Running back for BYU. 2016: 43 rushing yards, 6 catches.
6′1″ · Magna, UT
The story
2016 running back for BYU. 2016: 43 rushing yards, 6 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearAlgernon Brown
Algernon Brown has been at BYU through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt on tape: 28 rush yds against Southern Utah, Week 11, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at BYU, 1,076 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Kalani Sitake. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 10.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 9.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2016
W 55–53
vs Toledo
2 rec · 37 yds
Edged out Toledo at home in a shootout.
With J. Williams — 286 rush yds (30 car) · 5 TD · T. Hill — 248 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 62.9 · 3 rush yds (6 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 18-16@ Arizona | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-20@ Utah | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-53vs Toledo | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-14@ Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-28@ Boise State | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-3@ Cincinnati | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-7vs Southern Utah | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 12 | Season-high 28 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 51-9vs Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 16 | 43 | 1.6 | 0 | 12 |