Usage Score
6.1
Player Dossier
2023-2024Southern Miss
JQ Gray
RB • 5'8" • 160 lbs • Hattiesburg, MS, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
JQ Gray leans balanced backfield option traits and 43.5 efficiency.
Efficiency
43.5
Consistency
37.7
Season Value
46.6
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 2
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Scouting Read
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JQ Gray, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss. JQ Gray leans balanced backfield option traits and 43.5 efficiency.
JQ Gray played RB for Southern Miss. Across 2 tracked seasons, JQ Gray recorded 112 rushing yards and 13 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 119 primary output with 43.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 43.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Loss with 27 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
10.8
Efficiency
43.5
Usage
6.1
Consistency
37.7
Best Game by takeover score
Troy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 6. Unknown: 7. South Florida: 0. Jacksonville State: 19. Louisiana: 0. UL Monroe: 0. James Madison: 0. Marshall: 11. Texas State: 25. South Alabama: 24. Troy: 27
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. Kentucky: 1 by 50. Unknown: 1 by 58.3. Jacksonville State: 3 by 66. Marshall: 5 by 22.9. Texas State: 11 by 23.7. South Alabama: 8 by 31.3. Troy: 6 by 52.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Losses11.2 · Games = 10
First Half5.3 · Games = 6 · -12.1 vs Second Half
Second Half17.4 · Games = 5 · +12.1 vs First Half
All Games10.8 · Games = 11
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Troy
Best efficiency game
66 vs Jacksonville State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Troy | L 20-52 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs South Alabama | L 14-35 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sun 11/17 | @ Texas State | L 3-58 | 11 | 25 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Marshall | L 3-37 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | — | — | 2.2 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ James Madison | L 15-32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ UL Monroe | L 21-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Louisiana | L 13-23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Jacksonville State | L 7-44 | 3 | 19 | 6.30 | 0 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs South Florida | L 24-49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Unknown | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Kentucky | L 0-31 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Career Arc
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Southern Miss
2023-2024
Opening stop
Season Progression
20232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 6 | 20.8 | 4.8 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 119 | 43.5 | 6.1 | 113 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Troy
Loss with 27 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
27
Primary metric
27 scrimmage yards and 12.2 usage.
#2
Jacksonville State
19
Primary metric
Loss with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
19 scrimmage yards and 6.1 usage.
#3
Texas State
25
Primary metric
Loss with 25 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
25 scrimmage yards and 19 usage.
#4
South Alabama
24
Primary metric
Loss with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
24 scrimmage yards and 12.7 usage.
#5
Unknown
6
Primary metric
Game with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
6 scrimmage yards and 4.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss
119 primary output · 43.5 efficiency · 6.1 usage
46.6
#2
2023 Regular Season · Southern Miss
32.7
6 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 4.8 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2023 · Rating 0.8237
Oak Grove HS · Hattiesburg, MS
- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Career Facts
1
Career teams
2
Seasons tracked
125
Career Scrimmage Yards
Data Context
Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 12 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.