Toledo · W 30-20
No carries.
Notre Dame · L 10-27
No carries.
Illinois · L 37-38
No carries.
Northwestern · L 21-24
No carries.
Tullis has carries in 4 of Michigan State’s 8 games: none in the other 4.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
“Tullis was RB2 last year. He’s like RB4 now”
Brandon Tullis
Played for two head coaches at Michigan State: Jonathan Smith and Pat Fitzgerald. One game to point at: 37 rushing yards against Eastern Michigan — Week 2, 2026.
53 rushing yards · 0 rushing TD · 11 carries
Play style
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Fans first named Brandon Tullis vs Eastern Michigan.
Against UCLA on Oct. 24: 1 carry for 4 yards. In the 4 games drawn here: 11 carries for 53 yards.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Michigan State | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 0 | 13 |
| 2025 | Michigan State | 68 | 297 | 4.4 | 4 | 35 |
| 2024 | Michigan State | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | 9 |
| Career | 86 | 370 | 4.3 | 4 | 35 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Michigan State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | Michigan State | 11 | 82 | 7.5 | 0 | 24 |
| 2024 | Michigan State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 88 | 7.3 | 0 | 24 |
Last game (Wk 8): 4 rushing yards.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 4 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 35-7vs Eastern Michigan | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 13 | Season-high 37 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 13-31vs Nebraska | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-31@ Wisconsin | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-28@ No. 9 UCLA | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 0 | 13 |
Week 2 · 2026
W 35-7
37 rush yds (4 car)
Dominant 28-point win at home against Eastern Michigan.
With A. Milivojevic — 170 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.1 · 14 rush yds (7 car) · C. Edwards — 152 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Ratings of the games shown run from -15 to +15 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 19.5 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 7.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 16.3 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
44.3%
222 pass / 279 run
Plays / game
62.6
8 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
256 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #32 of 44 Big Ten RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,591 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Big Ten as a junior.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jonathan Smith → Pat Fitzgerald. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
