Jamal Haynes

The evidence — 944 team rushing yards leader — is in; the Georgia Tech jury is not.

RB · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #1

5′9″ · 190 lb · Loganville, GA

CFB Index 41 · #211 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Georgia Tech for 2026

The numbers

257

receiving yards · 2025

33 catches · 7.8 per catch

The play that turned itSwung Georgia Tech from 18% to 51% to win.Georgia Tech at Boston College · 36-34

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Georgia Tech. 2025: 531 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 33 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia Tech in 2021.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Wins in space out of the backfield.

Explosive rate: 27th percentile.

The full scouting read

Jamal Haynes

RB · Georgia Tech · Sr · #1

On Trialas of 2026-09-15

Jamal Haynes is on trial in Georgia Tech's fan jury — the eye test against the résumé.

TEAM RUSHING YARDS LEADER

944

Team leader in rushing yards (944).

Georgia Tech fans are litigating his worthiness — the eye test against the résumé.

medium confidence12 sources

Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.

Read the story so far

Jamal Haynes arrived as a 3-star prospect. He lines up at RB for Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech fans are litigating his worthiness — the eye test against the résumé.

The number to watch: 944 — team rushing yards leader.

Why nowHis 2026 case is being argued before a snap is played.

Team leader in rushing yards (944).
compiled from tagged fan discourse

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-15

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Brent Key, all run-leaning offenses — 23-16 over that span.

2023Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

2024Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

2025Georgia Tech9-4HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

41Rotational starter #211 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (93rd percentile). Strength: receptions (93rd percentile). Concern: epa / carry (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#334 / 456 · 27th pct

4.2%

Yards / carry#348 / 456 · 24th pct

4.3

Success rate#391 / 456 · 14th pct

35.8%

TD rate#393 / 456 · 14th pct

0.8%

EPA / carry#439 / 456 · 4th pct

-0.14

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#23 / 338 · 93rd pct

257

Receptions#24 / 338 · 93rd pct

Carries#104 / 349 · 70th pct

124

Rush TDs#115 / 349 · 62nd pct

Rush yards#147 / 349 · 58th pct

531

Long run#163 / 349 · 53rd pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct

Yards / carry#257 / 349 · 24th pct

4.3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

51st → 4th percentile

Success rate

31st → 14th percentile

Explosive rate

83rd → 27th percentile

Yards / carry

70th → 24th percentile

TD rate

62nd → 14th 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

119 carries

22%

Stuffed (≤0)

33%

Grind (1–3)

37%

Chunk (4–9)

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	52.4	5.0	0.6
Road6g	27.3	2.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	58.1	5.1	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	20.7	2.7	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #211 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #211 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-ACC

Based on 2025: #30 of 38 ACC RBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Georgia Tech	124	531	4.3	5	--
2024	Georgia Tech	168	944	5.6	9	--
2023	Georgia Tech	174	1,059	6.1	7	--
Career		466	2,534	5.4	21	--

Season	Team
2025	Georgia Tech	33	257	7.8	0	--
2024	Georgia Tech	27	154	5.7	3	--
2023	Georgia Tech	20	151	7.5	1	--
Career		80	562	7.0	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 24–21

vs Clemson

26 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With H. King — 211 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.1 · 103 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · M. Nichols — 46 AVG · 48 LONG · 2 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Clemson · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA -4.11Haynes King pass complete to Jamal Haynes for a loss of 4 yards to the CLEM 8
Week 7 · Virginia Tech · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.13Haynes King pass complete to Jamal Haynes for 12 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down Virginia Tech Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Kody Huisman) to the VT 35 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Temple · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.72Haynes King pass complete to Jamal Haynes for 34 yds to the TEM 37 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Colorado · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Haynes King pass complete to Jamal Haynes for 27 yds to the COLO 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Boston College · 2&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.07(07:34) #1 J.Haynes rush right for 2 yards gain to the BCE00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:33 #10 H.King rush attempt failed
Week 4 · Temple · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.98Jamal Haynes run for 18 yds to the GT 48 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Temple · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.96Jamal Haynes run for 47 yds to the TEM 8 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Clemson · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +1.92Haynes King pass complete to Jamal Haynes for 27 yds to the CLEM 22 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Clemson · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.91Jamal Haynes run for a loss of 6 yards to the GT 45
Week 3 · Clemson · 1&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.88Jamal Haynes run for 5 yds for a TD (Aidan Birr KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-20@ Colorado	16	65	4.1	0	12
Wk 2	W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb	9	92	10.2	2	47
Wk 3	W 24-21vs Clemson	12	26	2.2	1	8
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Temple	12	107	8.9	0	47	Season-high 107 yds
Wk 5	W 30-29@ Wake Forest	10	21	2.1	0	5
Wk 7	W 35-20vs Virginia Tech	14	69	4.9	0	14
Wk 8	W 27-18@ Duke	8	29	3.6	0	6
Wk 9	W 41-16vs Syracuse	7	23	3.3	0	19
Wk 10	L 36-48@ NC State	6	14	2.3	0	6
Wk 12	W 36-34@ Boston College	5	8	1.6	1	4
Wk 13	L 28-42vs Pittsburgh	10	39	3.9	1	9
Wk 14	L 9-16vs Georgia	7	11	1.6	0	5
Bowl	L 21-25@ BYU	8	27	3.4	0	9
Total		124	531	4.0	5	47

How he plays

Play style

Wins in space out of the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

119Carries

514Yards

29.4%Top-5 share

21.8%Stuffed rate

Just 29.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 21.8% of his carries. 4 carries for 6 yds vs Boston College; 12 for 107 vs Temple.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

7/31Inside-5 share

7 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (22.6%).

2026 Outlook

Georgia Tech

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Georgia Tech

Returning around him

13% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
2 Georgia Tech players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (19 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Georgia Tech · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #34 · 2026 recruiting class #41

DNA match

Player DNA

Satellite Back

Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Johnnie Lang’s 2022 season.

Johnnie Lang

70%match

Arkansas State · 2022

Austin Jones

Stanford · 2021

67%

Jamal Jones

Arkansas State · 2020

66%

Sedrick Alexander

Vanderbilt · 2023

65%

Ron Cook Jr.

Buffalo · 2021

63%

Matches Johnnie on

Yards / carry

Receiving share

Differs from Johnnie on

Recruiting rating (higher)

Yards / reception (lower)

Rush TD rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Johnnie Lang's junior season at Arkansas State (2022).

Johnnie Lang

71%match

Arkansas State · 2022

Keegan Jones

UCLA · 2022

65%

Jaden Nixon

Oklahoma State · 2023

All-MAC

64%

Dijon Stanley

New Mexico State · 2025

63%

Qua Ashley

Ball State · 2025

All-Conference USA

62%

Matches Johnnie on

Yards / carry

Rush TD rate

Receiving share

Differs from Johnnie on

Recruiting rating (higher)

Yards / reception (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jamal Haynes

Ismail Mahdi

Arizona · 2025

90%

Jai'Den Thomas

UNLV · 2024

73%

Will Henderson III

UTSA · 2025

72%

Brashard Smith

SMU · 2024

72%

Nate Sheppard

Duke · 2025

70%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #230

Final rank

#263

Avg #317.3

Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #230 this season.

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

Jamal Haynes

Attention percentile: 98th · Production percentile: 2nd

2021

202313 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Satellite Back

Players who play like Jamal Haynes

Heisman trajectory

Peak #230