Jalen Holston

Senior running back for Virginia Tech. 2022: 321 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 10 catches.

RB · Virginia Tech · Sr.

5′11″ · 210 lb · Stockbridge, GA

CFB Index 34 · #275 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceVirginia Tech 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 679 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Virginia Tech. 2022: 321 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 10 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Virginia Tech, 1,235 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 99 yds at Liberty.Liberty · W 23-222022

20179 games

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of Stockbridge

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#679 national

CFB

College

Virginia Tech

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

3 coaches

2017–2020

Justin Fuente

Virginia Tech

2021

J.C. Price

Virginia Tech

era →

2022

Brent Pry

Virginia Tech

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Virginia Tech9-4HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Virginia Tech6-7HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning

2019Virginia Tech8-5HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2021Virginia Tech6-7HC: J.C. Price · Run-heavy

2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

34Below cohort / limited sample #275 of 317?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / carry (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#225 / 398 · 44th pct

43.9%

TD rate#247 / 398 · 38th pct

3.7%

EPA / carry#321 / 398 · 19th pct

0.03

Explosive rate#359 / 398 · 10th pct

2.4%

Yards / carry#371 / 398 · 7th pct

3.9

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#137 / 346 · 55th pct

Receptions#169 / 338 · 48th pct

Carries#185 / 346 · 46th pct

Rec yards#198 / 338 · 41st pct

Rush yards#250 / 346 · 28th pct

321

Yards / carry#315 / 346 · 8th pct

3.6

Long run#342 / 346 · 1st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

1st → 19th percentile

Success rate

4th → 44th percentile

Explosive rate

19th → 10th percentile

Yards / carry

6th → 7th percentile

TD rate

3rd → 38th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home4g	38.2	4.1	0.5
Road6g	28.0	3.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	25.3	3.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	42.2	4.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #275 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #275 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Virginia Tech	90	321	3.6	5	--
2021	Virginia Tech	52	199	3.8	1	--
2020	Virginia Tech	40	189	4.7	2	--
2019	Virginia Tech	6	19	3.2	0	--
2018	Virginia Tech	57	281	4.9	2	--
2017	Virginia Tech	70	226	3.2	3	--
Career		315	1,235	3.9	13	--

Season	Team
2022	Virginia Tech	10	66	6.6	0	--
2021	Virginia Tech	4	32	8.0	1	--
2020	Virginia Tech	3	58	19.3	0	--
2019	Virginia Tech	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Virginia Tech	4	21	5.2	0	--
2017	Virginia Tech	1	-1	-1.0	0	--
Career		22	176	8.0	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 27–7

vs Wofford

66 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD

With G. Wells — 314 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.9 · -3 rush yds (4 car) · P. Moore — 47 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Wofford · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -3.54Jalen Holston run for a loss of 1 yard to the Woffd 23
Week 12 · Liberty · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Jalen Holston run for 5 yds for a TD, (John Love KICK)
Week 12 · Liberty · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.46Jalen Holston run for 2 yds for a TD, (John Love KICK)
Week 11 · Duke · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.24Grant Wells pass complete to Jalen Holston for 7 yds to the VTech 49 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Boston College · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +1.82Jalen Holston run for 15 yds to the VTech 44 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Duke · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.79Grant Wells pass complete to Jalen Holston for 20 yds to the Duke 48 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.59Jalen Holston run for a loss of 2 yards to the VTech 43
Week 12 · Liberty · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.54Jalen Holston run for 3 yds to the Liber 1 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Wofford · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.38Jalen Holston run for 9 yds to the VTech 43
Week 12 · Liberty · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.37Jalen Holston run for 12 yds to the Liber 24 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-20@ Old Dominion	5	12	2.4	0	6
Wk 2	W 27-10vs Boston College	20	48	2.4	1	15
Wk 3	W 27-7vs Wofford	16	66	4.1	1	11
Wk 4	L 10-33vs West Virginia	4	18	4.5	0	15
Wk 5	L 10-41@ North Carolina	2	7	3.5	0	4
Wk 6	L 29-45@ Pittsburgh	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 9	L 21-22@ NC State	5	14	2.8	0	6
Wk 10	L 27-28vs Georgia Tech	4	21	5.3	0	7
Wk 11	L 7-24@ Duke	7	35	5.0	0	10
Wk 12	W 23-22@ Liberty	26	99	3.8	3	14	Season-high 99 yds
Total		90	321	3.5	5	15

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jalen Holston

20179 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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