Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Duke
Jela Duncan
RB • 5'10" • Charlotte, NC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jela Duncan leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
77
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
74
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Player Story
Jela Duncan built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 25, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Jela Duncan's career was his backfield work: 1,985...
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- Committed To
- Duke
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Jela Duncan, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Duke. Jela Duncan leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,319
- Rushing yards
- 1,985
- Receiving yards
- 334
- Touchdowns
- 18
Quick Answers
Jela Duncan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duke · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,319
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Duke
- Top game
- Notre Dame
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mallard Creek · Duke
- High school pipeline
- Mallard Creek · 44 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 443 scrimmage yards · RB 214th (top 38%) · ACC 69th (top 27%) · National 548th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Duke | 13 | 64 | 37 | 27 | 0 | 64.4 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Duke | 13 | 578 | 516 | 62 | 4 | 64.4 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Duke | 13 | 685 | 562 | 123 | 4 | 66.2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Postseason | Duke | 10 | 113 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 59.8 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Duke | 10 | 436 | 351 | 85 | 4 | 59.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Duke | 6 | 443 | 410 | 33 | 6 | 58.8 |
Related Context
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Jela Duncan played RB for Duke. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jela Duncan recorded 1,985 rushing yards, 334 receiving yards, and 18 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Duke paired 685 primary output with 51.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 52.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Duke
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
73.8
Efficiency
52.8
Usage
21.9
Consistency
55.2
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina Central: 115. Wake Forest: 52. Northwestern: 59. Notre Dame: 121. Louisville: 44. Georgia Tech: 52
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. North Carolina Central: 15 by 79.9. Wake Forest: 13 by 34. Northwestern: 12 by 50.6. Notre Dame: 21 by 60. Louisville: 12 by 38.2. Georgia Tech: 10 by 54.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins118 · Games = 2 · +66.3 vs Losses
Losses51.8 · Games = 4 · -66.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Notre Dame
Best efficiency game
79.9 vs North Carolina Central
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/29 | @ Georgia Tech2+ TD | L 35-38 | 10 | 52 | 5.20 | 2 | — | — | 5.2 |
| Fri 10/14 | @ Louisville | L 14-24 | 12 | 44 | 3.70 | 0 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Notre Dame100 rush yards | W 38-35 | 21 | 121 | 5.80 | 1 | — | — | 5.8 |
| Sun 9/18 | @ Northwestern | L 13-24 | 11 | 53 | 4.80 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Wake Forest | L 14-24 | 9 | 25 | 2.80 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 4 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs North Carolina Central100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 49-6 | 15 | 115 | 7.70 | 2 | — | — | 7.7 |
Player Story
Jela Duncan story
Jela Duncan built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 25, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Jela Duncan's career was his backfield work: 1,985 rushing yards, 367 carries, 17 rushing touchdowns, and 334 receiving yards across 42 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 334 receiving yards and 147 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 42 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.
The arc is straightforward: Jela Duncan moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Duke
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2012201220132014201520152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Duke | 642 | 52.6 | 16.1 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Duke | 642 | 52.6 | 16.1 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Duke | 685 | 51.4 | 17 | 43 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | — | — | -685 |
| 2015 Postseason | Duke | 549 | 59.5 | 12.7 | 549 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Duke | 549 | 59.5 | 12.7 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Duke | 443 | 52.8 | 21.9 | -106 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Notre Dame
Week 4 · W 38-35
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
121
Scrimmage Yards
83.6 takeover
121 scrimmage yards and 31.8 usage.
#2
vs Indiana
Week 1 · W 44-41 · Postseason
113
Scrimmage Yards
82.2 takeover
Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
113 scrimmage yards and 22.6 usage.
#3
@ North Carolina
Week 10 · L 31-66 · Conference game
115
Scrimmage Yards
81.6 takeover
Loss with 115 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
115 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.
#4
vs Miami
Week 12 · W 48-30 · Conference game
106
Scrimmage Yards
79 takeover
Win with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
106 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.
#5
vs Georgia Tech
Week 3 · L 14-38 · Conference game
89
Scrimmage Yards
78.4 takeover
Loss with 89 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
89 scrimmage yards and 32.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Duke
685 primary output · 51.4 efficiency · 17 usage
66.2
#2
2012 Postseason · Duke
64.4
642 primary · 52.6 efficiency · 16.1 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Duke
64.4
642 primary · 52.6 efficiency · 16.1 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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