Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-16vs Missouri State | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 1 | 11 | Season-high 30 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 28-23vs Tulsa | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-20@ Boise State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 28 | 58 | 1.8 | 1 | 11 |
LB
La'Darren Brown
Senior running back for Oklahoma State. 2021: 85 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 5 catches.
5′9″ · 200 lb · Dallas, TX
Oklahoma State 2021 alumnus
The story
4 running back for Oklahoma State. 2021: 85 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 5 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearLa'Darren Brown
He has spent five seasons in the Oklahoma State backfield. One game to point at: 30 rush yds, 2 receptions against Missouri State — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Oklahoma State, 1,168 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Oklahoma State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coach2017–2021
Oklahoma State
Played his entire career under Mike Gundy.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Mike Gundy — 45-19 over that span.
2017Oklahoma State10-3HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo
2018Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo
2019Oklahoma State8-5HC: Mike Gundy · Run-heavy
2020Oklahoma State8-3HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2021Oklahoma State12-2HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (8)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 28.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 19.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eric Morris
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 31 | 85 | 2.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | 82 | 437 | 5.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Oklahoma State | 40 | 255 | 6.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 28 | 168 | 6.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 34 | 223 | 6.6 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 215 | 1,168 | 5.4 | 9 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 15 | 105 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · Notre Dame · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.70LD Brown run for 22 yds to the NDame 45 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Missouri State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.52LD Brown run for 11 yds for a TD, (Alex Hale KICK)
- Week 3 · Boise State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.21LD Brown run for 9 yds to the BoiSt 45
- Week 3 · Boise State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.15LD Brown run for a loss of 7 yards to the OKSt 18
- Week 2 · Tulsa · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.05LD Brown run for no gain to the Tulsa 42
- Week 1 · Missouri State · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA -0.99LD Brown run for no gain to the OKSt 43
- Week 2 · Tulsa · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +0.97LD Brown run for 11 yds to the Tulsa 48 for a 1ST down
- Week 2 · Tulsa · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -0.93Spencer Sanders pass complete to LD Brown for 1 yd to the OKSt 44
- Week 1 · Missouri State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.92LD Brown run for 1 yd to the OKSt 42
- Week 1 · Missouri State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.85LD Brown run for 1 yd to the MoSt 45
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology