Chase Hayden
East Carolina to Illinois — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 28 rush yds against Minnesota — Week 7, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Illinois, 682 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2017–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lovie Smith → Bret Bielema. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2022 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 22.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | -1.0 | -1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 17.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Awards
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022
W 26–14
vs Minnesota
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log
Game Log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-6vs Wyoming | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 9 | Season-high 28 yds |
| Wk 1 | L 20-23@ Indiana | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | Season-high 28 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 24-3vs Virginia | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-0vs Chattanooga | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 7 | W 26-14vs Minnesota | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | 23 | |
| Total | 22 | 87 | 3.2 | 0 | 23 |
How he plays
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2017–2022Sharp dropoff (-73%) — career inflection point.