Brenden Brady: RB · UTSA · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Brenden Brady
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at UTSA. First career honor, 2022: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 112 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against North Texas — Week 8, 2022.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 19.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.4% of his carries. 5 carries for 8 yds vs Houston; 19 for 112 vs North Texas.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
29.8% of carries overall (148/496) → 16.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/92) — 86.7% 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
11 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (78.6%). 9 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (36.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-37vs No. 24 Houston | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-38@ Army | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 2 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-41@ No. 21 Texas | 21 | 70 | 3.3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-24vs Texas Southern | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-30@ Middle Tennessee | 19 | 98 | 5.2 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-28vs Western Kentucky | 19 | 82 | 4.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-10@ Florida International | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-27vs North Texas | 19 | 112 | 5.9 | 2 | 22 | Season-high 112 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 44-38@ UAB | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-7vs Louisiana Tech | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 2 | 26 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-7@ Rice | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 0 | 42 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-31vs UTEP | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 156 | 699 | 4.5 | 9 | 42 |
Week 8 · 2022
W 31-27
vs North Texas
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%147 carriesFumble rate
0.6%1 of 156 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.5 yds/carry on 156 carries · 12% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 52.7 | 4.1 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 63.8 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 57.9 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 58.8 | 6.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Pass share
48.8%
501 pass / 526 run
Plays / game
73.4
14 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
523 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #140 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at UTSA, 1,738 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 45 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Frank Wilson → Jeff Traylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
