Matt Breida: RB · Georgia Southern · #36.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Matt Breida
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Georgia Southern. All-Sun Belt in 2015 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 100 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Ole Miss — Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 22.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 20.0% of his carries. 14 carries for 18 yds vs Louisiana; 22 for 100 vs Ole Miss.
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
4 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (14.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Georgia Southern | 168 | 646 | 3.8 | 3 | 68 |
| 2015 | Georgia Southern | 203 | 1,608 | 7.9 | 17 | 87 |
| 2014 | Georgia Southern | 171 | 1,485 | 8.7 | 17 | 88 |
| Career | 542 | 3,739 | 6.9 | 37 | 88 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 2 | 14 |
| 2015 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2014 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 1 | 28 |
| Career | 22 | 156 | 7.1 | 3 | 28 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 54-0vs Savannah State | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 1 | 26 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-9@ South Alabama | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-21vs UL Monroe | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-49@ Western Michigan | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-27@ Arkansas State | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-35@ Georgia Tech | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 22-19@ New Mexico State | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-34vs App State | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-37@ Ole Miss | 22 | 100 | 4.5 | 1 | 68 | Season-high 100 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 26-33vs Louisiana | 14 | 18 | 1.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-30@ Georgia State | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-24vs Troy | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 168 | 646 | 3.8 | 3 | 68 |
Week 1 · 2016
W 54-0
68 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 16 yds · 1 TD
Dominant 54-point win at home against Savannah State.
With F. Upshaw — 115 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 99.0 · 53 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD · K. Ellison — 70 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.4 · 57 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
34%170 carriesFumble rate
0.6%1 of 168 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds3.8 yds/carry on 168 carries · 7% explosive (10+ yds) · 34% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 50.6 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 56.1 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 56.2 | 4.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 51.5 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Summers
Pass share
34.1%
264 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
64.5
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
286 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
168 carries and 11 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 3,739 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2014) — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2015)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Willie Fritz → Tyson Summers. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
