Senior running back for Duke. 2023: 165 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 8 catches.
6′1″ · 204 lb · Matthews, NC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1658 nationally · Signed with Duke
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Duke. 2023: 165 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 8 catches.
Jaylen Coleman
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Four seasons at Duke, three different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko and Trooper Taylor. One game to point at: 47 rush yds, 11 rec yds against North Carolina — Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Duke, 702 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, and Trooper Taylor. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: epa / carry (4th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 20.7 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 20.6 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 13.0 | 2.4 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 23.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #291 at the position.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 41-7@ UConn | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-38@ Florida State | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-23@ Louisville | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21vs Wake Forest | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 11 | L 45-47@ North Carolina | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 | 12 | Season-high 47 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 27-30@ Virginia | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-19vs Pittsburgh | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Bowl | W 17-10vs Troy | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Total | 46 | 165 | 4.0 | 1 | 15 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (4.8%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Lopini Katoa’s 2021 season.
Matches Lopini on
Differs from Lopini on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Maurki James’s path through Old Dominion.
Ryan Ingram
Darius Wilson
Matches Maurki on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jiya Wright's senior season at UL Monroe (2023).
Matches Jiya on
Differs from Jiya on
Player DNA