Jermaine Brown Jr.

Senior running back for UAB. 2023: 803 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 41 catches.

RB · UAB · Sr. · #1

5′8″ · 195 lb · Mobile, AL

CFB Index 75 · #29 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceUAB 2023 alumnus

The story

4 running back for UAB. 2023: 803 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 41 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UAB, 3,068 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

UAB

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

2023

Trent Dilfer

UAB

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent, and Trent Dilfer. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019UAB9-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

75Quality starter #29 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (84th percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#68 / 426 · 84th pct

7.9%

Explosive rate#99 / 426 · 77th pct

9.2%

EPA / carry#107 / 426 · 75th pct

0.28

Success rate#124 / 426 · 71st pct

48.3%

Yards / carry#144 / 426 · 66th pct

5.6

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#4 / 327 · 99th pct

416

Receptions#7 / 327 · 98th pct

Rush TDs#27 / 333 · 91st pct

Carries#67 / 333 · 80th pct

158

Rush yards#74 / 333 · 78th pct

803

Yards / carry#134 / 333 · 58th pct

5.1

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Long run#183 / 333 · 44th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

34th → 75th percentile

Success rate

20th → 71st percentile

Explosive rate

75th → 77th percentile

Yards / carry

62nd → 66th percentile

TD rate

56th → 84th 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

152 carries

12%

Stuffed (≤0)

37%

Grind (1–3)

34%

Chunk (4–9)

18%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	79.0	5.6	1.3
Road6g	54.8	4.2	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	46.7	4.4	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	95.2	5.5	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

our read surprisingly productive for a back with no award recognition yet — top-7% receiving usage, top-5% overall rushing production.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

75 · #29 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UAB	158	803	5.1	12	--
2022	UAB	166	948	5.7	8	--
2021	UAB	123	631	5.1	7	--
2020	UAB	62	249	4.0	1	--
2019	UAB	84	437	5.2	2	--
Career		593	3,068	5.2	30	--

Season	Team
2023	UAB	41	416	10.1	1	--
2022	UAB	19	120	6.3	0	--
2021	UAB	23	200	8.7	0	--
2020	UAB	8	32	4.0	0	--
2019	UAB	3	10	3.3	0	--
Career		94	778	8.3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 35–6

vs North Carolina A&T

47 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 29-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.

With J. Zeno — 291 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.5 · 31 rush yds (5 car) · F. Farrier II — 4 rec · 54 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Memphis · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -3.90Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 1 yd to the MEM 13
Week 13 · North Texas · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.81Jacob Zeno pass complete to Jermaine Brown Jr. for 47 yds to the UNT 12 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Texas · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.49Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 33 yds to the UNT 42 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 2&2 · Q1 · EPA +3.26Jacob Zeno pass complete to Jermaine Brown Jr. for 46 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 8 · Memphis · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 40 yds to the MEM 35 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Texas · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Jermaine Brown Jr. 13 Yd Run (Matt Quinn Kick)
Week 7 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.72Terrell McDonald pass complete to Jermaine Brown Jr. for 55 yds to the UTSA 9 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 25 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 1 · North Carolina A&T · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 4 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 6 · South Florida · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 23 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-6vs North Carolina A&T	6	47	7.8	2	15
Wk 2	L 35-49@ Georgia Southern	13	34	2.6	1	19
Wk 3	L 21-41vs Louisiana	3	6	2.0	0	3
Wk 4	L 21-49@ Georgia	5	19	3.8	0	9
Wk 5	L 23-35@ Tulane	13	48	3.7	0	12
Wk 6	W 56-35vs South Florida	18	116	6.4	4	23	4 rushing TDs
Wk 7	L 20-41@ UTSA	12	57	4.8	1	25
Wk 8	L 21-45vs Memphis	13	83	6.4	1	40
Wk 10	W 45-42vs Florida Atlantic	22	69	3.1	0	12
Wk 11	L 6-31@ Navy	15	55	3.7	0	15
Wk 12	W 34-24vs Temple	20	153	7.7	1	26	Season-high 153 yds
Wk 13	L 42-45@ North Texas	18	116	6.4	2	33
Total		158	803	4.9	12	40

How he plays

Play style

Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

152Carries

856Yards

17.3%Top-5 share

11.8%Stuffed rate

Just 17.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.8% of his carries. 3 carries for 6 yds vs Louisiana; 19 for 159 vs Temple.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

7/113rd/4th & short

9/24Inside-5 share

7 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (63.6%). 9 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (37.5%).