Missouri · L 10-34
1 carry, 0 yards
The other 7 games average 29 yards. This one was 29 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.
Braylen Russell
The three seasons at Arkansas span two head coaches: Sam Pittman and Ryan Silverfield. One game to point at: 51 rushing yards and 2 receptions against Vanderbilt — Week 7, 2026.
205 rushing yards · 2 rushing TD · 59 carries
Play style
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
23.2% of carries overall (58/250) → 40.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/42) — 70.6% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
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
10 of 13 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (76.9%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Against Missouri on Oct. 31: 1 carry for 0 yards. In the 8 games drawn here: 59 carries for 205 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-14vs North Alabama | 17 | 49 | 2.9 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-43@ No. 20 Utah | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-45vs No. 2 Georgia | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-6vs Tulsa | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-34@ Texas A&M | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-24vs No. 15 Tennessee | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-21@ Vanderbilt | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 0 | 13 | Season-high 51 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 10-34vs No. 23 Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 205 | 3.5 | 2 | 30 |
Week 1 · 2026
W 31-14
49 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 11 yds
With K. Jackson — 267 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · 27 rush yds (10 car) · G. Rush — 48 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
330th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from -2 to +27 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
41%58 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds3.5 yds/carry on 59 carries · 9% explosive (10+ yds) · 41% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 20.2 | 2.5 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 34.7 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 29.3 | 3.5 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
Pass share
50.7%
278 pass / 270 run
Plays / game
68.5
8 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
313 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #284 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #28 of 37 SEC 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%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sam Pittman, Bobby Petrino, and Ryan Silverfield. Multi-era developmental context.
