Jayden Brown

Senior running back for Colorado State. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.

RB · Colorado State · Sr. · #1

5′9″ · 180 lb · Stone Mountain, GA

CFB Index 49 · #143 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceTransferred UConn → Colorado State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ETvs BYUCanvas StadiumBYU by 17.5

How he plays

Yards / carry: 100th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

228

rushing yards · 2026

2 TD · 13.4 per carry · 3 catches

2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 171 rush yds, 2 TD, 3 rec yds, vs Southern Utah

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Colorado State. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.

Signed with Gardner-Webb in 2022.
262 rushing yards in 2025. Then 228 in 2026.

His career, year by year

Jayden Brown

RB · Colorado State · Sr · #1

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jim Mora and Gordon Sammis. The receipt on tape: 171 rush yds, 3 rec yds against Southern Utah, Week 2, 2026.

228 RUSH YDS · 2 RUSH TD · 17 CARRIES

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

season totals
positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2026 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024UConn9-4HC: Jim Mora · Run-leaning

2025UConn9-4HC: Gordon Sammis · Balanced

2026Colorado State2-0HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

49Rotational starter #143 of 310?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (100th percentile). Strength: long run (97th percentile). Concern: carries (0th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#1 / 15 · 100th pct

13.4

Long run#1 / 15 · 97th pct

Rush yards#7 / 15 · 60th pct

228

Rush TDs#6 / 15 · 53rd pct

Receptions#11 / 15 · 30th pct

Rec yards#14 / 15 · 13th pct

Carries#16 / 15 · 0th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 2 games: 114 YDS/g, 13.1 YPC, 1.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	Colorado State	17	228	13.4	2	--
2025	UConn	32	262	8.2	2	--
2024	UConn	98	578	5.9	2	--
Career		147	1,068	7.3	6	--

Season	Team
2026	Colorado State	3	10	3.3	0	--
2025	UConn	5	27	5.4	0	--
2024	UConn	8	85	10.6	1	--
Career		16	122	7.6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026

W 58–24

vs Southern Utah

171 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 34-point win at home against Southern Utah.

With H. Hejny — 325 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.7 · 85 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · J. Harper — 6 rec · 102 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Southern Utah · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +6.53(03:34) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 M.Brown rush right for 73 yards gain to the SUU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:24, 1ST DOWN #40 K.Nguma kick attempt good (H: #39 N.Sutcliffe, LS: #56 W.Himebauch)
Week 2 · Southern Utah · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.03(13:16) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 M.Brown rush left for 80 yards gain to the SUU01 (#2 A.York), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Wyoming · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.27(03:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 M.Brown rush left for 37 yards gain to the WYO13 (#23 J.Thomas), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Wyoming · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +1.64(06:18) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 M.Brown rush left for 10 yards gain to the CSU47 (#23 J.Thomas; #11 E.Bogar), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Southern Utah · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.42(09:11) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 M.Brown rush middle for 5 yards gain to the CSU37 (#22 P.Vance), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Southern Utah · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA -0.99(09:35) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 M.Brown rush right for 0 yards to the CSU32 (#4 L.Tuioti-Mariner; #54 P.Andrus)
Week 2 · Southern Utah · 1&1 · Q2 · EPA +0.94(13:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 M.Brown rush middle for 1 yard gain to the SUU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:58 #40 K.Nguma kick attempt good (H: #39 N.Sutcliffe, LS: #56 W.Himebauch)
Week 1 · Wyoming · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -0.89(04:32) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 M.Brown rush middle for 1 yard gain to the CSU50 (#12 K.Griffin; #11 E.Bogar)
Week 1 · Wyoming · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA -0.69(12:13) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 M.Brown rush right for 1 yard loss to the CSU24 (#21 J.Dunkley)
Week 2 · Southern Utah · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.60(09:57) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 M.Brown rush right for 7 yards gain to the CSU32 (#2 A.York; #7 T.Christian)