L 38-45 | 15 | 77 | 5.10 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 7.1 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ SMU | W 49-23 | 18 | 91 | 5.10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Virginia Tech | W 35-28 | 15 | 3 | 0.20 | 0 | — | — | 0.2 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Navy | L 21-45 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/12 | @ Florida | L 24-31 | 17 | 15 | 0.90 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 2.2 |
| Sat 9/5 | vs Towson100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 28-20 | 18 | 154 | 8.60 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 7.5 |
Player Story
Chris Hairston story
Chris Hairston built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a running back from Winston-Salem, NC wearing No. 22, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Chris Hairston's career was his backfield work: 1,468 rushing yards, 293 carries, 13 rushing touchdowns, and 284 receiving yards across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 284 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Chris Hairston's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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East Carolina
2011-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | East Carolina | 246 | 27.2 | 9.5 | 246 |
| 2014 Postseason | East Carolina | 559 | 62.4 | 11.7 | 313 |
| 2014 Regular Season | East Carolina | 559 | 62.4 | 11.7 | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 947 | 47.7 | 27.1 | 388 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Towson
Week 1 · W 28-20
Win with 173 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
173
Scrimmage Yards
93.8 takeover
173 scrimmage yards and 37.7 usage.
#2
@ Temple
Week 10 · L 10-20 · Conference game
178
Scrimmage Yards
91.5 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
178 scrimmage yards and 34.3 usage.
#3
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 6 · W 24-17 · Conference game
129
Scrimmage Yards
78.3 takeover
Win with 129 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
129 scrimmage yards and 27.2 usage.
#4
@ UCF
Week 12 · W 44-7 · Conference game
137
Scrimmage Yards
77.7 takeover
Win with 137 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
137 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.
#5
@ BYU
Week 6 · L 38-45
127
Scrimmage Yards
72.6 takeover
Loss with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
127 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · East Carolina
947 primary output · 47.7 efficiency · 27.1 usage
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#2
2014 Postseason · East Carolina
48.7
559 primary · 62.4 efficiency · 11.7 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · East Carolina
48.7
559 primary · 62.4 efficiency · 11.7 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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