Antario Brown: RB · Northern Illinois · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Antario Brown
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Fourth year in the same backfield at Northern Illinois. The first one came in 2023: All-MAC. On tape: 114 rushing yards and 11 receiving yards against NC State, Week 5, 2024.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 26.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.7% of his carries. 7 carries for 46 yds vs Massachusetts; 27 for 137 vs NC State.
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
2 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (9.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 115 | 567 | 4.9 | 4 | 49 |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 212 | 1,294 | 6.1 | 10 | 80 |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 110 | 689 | 6.3 | 7 | 86 |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 81 | 538 | 6.6 | 5 | 47 |
| Career | 518 | 3,088 | 6.0 | 26 | 86 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 204 | 25.5 | 1 | 83 |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 21 | 263 | 12.5 | 2 | 83 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 54-15vs Western Illinois | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-14@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 20 | 99 | 5.0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23vs Buffalo | 24 | 73 | 3.0 | 2 | 14 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-24@ NC State | 28 | 114 | 4.1 | 0 | 34 | Season-high 114 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 34-20vs Massachusetts | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-13vs Toledo | 13 | 53 | 4.1 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-25@ Ball State | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 2 | 34 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-28@ Western Michigan | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 49 | |
| Total | 115 | 567 | 4.9 | 4 | 49 |
Week 2 · 2024
W 16-14
at Notre Dame
2 rec · 126 yds · 1 TD · 99 rush yds (20 car)
A close one, won by 2 on the road.
With E. Hampton — 198 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.1 · 21 rush yds (5 car) · T. Foley — 33 yards per punt · 3 punts · 40 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%112 carriesFumble rate
3.5%4 of 115 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.9 yds/carry on 115 carries · 18% explosive (10+ yds) · 38% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
4 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 27-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 60.2 | 5.6 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 81.5 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 80.2 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 55.3 | 7.5 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Thomas Hammock
Pass share
40.1%
368 pass / 549 run
Plays / game
70.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
388 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
More touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #154 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northern Illinois, 3,088 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 39 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Thomas Hammock.
