Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-21@ Lamar | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 0 | 22 | Season-high 75 yds |
| Wk 1 | L 10-33@ Texas Tech | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 0 | 14 | Season-high 75 yds |
| Total | 24 | 127 | 5.3 | 0 | 22 |
#20
Alex Broome
Junior running back for Boston College. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
5′6″ · 194 lb · Nashville, TN
CFB Index 35 · #253 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Boston College)
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
3★
RB recruit
No. 1090 nationally · Signed with Boston College
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for Boston College. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2022.
Alex Broome
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Alex Broome has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Boston College. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-ACC. One game to point at: 75 rush yds, 21 rec yds against Lamar — Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
20229 games
- Signed with Boston College3-star out of Lipscomb Academy
20255 games
- All-ACC
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Boston College
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022–2023
Boston College
Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Hafley → Bill O'Brien. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Boston College
DestinationTBD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Boston College3-9HC: Jeff Hafley · Pass-leaning
2023Boston College7-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-leaning
2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 63.5 YDS/g, 5.3 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boston College | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 60 | 266 | 4.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 50 | 225 | 4.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 117 | 501 | 4.3 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boston College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 26 | 166 | 6.4 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 34 | 218 | 6.4 | 2 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jocquez Smith’s 2023 season.
72%match
Matches Jocquez on
Rush TD rate
Yards / carry
Weight
Differs from Jocquez on
Height (lower)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gerrid Doaks’s path through Cincinnati.
92%match
All-AACNFL Rd 7
#4
Andrew Body
88%
Matches Gerrid on
Yards per carry
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Frank Gore Jr.'s sophomore season at Southern Miss (2021).
73%match
All-Sun Belt
Matches Frank on
Receiving share
Yards / reception
Rush TD rate
Differs from Frank on
Height (lower)
Total rush EPA (college ability) (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Alex Broome
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology