Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
13 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.2%).

Ohio · L 20-24
4 carries, 22 yards
The other 8 games average 32 yards. This one was 10 below.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Share of the team's total this season.
Braydon Bennett
Played for five head coaches at three programs in seven seasons: Jamey Chadwell, Chad Staggs, Tim Beck, Brent Pry and Chris Creighton. On tape: 56 rushing yards and 22 receiving yards against Michigan State, Week 2, 2026.
280 rushing yards · 2 rushing TD · 63 carries
Play style
Does a little of everything without one standout trait.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
13 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.2%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Against Ohio on Oct. 24: 4 carries for 22 yards. In the 9 games drawn here: 63 carries for 280 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 | Eastern Michigan | 63 | 280 | 4.4 | 2 | 16 |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 134 | 781 | 5.8 | 11 | 67 |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 91 | 407 | 4.5 | 5 | 21 |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 16 | 83 | 5.2 | 0 | 21 |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 74 | 636 | 8.6 | 7 | 75 |
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 1 | 35 |
| Career | 388 | 2,242 | 5.8 | 27 | 75 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 92 | 10.2 | 0 | 22 |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 25 | 188 | 7.5 | 2 | 37 |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 23 | 200 | 8.7 | 0 | 63 |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | 41 |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 24 | 295 | 12.3 | 2 | 71 |
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 86 | 863 | 10.0 | 4 | 71 |
Last game (Wk 8): 22 rushing yards, 1 catch.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-17vs Sacramento State | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 1 | L 21-27vs San José State | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-35@ Michigan State | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 56 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 10-54@ Wisconsin | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-3vs Lindenwood | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-14@ Massachusetts | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 6 | W 25-23@ Akron | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-34vs Toledo | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24@ Ohio | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 63 | 280 | 4.4 | 2 | 16 |
Week 5 · 2026
W 38-14
The plays that mattered most
237th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
50%62 carriesFumble rate
1.6%1 of 63 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.4 yds/carry on 63 carries · 8% explosive (10+ yds) · 50% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 23.2 | 4.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 37.4 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 32.2 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 22.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
55.8%
333 pass / 264 run
Plays / game
66.3
9 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
382 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #203 at the position.
The No. 2,135 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Mid-American as a graduate.
2026 is in progress.
Played for three programs.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
5 coachesPlayed for 5 head coaches at 3 schools: Jamey Chadwell, Tim Beck, Brent Pry, Philip Montgomery and Chris Creighton.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Eastern Michigan