Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Clemson
Jay Haynes
RB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Roanoke, AL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jay Haynes leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
55
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Clemson
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Clemson
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: The Citadel
Player Story
Jay Haynes built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Roanoke, AL wearing No. 26, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Jay Haynes' career was his backfield work: 330 rushing...
Read the storyJay Haynes, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Clemson. Jay Haynes leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 382
- Rushing yards
- 330
- Receiving yards
- 52
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Jay Haynes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Clemson · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 382
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Clemson
- Top game
- The Citadel
- High school pipeline
- Handley · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Sophomore
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Clemson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Clemson | 3 | 55 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 38.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Clemson | 11 | 327 | 295 | 32 | 3 | 50 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Jay Haynes played RB for Clemson. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jay Haynes recorded 330 rushing yards, 52 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Clemson.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Clemson paired 327 primary output with 44.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 44.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: The Citadel
Win with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Clemson
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
29.7
Efficiency
44.3
Usage
8.2
Consistency
32.3
Best Game by takeover score
The Citadel
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia: -1. App State: 51. NC State: 59. Stanford: 18. Florida State: 10. Wake Forest: 9. Virginia: 34. Louisville: 0. The Citadel: 118. South Carolina: 11. SMU: 18
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. Georgia: 1 by 0. App State: 6 by 85.4. NC State: 10 by 57.4. Stanford: 6 by 31.3. Florida State: 2 by 33.3. Wake Forest: 3 by 46.9. Virginia: 8 by 44.5. Louisville: 1 by 0. The Citadel: 5 by 100. South Carolina: 2 by 57.3. SMU: 6 by 31.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins39.6 · Games = 8 · +36.3 vs Losses
Losses3.3 · Games = 3 · -36.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
The Citadel
Best efficiency game
100 vs The Citadel
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/8 | @ SMU | W 34-31 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Sat 11/30 | vs South Carolina | L 14-17 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | — | — | 5.5 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs The Citadel100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 51-14 | 5 | 118 | 23.60 | 2 | — | — | 23.6 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Louisville | L 21-33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Virginia | W 48-31 | 7 | 30 | 4.30 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Wake Forest | W 49-14 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Florida State | W 29-13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Stanford | W 40-14 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs NC State | W 59-35 | 8 | 42 | 5.30 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Sun 9/8 | vs App State | W 66-20 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8.5 |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Georgia | L 3-34 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | — | — | -1 |
Player Story
Jay Haynes story
Jay Haynes built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Roanoke, AL wearing No. 26, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Jay Haynes' career was his backfield work: 330 rushing yards, 49 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 52 receiving yards across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 52 receiving yards and 207 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jay Haynes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Clemson
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Clemson | 55 | 61.6 | 4 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Clemson | 55 | 61.6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Clemson | 327 | 44.3 | 8.2 | 272 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | — | — | -327 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs The Citadel
Week 13 · W 51-14
Win with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
118
Scrimmage Yards
77 takeover
118 scrimmage yards and 10.9 usage.
#2
vs Charleston Southern
Week 2 · W 66-17
34
Scrimmage Yards
63.5 takeover
Win with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
34 scrimmage yards and 6.4 usage.
#3
vs NC State
Week 4 · W 59-35 · Conference game
59
Scrimmage Yards
53.4 takeover
Win with 59 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
59 scrimmage yards and 18.5 usage.
#4
vs App State
Week 2 · W 66-20
51
Scrimmage Yards
51.5 takeover
Win with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
51 scrimmage yards and 9.1 usage.
#5
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 3 · W 48-14
21
Scrimmage Yards
43 takeover
Win with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
21 scrimmage yards and 5.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Clemson
327 primary output · 44.3 efficiency · 8.2 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · Clemson
38.3
55 primary · 61.6 efficiency · 4 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Clemson
38.3
55 primary · 61.6 efficiency · 4 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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