Braedon Sloan: RB · Ball State · #14.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Braedon Sloan
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Transferred to Ball State from Eastern Kentucky. A game that shows it: 103 rushing yards and 46 receiving yards against Missouri State — Week 2, 2024.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 18.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 8.2% of his carries. 5 carries for 13 yds vs Miami; 21 for 103 vs Missouri 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
44.5% of carries overall (146/328) → 45.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/37) — 100.0% 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
20 of 24 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (83.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ball State | 150 | 597 | 4.0 | 4 | 40 |
| Career | 150 | 597 | 4.0 | 4 | 40 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ball State | 29 | 329 | 11.3 | 1 | 72 |
| Career | 29 | 329 | 11.3 | 1 | 72 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-34vs Missouri State | 21 | 103 | 4.9 | 1 | 40 | Season-high 103 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 0-62@ No. 10 Miami | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-37@ Central Michigan | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-63@ James Madison | 14 | 72 | 5.1 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | L 42-45vs Western Michigan | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-35@ Kent State | 22 | 76 | 3.5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-24@ Vanderbilt | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 9 | W 25-23vs Northern Illinois | 17 | 51 | 3.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | L 48-51@ Buffalo | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-38vs Bowling Green | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-42@ Ohio | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 150 | 597 | 4.0 | 4 | 40 |
Week 2 · 2024
W 42-34
103 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD · 6 rec · 46 yds · 1 TD
Edged out Missouri State at home in a shootout.
With K. Semonza — 262 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.1 · 16 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · M. Gillie — 5 rec · 63 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
46%145 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.0 yds/carry on 150 carries · 8% explosive (10+ yds) · 46% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 52.4 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 47.9 | 3.7 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 70.5 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 29.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
54.3%
439 pass / 369 run
Plays / game
67.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
468 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
150 carries, 29 catches and 1 pass attempt in 12 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
One season at Ball State, 597 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
