#28

Brittain Brown

Former running back at UCLA. 2021: 616 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 18 catches.

RB · UCLA · Sr. · #28

6′1″ · 210 lb · Canton, GA

CFB Index 57 · #88 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceLas Vegas — drafted 2022, Rd 7, Pick 29, #250 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 489 nationally · Signed with Duke

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at UCLA. 2021: 616 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 18 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2016.
Drafted round 7 by the Las Vegas in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UCLA, 2,285 rushing yards — drafted at #250 overall by Las Vegas.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 118 yds vs North Carolina Central.North Carolina Central · W 55-132018

2016

Signed with Duke3-star out of Cherokee

2022

Drafted by Las Vegasround 7, pick 250

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#489 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #250

Las Vegas · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017

Jim Mora

UCLA

2018–2021

Chip Kelly

UCLA

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Mora → Chip Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las VegasEntering 5th NFL season

#250Rd 7 · Pick 29

Las VegasEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Duke7-6HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Duke8-5HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2019Duke5-7HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning

2020UCLA3-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

2021UCLA8-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

57Quality starter #88 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (85th percentile). Strength: td rate (80th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#61 / 409 · 85th pct

11.8%

TD rate#82 / 409 · 80th pct

6.9%

Yards / carry#114 / 409 · 72nd pct

6.0

EPA / carry#144 / 409 · 65th pct

0.24

Success rate#144 / 409 · 65th pct

49.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#53 / 343 · 84th pct

6.0

Rush TDs#79 / 343 · 74th pct

Receptions#91 / 331 · 72nd pct

Rec yards#111 / 331 · 67th pct

129

Rush yards#126 / 343 · 63rd pct

616

Long run#148 / 343 · 56th pct

Carries#164 / 343 · 52nd pct

102

Fumbles lost#63 / 222 · 46th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	55.5	5.1	1.0
Road4g	70.8	8.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	66.9	6.6	0.6
Weeks 8+3g	49.3	5.9	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #88 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #88 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UCLA	102	616	6.0	7	--
2020	UCLA	81	543	6.7	4	--
2019	Duke	12	56	4.7	0	--
2018	Duke	80	369	4.6	3	--
2017	Duke	130	701	5.4	7	--
Career		405	2,285	5.6	21	--

Season	Team
2021	UCLA	18	129	7.2	0	--
2020	UCLA	6	84	14.0	1	--
2019	Duke	2	13	6.5	0	--
2018	Duke	1	44	44.0	1	--
2017	Duke	14	161	11.5	0	--
Career		41	431	10.5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 38–27

vs LSU

96 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

With D. Thompson-Robinson — 260 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.6 · 5 rush yds (13 car) · Z. Charbonnet — 117 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Arizona · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +4.70Brittain Brown run for 48 yds for a TD (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 6 · Arizona · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA -3.36Brittain Brown run for 11 yds to the Ariz 18 Brittain Brown fumbled, recovered by Ariz Treshaun Hayward
Week 1 · LSU · 1&19 · Q4 · EPA +3.23Brittain Brown run for 18 yds to the LSU 46
Week 1 · Hawai'i · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Brittain Brown run for 1 yd for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 9 · Utah · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.58Ethan Garbers pass complete to Brittain Brown for 7 yds to the Utah 35 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Utah · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.17Ethan Garbers pass complete to Brittain Brown for 9 yds to the Utah 39 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Arizona · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.14Brittain Brown run for 13 yds to the Ariz 42 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Stanford · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.05Brittain Brown run for 14 yds to the Stanf 45 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Arizona · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.91Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Brittain Brown for 14 yds to the UCLA 40 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oregon · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.90Brittain Brown run for 1 yd for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 44-10vs Hawai'i	13	78	6.0	1	22
Wk 1	W 38-27vs LSU	17	96	5.6	1	19
Wk 3	L 37-40vs Fresno State	9	23	2.6	0	6
Wk 4	W 35-24@ Stanford	8	66	8.3	0	16
Wk 5	L 23-42vs Arizona State	11	33	3.0	1	8
Wk 6	W 34-16@ Arizona	12	146	12.2	1	48	Season-high 146 yds
Wk 7	W 24-17@ Washington	3	26	8.7	0	22
Wk 8	L 31-34vs Oregon	13	45	3.5	2	14
Wk 9	L 24-44@ Utah	10	45	4.5	0	13
Wk 11	W 44-20vs Colorado	6	58	9.7	1	17
Total		102	616	6.4	7	48