Dre Brown: RB · Illinois · #25.
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Dre Brown
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Third year in the Illinois backfield. On tape: 131 rushing yards against Purdue, Week 9, 2019.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 25.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 9.7% of his carries. 2 carries for 6 yds vs Minnesota; 18 for 131 vs Purdue.
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
6 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (33.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-3vs Akron | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-23@ UConn | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-34vs Eastern Michigan | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-42vs Nebraska | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 1 | 36 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-40@ Minnesota | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-42vs No. 16 Michigan | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-23vs No. 6 Wisconsin | 11 | 70 | 6.4 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-6@ Purdue | 18 | 131 | 7.3 | 0 | 44 | Season-high 131 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 38-10vs Rutgers | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 2 | 10 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-34@ Michigan State | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-19@ No. 19 Iowa | 14 | 67 | 4.8 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-29vs Northwestern | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 1 | 6 | |
 Bowl | L 20-35vs California | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 113 | 584 | 5.2 | 5 | 44 |
Week 7 · 2019
L 25-42
vs Michigan
39 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD
With B. Hayes — 46.9 yards per punt · 7 punts · 70 long · M. Robinson — 192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 29.5
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
48%102 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.2 yds/carry on 113 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 48% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Lovie Smith — 12-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 41.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 51.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 35.6 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 55.8 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
43.2%
363 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
64.6
13 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
406 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
113 carries and 10 catches in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Illinois, 902 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Lovie Smith.
