Brad Roberts: RB · Air Force · #20.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Brad Roberts
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at Air Force since. Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 187 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against San Diego State — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 14.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 4.8% of his carries. 17 carries for 60 yds vs Wyoming; 35 for 191 vs San Diego State.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
44.8% of carries overall (330/736) → 39.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (59/151) — 69.5% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
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
22 of 29 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (75.9%). 22 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (71.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-17vs Northern Iowa | 8 | 114 | 14.3 | 1 | 71 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-10vs Colorado | 24 | 174 | 7.3 | 3 | 46 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 3 | L 14-17@ Wyoming | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-20vs Nevada | 20 | 123 | 6.2 | 3 | 27 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 5 | W 13-10vs Navy | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-34@ Utah State | 29 | 136 | 4.7 | 1 | 30 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-7@ UNLV | 29 | 144 | 5.0 | 4 | 9 | 4 rushing TDs |
| Wk 8 | L 14-19vs Boise State | 25 | 90 | 3.6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 10 | W 13-7vs Army | 33 | 135 | 4.1 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-3vs New Mexico | 29 | 163 | 5.6 | 0 | 15 | 163-yard day |
| Wk 12 | W 24-12vs Colorado State | 37 | 184 | 5.0 | 1 | 34 | 184-yard day |
| Wk 13 | W 13-3@ San Diego State | 35 | 187 | 5.3 | 1 | 63 | Season-high 187 yds |
 Bowl | W 30-15vs Baylor | 37 | 116 | 3.1 | 2 | 11 | |
| Total | 345 | 1728 | 5.0 | 17 | 71 |
Bowl · 2022
W 30-15
vs Baylor · neutral site
116 rush yds (37 car) · 2 TD
With H. Daniels — 103 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 81 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · A. Terry — 1 rec · 68 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
52%293 carriesFumble rate
0.6%2 of 345 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.0 yds/carry on 345 carries · 8% explosive (10+ yds) · 52% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 23-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 137 | 6.7 | 1.3 |
| Road4g | 130 | 4.6 | 1.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 121 | 6.1 | 1.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 152 | 4.7 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
10.0%
86 pass / 776 run
Plays / game
66.3
13 games
Team sack rate
10.2%
98 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #24 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Air Force, 3,545 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
3 weekly honors (2022)
4 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Troy Calhoun.
