#22

Brandon Thomas

Former running back at Memphis. 2024: 335 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 6 catches.

RB · Memphis · Sr. · #22

5′10″ · 210 lb · North Little Rock, AR

CFB Index 45 · #165 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceMemphis 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1627 nationally · Signed with Memphis

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Memphis. 2024: 335 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 6 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Memphis in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Memphis, 1,454 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Memphis3-star out of North Little Rock

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1627 national

CFB

College

Memphis

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Ryan Silverfield

Memphis

Played his entire career under Ryan Silverfield.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Ryan Silverfield — 42-20 over that span.

2020Memphis8-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Memphis6-6HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2022Memphis7-6HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2023Memphis10-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2024Memphis11-2HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

45Rotational starter #165 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (100th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: rec yards (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#2 / 442 · 100th pct

15.8%

EPA / carry#113 / 442 · 75th pct

0.29

Success rate#111 / 442 · 75th pct

50.9%

Yards / carry#117 / 442 · 74th pct

5.9

Explosive rate#202 / 442 · 54th pct

7.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 204 · 87th pct

Yards / carry#54 / 335 · 83rd pct

5.9

Rush TDs#57 / 335 · 81st pct

Long run#114 / 335 · 66th pct

Rush yards#227 / 335 · 32nd pct

335

Receptions#243 / 330 · 25th pct

Carries#262 / 335 · 22nd pct

Rec yards#266 / 330 · 19th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

89th → 75th percentile

Success rate

87th → 75th percentile

Explosive rate

6th → 54th percentile

Yards / carry

6th → 74th percentile

TD rate

100th → 100th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	18.8	4.5	1.2
Road5g	44.4	4.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	36.9	4.1	0.9
Weeks 8+4g	19.2	5.4	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #165 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #165 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Memphis	57	335	5.9	9	--
2023	Memphis	46	172	3.7	9	--
2022	Memphis	76	270	3.6	9	--
2021	Memphis	116	669	5.8	8	--
2020	Memphis	2	8	4.0	0	--
Career		297	1,454	4.9	35	--

Season	Team
2024	Memphis	6	30	5.0	0	--
2023	Memphis	2	10	5.0	0	--
2022	Memphis	3	19	6.3	0	--
2021	Memphis	8	52	6.5	0	--
2020	Memphis	--	--	--	--	--
Career		19	111	5.8	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 34–24

at Tulane

14 rush yds (5 car)

With S. Henigan — 218 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.2 · 10 rush yds (11 car) · M. Anderson — 177 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Navy · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +4.44Brandon Thomas run for 57 yds for a TD (Caden Costa KICK)
Week 11 · Rice · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.61Brandon Thomas run for 14 yds for a TD (Tristian Vandenberg KICK)
Week 7 · South Florida · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.45Brandon Thomas run for 38 yds to the MEM 43 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Middle Tennessee · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.19Brandon Thomas run for 20 yds to the MEM 40 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · South Florida · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -2.10Brandon Thomas run for no gain to the USF 38
Week 5 · Middle Tennessee · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.07Brandon Thomas run for 2 yds for a TD (Caden Costa KICK)
Week 1 · West Virginia · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.73Seth Henigan pass complete to Brandon Thomas for 12 yds to the MEM 37 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · South Florida · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA -1.67Brandon Thomas run for a loss of 2 yards to the USF 48
Week 7 · South Florida · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.40Seth Henigan pass complete to Brandon Thomas for 6 yds to the MEM 34 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Florida State · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.37Brandon Thomas run for 5 yds to the MEM 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-0vs North Alabama	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Wk 2	W 38-17vs Troy	2	3	1.5	2	2
Wk 3	W 20-12@ Florida State	5	12	2.4	0	5
Wk 4	L 44-56@ Navy	12	125	10.4	1	57	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 5	W 24-7vs Middle Tennessee	6	48	8.0	2	20
Wk 7	W 21-3@ South Florida	13	67	5.2	0	38
Wk 8	W 52-44vs North Texas	2	13	6.5	1	12
Wk 11	W 27-20vs Rice	6	26	4.3	1	14
Wk 12	W 53-18vs UAB	3	24	8.0	1	14
Wk 14	W 34-24@ Tulane	5	14	2.8	0	11
Bowl	W 42-37@ West Virginia	2	4	2.0	1	3
Total		57	335	4.6	9	57