Leddie Brown: RB · West Virginia · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Leddie Brown
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at West Virginia. First career honor, 2020: All-Big 12. A game that shows it: 161 rushing yards and 35 receiving yards against Virginia Tech — Week 3, 2021.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 18.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 13.7% of his carries. 5 carries for 14 yds vs Long Island University; 20 for 162 vs Kansas.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
51.4% of carries overall (209/407) → 35.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (23/64) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
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
14 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (77.8%). 13 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (48.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | West Virginia | 223 | 1,065 | 4.8 | 13 | 80 |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 199 | 1,009 | 5.1 | 9 | 87 |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 107 | 367 | 3.4 | 1 | 30 |
| 2018 | West Virginia | 91 | 446 | 4.9 | 4 | 47 |
| Career | 620 | 2,887 | 4.7 | 27 | 87 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | West Virginia | 36 | 217 | 6.0 | 1 | 25 |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 31 | 202 | 6.5 | 2 | 15 |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 17 | 145 | 8.5 | 1 | 21 |
| 2018 | West Virginia | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 1 | 25 |
| Career | 86 | 604 | 7.0 | 5 | 25 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-30@ Maryland | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 2 | 14 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-0vs Long Island University | 15 | 31 | 2.1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-21vs No. 15 Virginia Tech | 19 | 161 | 8.5 | 1 | 80 | Season-high 161 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 13-16@ No. 4 Oklahoma | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-23vs Texas Tech | 17 | 57 | 3.4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-45@ Baylor | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | W 29-17@ TCU | 24 | 111 | 4.6 | 3 | 24 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 9 | W 38-31vs No. 22 Iowa State | 22 | 109 | 5.0 | 2 | 20 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-24vs No. 11 Oklahoma State | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-34@ Kansas State | 20 | 85 | 4.3 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-23vs Texas | 33 | 158 | 4.8 | 1 | 26 | 158-yard day |
| Wk 13 | W 34-28@ Kansas | 19 | 156 | 8.2 | 1 | 44 | 156-yard day |
| Total | 223 | 1065 | 4.8 | 13 | 80 |
Week 9 · 2021
W 38-31
vs Iowa State
109 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD · 5 rec · 25 yds
Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.
With J. Doege — 370 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 83.8 · T. Sumpter — 44 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%211 carriesFumble rate
2.7%6 of 223 carries · 3 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.8 yds/carry on 223 carries · 12% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 90.0 | 4.4 | 1.2 |
| Road6g | 87.5 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 70.3 | 4.3 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 107 | 4.9 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Pass share
50.1%
445 pass / 443 run
Plays / game
74.0
12 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
491 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
223 carries and 36 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #45 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at West Virginia, 2,887 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
