Jarek Broussard

Senior running back for Michigan State. 2022: 298 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 4 catches.

RB · Michigan State · Sr. · #3

5′9″ · 185 lb · Dallas, TX

CFB Index 42 · #189 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceMichigan State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1143 nationally · Signed with Colorado

Statement game31 car · 187 yds · 3 TDvs UCLA (FBS) · W 48-42

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

Jarek Broussard up to 154 yards. He’s the first CU running back to top 150 yards in his starting debut since Rashaan Salaam had 165 vs. Nebraska in 1993r/CFB game thread · ▲ 12His career numbers, season by season

The story

5 running back for Michigan State. 2022: 298 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 4 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado in 2018.
Transferred from Colorado to Michigan State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Michigan State, 1,854 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

2018

Signed with Colorado3-star out of Bishop Lynch

20205 games

All-Pac-12First Team

202211 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1143 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Mel Tucker

Michigan State

Played his entire career under Mel Tucker.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Colorado4-2HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

42Rotational starter #189 of 317?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#145 / 398 · 64th pct

47.7%

EPA / carry#170 / 398 · 57th pct

0.19

TD rate#189 / 398 · 52nd pct

4.6%

Yards / carry#273 / 398 · 32nd pct

4.7

Explosive rate#380 / 398 · 5th pct

1.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#198 / 346 · 41st pct

4.7

Rush TDs#209 / 346 · 34th pct

Rec yards#229 / 338 · 32nd pct

Carries#265 / 346 · 23rd pct

Rush yards#267 / 346 · 23rd pct

298

Receptions#281 / 338 · 14th pct

Long run#332 / 346 · 4th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

18th → 57th percentile

Success rate

17th → 64th percentile

Explosive rate

52nd → 5th percentile

Yards / carry

35th → 32nd percentile

TD rate

8th → 52nd percentile

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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	37.1	4.2	0.3
Road4g	9.5	3.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	27.3	3.6	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	26.8	4.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #189 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #189 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Michigan State	63	298	4.7	3	--
2021	Colorado	142	661	4.7	2	--
2020	Colorado	156	895	5.7	5	--
Career		361	1,854	5.1	10	--

Season	Team
2022	Michigan State	4	48	12.0	--
2021	Colorado	13	81	6.2	--
2020	Colorado	9	65	7.2	--
Career		26	194	7.5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 23–15

at Illinois

13 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

With B. Baringer — 49 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 68 LONG · P. Thorne — 182 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.6 · 10 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Illinois · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Jarek Broussard run for 11 yds for a TD, (Ben Patton KICK)
Week 2 · Akron · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.94Jarek Broussard run for 13 yds to the Akron 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Akron · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA +1.90Jarek Broussard 1 Yd Run (Jack Stone Kick)
Week 11 · Rutgers · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.51Jarek Broussard run for 3 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.30Jarek Broussard run for 9 yds to the MchSt 36
Week 2 · Akron · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.27Jarek Broussard run for 2 yds to the Akron 2 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.23Jarek Broussard run for 17 yds to the Rutgr 39 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Akron · 1&2 · Q3 · EPA +1.21Jarek Broussard 2 Yd Run (Jack Stone Kick)
Week 13 · Penn State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.16Jarek Broussard run for no gain to the MchSt 45
Week 1 · Western Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -1.16Jarek Broussard run for no gain to the MchSt 45

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-13vs Western Michigan	10	54	5.4	0	12
Wk 2	W 52-0vs Akron	15	81	5.4	2	13	Season-high 81 yds
Wk 3	L 28-39@ Washington	4	3	0.8	0	4
Wk 4	L 7-34vs Minnesota	6	23	3.8	0	8
Wk 5	L 13-27@ Maryland	3	16	5.3	0	8
Wk 6	L 20-49vs Ohio State	3	8	2.7	0	5
Wk 7	W 34-28vs Wisconsin	3	6	2.0	0	5
Wk 10	W 23-15@ Illinois	3	13	4.3	1	11
Wk 11	W 27-21vs Rutgers	11	80	7.3	0	17
Wk 12	L 31-39vs Indiana	3	8	2.7	0	4
Wk 13	L 16-35@ Penn State	2	6	3.0	0	6
Total		63	298	3.9	3	17

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology