Brandon Ross: RB · Maryland · #45.
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Brandon Ross
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Two seasons in the Maryland backfield to date. A game that shows it: 245 rushing yards and 9 receiving yards against Indiana — Week 12, 2015.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
32.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 21.7% of his carries. 2 carries for 4 yds vs Wisconsin; 19 for 250 vs Indiana.
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
5 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (29.4%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 12 games
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| 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 No. 22 Michigan | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-49@ No. 1 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@ No. 10 Iowa | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-31vs Wisconsin | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-24@ No. 14 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 | 6.4 | 10 | 80 |
Week 12 · 2015
L 28-47
vs Indiana
245 rush yds (19 car) · 3 TD
With N. Pritchard — 36.1 yards per punt · 7 punts · 64 long · C. Rowe — 88 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.4 · 27 rush yds (4 car)
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
36%152 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.4 yds/carry on 150 carries · 18% explosive (10+ yds) · 36% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Randy Edsall — 10-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2015 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 86.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 |
| 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
Head Coach
Randy Edsall
Pass share
46.7%
386 pass / 440 run
Plays / game
68.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2015
150 carries and 5 catches in 12 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Maryland, 1,375 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2011–2015
1 coachPlayed every college season under Randy Edsall.
