Usage / Role
53%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2013-2014South Alabama
Jay Jones
RB • 5'9" • Horn Lake, MS, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jay Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
Player Story
Jay Jones built his college career from 2013 through 2014 as a running back from Horn Lake, MS wearing No. 8, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Jay Jones' career was his backfield work: 1,130...
Read the storyJay Jones, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · South Alabama. Jay Jones leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,314
- Rushing yards
- 1,130
- Receiving yards
- 184
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Jay Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,314
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- Idaho
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2014
- 2014 Scrimmage yards rank
- 442 scrimmage yards · RB 201st (top 37%) · Sun Belt 47th (top 23%) · National 545th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | South Alabama | 12 | 872 | 737 | 135 | 5 | 72 |
| 2014 Regular Season | South Alabama | 6 | 442 | 393 | 49 | 3 | 60.8 |
Related Context
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Jay Jones played RB for South Alabama. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jay Jones recorded 1,130 rushing yards, 184 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 872 primary output with 53.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 53.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 137 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
72.7
Efficiency
53.4
Usage
22.6
Consistency
70
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Utah: 92. Tulane: 65. Western Kentucky: 49. Tennessee: 47. Troy: 81. Kent State: 137. Texas State: 21. Arkansas State: 59. Navy: 43. UL Monroe: 62. Georgia State: 111. Louisiana: 105
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Utah: 9 by 92.6. Tulane: 12 by 58.9. Western Kentucky: 11 by 46.4. Tennessee: 13 by 37.6. Troy: 17 by 38.1. Kent State: 14 by 88.4. Texas State: 8 by 29.7. Arkansas State: 13 by 43.9. Navy: 9 by 47.6. UL Monroe: 17 by 38. Georgia State: 19 by 61.8. Louisiana: 19 by 57.6
Split Comparison
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Wins88.2 · Games = 6 · +31.0 vs Losses
Losses57.2 · Games = 6 · -31.0 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
Kent State
Best efficiency game
92.6 vs Southern Utah
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/8 | vs Louisiana100 rush yards | W 30-8 | 19 | 105 | 5.50 | 0 | — | — | 5.5 |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Georgia State100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 38-17 | 17 | 102 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5.8 |
| Sun 11/24 | vs UL Monroe | W 36-14 | 17 | 62 | 3.60 | 0 | — | — | 3.6 |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Navy | L 14-42 | 7 | 31 | 4.40 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4.8 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Arkansas State | L 16-17 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4.5 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Texas State | L 31-33 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2.6 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Kent State | W 38-21 | 13 | 99 | 7.60 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 9.8 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Troy | L 33-34 | 13 | 38 | 2.90 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 4.8 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Tennessee | L 24-31 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Western Kentucky | W 31-24 | 11 | 49 | 4.50 | 1 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Tulane | W 41-39 | 11 | 64 | 5.80 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.4 |
| Thu 8/29 | vs Southern Utah | L 21-22 | 9 | 92 | 10.20 | 0 | — | — | 10.2 |
Player Story
Jay Jones story
Jay Jones built his college career from 2013 through 2014 as a running back from Horn Lake, MS wearing No. 8, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Jay Jones' career was his backfield work: 1,130 rushing yards, 226 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 184 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with South Alabama. 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 184 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Alabama.
The arc is straightforward: Jay Jones 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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South Alabama
2013-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20132014
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | South Alabama | 872 | 53.4 | 22.6 | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | South Alabama | 442 | 46.4 | 25.4 | -430 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Idaho
Week 5 · W 34-10 · Conference game
Win with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
85.8 takeover
106 scrimmage yards and 34.6 usage.
#2
@ Kent State
Week 2 · W 23-13
111
Scrimmage Yards
83.7 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
111 scrimmage yards and 34.9 usage.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 8 · W 38-21
137
Scrimmage Yards
82.4 takeover
Win with 137 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
137 scrimmage yards and 20.6 usage.
#4
vs Louisiana
Week 15 · W 30-8 · Conference game
105
Scrimmage Yards
73.5 takeover
Win with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
105 scrimmage yards and 30.2 usage.
#5
@ Georgia State
Week 14 · W 38-17 · Conference game
111
Scrimmage Yards
72.7 takeover
Win with 111 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
111 scrimmage yards and 26.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · South Alabama
872 primary output · 53.4 efficiency · 22.6 usage
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#2
2014 Regular Season · South Alabama
60.8
442 primary · 46.4 efficiency · 25.4 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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