Last confirmed: East Carolina, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · Winston-Salem, NC · Parkland
Chris Hairston: RB · East Carolina · #22.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Chris Hairston
Wins in space out of the backfield. This is his second year in the same backfield at East Carolina. One game to point at: 154 rushing yards and 19 receiving yards against Towson — Week 1, 2015.
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 24.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 24.2% of his carries. 15 carries for 3 yds vs Virginia Tech; 18 for 154 vs Towson.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of 16 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (68.8%). 8 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (40.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | East Carolina | 165 | 754 | 4.6 | 8 |
| 2014 | East Carolina | 79 | 528 | 6.7 | 2 |
| Career | 244 | 1,282 | 5.3 | 10 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | East Carolina | 29 | 193 | 6.7 | 1 |
| 2014 | East Carolina | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 |
| Career | 35 | 224 | 6.4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-20vs Towson | 18 | 154 | 8.6 | 4 | 45 | Season-high 154 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 24-31@ Florida | 17 | 15 | 0.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-45@ Navy | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-28vs Virginia Tech | 15 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-23@ SMU | 18 | 91 | 5.1 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-45@ BYU | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-17vs Tulsa | 18 | 82 | 4.6 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-24vs No. 22 Temple | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 1 | 39 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-31@ UConn | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-22vs South Florida | 13 | 24 | 1.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-7@ UCF | 14 | 123 | 8.8 | 1 | 39 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-19vs Cincinnati | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 165 | 754 | 4.6 | 8 | 45 |
Week 1 · 2015
W 28-20
vs Towson
154 rush yds (18 car) · 4 TD · 5 rec · 19 yds
With B. Kemp — 235 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 46.6 · W. Gregory — 47.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 71 long
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
38%165 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.6 yds/carry on 165 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 38% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Ruffin McNeill — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2015 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 57.3 | 4.3 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 68.3 | 4.9 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 65.7 | 4.0 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 58.8 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ruffin McNeill
Pass share
54.5%
474 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
72.5
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
503 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2015
165 carries and 29 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at East Carolina, 1,282 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2011–2015
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Ruffin McNeill.
