#26  Jay Haynes

Entered 2024 having previously recorded 35 yards and a touchdown on six rushing attempts as well as 20 yards and a touchdown on two receptions in 14 snaps over three games … also credited with one kickoff return for 18 yards … … averaged more than 10 yards per carry in his final two seasons at Alabama’s Handley HS.

2024: Rushed once in season debut vs. No. 1 Georgia … gained 49 yards on five carries vs. Appalachian State … posted 42 yards and a touchdown on eight carries and caught two passes for 17 yards vs. NC State … rushed six times for 18 yards and returned three kickoffs for 66 yards vs. Stanford … rushed once for two yards and caught an eight-yard pass at Florida State … gained 11 yards on two carries and caught one pass at Wake Forest … rushed seven times for 30 yards and caught a four-yard pass vs. Virginia … averaged 16.0 yards on two kickoff returns vs. Louisville … earned ACC Running Back of the Week after he rushed for a career-high 118 yards on five carries with two touchdowns vs. The Citadel, representing the fourth time in school history that a Clemson player rushed for 100 yards in a game on five or fewer carries; he joined Lyn-J Dixon (four carries for 116 yards vs. Louisville in 2018), Ken Moore (five carries for 152 yards vs. The Citadel in 1954) and Jim Reynolds (five carries for 105 yards vs. Presbyterian in 1945) … rushed twice for 11 yards vs. No. 16 South Carolina.

2023: Played 14 offensive snaps in three games, rushing six times for 35 yards with a touchdown and producing two catches for 20 yards and another touchdown while redshirting … also recorded one kickoff return for 18 yards … scored two touchdowns in his collegiate debut vs. Charleston Southern, adding a rushing touchdown among his four carries for 28 yards and a receiving touchdown on a six-yard pass from Paul Tyson … became the first Clemson player with a rushing touchdown and receiving touchdown in a single game since Chez Mellusi accomplished the feat against Pitt in 2020 … rushed twice for seven yards and caught a 14-yard pass vs. Florida Atlantic … recorded an 18-yard kickoff return as an upback to set up Clemson’s come-from-behind game-winning touchdown drive vs. Kentucky in the Gator Bowl.

Before Clemson: Recorded 251 carries for 2,669 yards and 37 touchdowns in 24 games from 2021-22, averaging an incredible 10.6 yards per carry across those two seasons … also added 19 catches for 268 yards in that span … posted 1,888 yards on just 177 carries (10.7 avg.) and scored 27 touchdowns as a senior in 2022… had at least 100 yards in each of first five games and at least 100 in four of his last five … rushed for 476 yards, the second-most in a game in Alabama high school history, on 30 carries against Jacksonville in a matchup of two of Class 4A’s top five teams … scored five touchdowns in that game, all covering at least 52 yards (96, 58, 52, 72, 54) … that performance trailed only Tony Dixon’s 531-yard game in 2003 in state annals … in the state playoffs, rushed 25 times for 231 yards and four touchdowns against T.R. Miller and then had 217 yards and two scores on 30 carries (including a 96-yard touchdown run) against Montgomery Catholic … also had 167 yards in his first playoff game that year, giving him 67 carries for 615 yards and 10 touchdowns, an average of 205 yards and three touchdowns, across three playoff games … averaged 9.2 yards a rush in those three games …  helped Handley High to an 11-2 record and the third round of the playoffs …  as a junior, rushed 74 times for 781 yards (10.6 avg.) and 10 scores … totaled 15 carries for 237 yards and three scores vs. Munford … rushed 10 times for 185 yards and two scores vs. Cherokee County … played for Larry Strain at Handley High … wore No. 4.

Personal: Born Jan. 21, 2005 … signed with the Clemson program on Dec. 21, 2022 … enrolled at Clemson in summer 2023 … parks, recreation and tourism management major.