Player Dossier

2024-2025

Charlotte

Rod Gainey Jr.

RB • 6'0" • 185 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Rod Gainey Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 33.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

8

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Charlotte • Charlotte
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Monmouth

Player Story

Rod Gainey Jr. built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Tampa, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Charlotte. The clearest part of Rod Gainey Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 294...

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Rod Gainey Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Charlotte. Rod Gainey Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 33.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
351
Rushing yards
294
Receiving yards
57
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Rod Gainey Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Charlotte · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
351
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Charlotte
Top game
Monmouth
High school pipeline
Tampa Bay Tech · 21 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Freshman
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
304 scrimmage yards · RB 305th (top 42%) · American Athletic 90th (top 32%) · National 800th (top 29%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonCharlotte4473413031.4
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte1130426044155.1
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte11000055.1

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Unlisted to LSUUnlisted to P475Jan 6, 2026
2025Unlisted to UnlistedUnlisted movement15.5Dec 15, 2024

Rod Gainey Jr. played RB for Charlotte. Across 2 tracked seasons, Rod Gainey Jr. recorded 294 rushing yards, 57 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Charlotte.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Charlotte paired 304 primary output with 33.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 33.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Monmouth

Win with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

27.6

Efficiency

33.2

Usage

17.4

Consistency

37.4

Best Game by takeover score

Monmouth

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 1. North Carolina: 19. Monmouth: 86. Rice: 52. Army: 52. Temple: 5. North Texas: 20. East Carolina: 3. UTSA: 17. Georgia: 41. Tulane: 8

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 3 by 17. North Carolina: 7 by 26.9. Monmouth: 17 by 51.9. Rice: 9 by 63.9. Army: 20 by 27.6. Temple: 1 by 52.1. North Texas: 6 by 35.8. East Carolina: 2 by 6.3. UTSA: 6 by 31.8. Georgia: 9 by 45. Tulane: 10 by 6.9

Split Comparison

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

Wins86 · Games = 1 · +64.2 vs Losses
Losses21.8 · Games = 10 · -64.2 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

Monmouth

Best efficiency game

63.9 vs Rice

Result
Sun 11/30@ TulaneL 0-27740.600340.8
Sat 11/22@ GeorgiaL 3-356254.2003164.6
Sat 11/15vs UTSAL 7-285163.200112.8
Sat 11/8@ East CarolinaL 22-481000131.5
Fri 10/24vs North TexasL 20-544143.500263.3
Sat 10/18vs TempleL 14-4915505
Sat 10/11@ ArmyL 7-2419512.700112.6
Thu 9/18vs RiceL 17-288516.400115.8
Sat 9/13vs MonmouthW 42-3515744.9012125.1
Sat 9/6vs North CarolinaL 3-206152.500142.7
Fri 8/29vs App StateL 11-34252.5001-40.3

Player Story

Rod Gainey Jr. story

Rod Gainey Jr. built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Tampa, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Charlotte. The clearest part of Rod Gainey Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 294 rushing yards, 84 carries, 1 rushing touchdown, and 57 receiving yards across 15 career games in the available record. His career also includes 57 receiving yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Rod Gainey Jr.'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. 1

    Charlotte

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Charlotte

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonCharlotte4752.85.5
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte30433.217.4257
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte30433.217.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Monmouth

Week 3 · W 42-35

Win with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

74.4 takeover

86 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.

#2

vs East Carolina

Week 6 · W 55-24 · Conference game

29

Scrimmage Yards

64.4 takeover

Win with 29 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

29 scrimmage yards and 6.2 usage.

#3

@ No. 74 Army

Week 7 · L 7-24 · Conference game

52

Scrimmage Yards

62.7 takeover

Loss with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

52 scrimmage yards and 44.4 usage.

#4

@ No. 6 Georgia

Week 13 · L 3-35 · Ranked opponent

41

Scrimmage Yards

58.5 takeover

Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

41 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.

#5

vs No. 120 Rice

Week 4 · L 17-28 · Conference game

52

Scrimmage Yards

57.1 takeover

Loss with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

52 scrimmage yards and 16.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

304 primary output · 33.2 efficiency · 17.4 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

55.1

304 primary · 33.2 efficiency · 17.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Charlotte

31.4

47 primary · 52.8 efficiency · 5.5 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games