#45

Brandon Ross

Running back for Maryland. 2015: 958 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 5 catches.

RB · Maryland · #45

5′10″ · Newark, DE

Maryland 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1066 nationally · Signed with Maryland

Statement game28 car · 173 yds · 3 TDat Rutgers (FBS) · W 46-41

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 running back for Maryland. 2015: 958 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 5 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Maryland, 1,375 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2011

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Charter School Of Wilmington

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1066 national

CFB

College

Maryland

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Randy Edsall — 10-15 over that span.

2014Maryland7-6HC: Randy Edsall · Balanced

2015Maryland3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (91st percentile). Strength: yards / carry (88th percentile). Concern: rec yards (15th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Long run#25 / 314 · 91st pct

Yards / carry#36 / 314 · 88th pct

6.4

Rush TDs#41 / 314 · 86th pct

Rush yards#62 / 314 · 80th pct

958

Carries#89 / 314 · 72nd pct

150

Receptions#197 / 295 · 30th pct

Rec yards#249 / 295 · 15th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	82.7	5.3	0.9
Road5g	75.8	5.6	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	71.8	4.9	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	87.8	6.0	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Maryland	150	958	6.4	10	--
2014	Maryland	86	417	4.8	4	--
Career		236	1,375	5.8	14	--

Season	Team
2015	Maryland	5	17	3.4	0	--
2014	Maryland	14	212	15.1	2	--
Career		19	229	12.1	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2015

W 50–21

vs Richmond

150 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 29-point win at home against Richmond.

With W. Likely — 31 AVG · 42 LONG · 2 NO · P. Hills — 138 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.9 · 25 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 50-21vs Richmond	18	150	8.3	1	21	150-yard day
Wk 2	L 27-48vs Bowling Green	8	10	1.3	0	7
Wk 3	W 35-17vs South Florida	18	68	3.8	1	13
Wk 4	L 6-45@ West Virginia	15	130	8.7	0	55
Wk 5	L 0-28vs Michigan	14	44	3.1	0	18
Wk 6	L 28-49@ Ohio State	7	29	4.1	0	9
Wk 8	L 30-31vs Penn State	10	58	5.8	1	16
Wk 9	L 15-31@ Iowa	5	31	6.2	0	23
Wk 10	L 24-31vs Wisconsin	2	4	2.0	0	5
Wk 11	L 7-24@ Michigan State	6	16	2.7	1	8
Wk 12	L 28-47vs Indiana	19	245	12.9	3	79	Season-high 245 yds
Wk 13	W 46-41@ Rutgers	28	173	6.2	3	80	3 rushing TDs
Total		150	958	5.4	10	80

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology