Leddie Brown

Junior running back for West Virginia. 2021: 1,065 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 36 catches.

RB · West Virginia · Jr. · #4

5′11″ · 210 lb · Philadelphia, PA

CFB Index 67 · #45 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceWest Virginia 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 553 nationally · Signed with West Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for West Virginia. 2021: 1,065 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 36 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at West Virginia, 2,887 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201811 games

Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Neumann Goretti

20209 games

All-Big 12first

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#553 national

CFB

College

West Virginia

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2019–2021

Neal Brown

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2019West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Pass-leaning

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #45 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (96th percentile). Strength: long run (94th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#107 / 409 · 74th pct

6.3%

EPA / carry#185 / 409 · 55th pct

0.20

Success rate#188 / 409 · 54th pct

46.4%

Yards / carry#268 / 409 · 35th pct

4.8

Explosive rate#301 / 409 · 27th pct

5.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#12 / 331 · 96th pct

Long run#20 / 343 · 94th pct

Carries#23 / 343 · 93rd pct

223

Rush TDs#22 / 343 · 92nd pct

Rush yards#42 / 343 · 88th pct

1065

Rec yards#49 / 331 · 85th pct

217

Yards / carry#187 / 343 · 44th pct

4.8

Fumbles lost#210 / 222 · 4th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #45 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #45 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	West Virginia	223	1,065	4.8	13	--
2020	West Virginia	199	1,009	5.1	9	--
2019	West Virginia	107	367	3.4	1	--
2018	West Virginia	91	446	4.9	4	--
Career		620	2,887	4.7	27	--

Season	Team
2021	West Virginia	36	217	6.0	1	--
2020	West Virginia	31	202	6.5	2	--
2019	West Virginia	17	145	8.5	1	--
2018	West Virginia	2	40	20.0	1	--
Career		86	604	7.0	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021

W 38–31

vs Iowa State

109 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.

With J. Doege — 370 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 83.8 · T. Sumpter — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Virginia Tech · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.94Leddie Brown run for 80 yds for a TD, (Casey Legg KICK)
Week 13 · Kansas · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +4.32Leddie Brown run for 44 yds for a TD (Casey Legg KICK)
Week 1 · Maryland · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.86Jarret Doege pass complete to Leddie Brown for 20 yds for a TD, (Casey Legg KICK)
Week 1 · Maryland · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Leddie Brown run for 9 yds for a TD, (Casey Legg KICK)
Week 8 · TCU · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.71Leddie Brown run for 5 yds for a TD (Casey Legg KICK)
Week 11 · Kansas State · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Leddie Brown run for 20 yds to the KanSt 40 Leddie Brown fumbled, forced by Russ Yeast, recovered by WVirg Kaden Prather for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Iowa State · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Leddie Brown 2 Yd Run (Casey Legg Kick)
Week 3 · Virginia Tech · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.50Jarret Doege pass complete to Leddie Brown for 25 yds to the WVirg 42 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Long Island University · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.45Leddie Brown run for 1 yd for a TD, (Casey Legg KICK)
Week 13 · Kansas · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.33Leddie Brown run for 4 yds for a TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 Virginia Tech	19	161	8.5	1	80	Season-high 161 yds
Wk 4	L 13-16@ 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 Iowa State	22	109	5.0	2	20
Wk 10	L 3-24vs 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	4.6	13	80

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

Leddie Brown

201811 games

20209 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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