Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 63-17vs Merrimack | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 0 | 22 | Season-high 87 yds |
| Total | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 0 | 22 |
#7
Mel Brown
Former running back at UConn. 2024: 87 rushing yards.
5′9″ · 180 lb · Stone Mountain, GA
UConn 2024 — college career complete
The story
Former running back at UConn. 2024: 87 rushing yards.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMel Brown
Gardner-Webb to UConn — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 87 rush yds against Merrimack, Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
How it ended
One season at UConn, 87 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2024
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
UConn
NFL
NFL Draft
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2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024UConn9-4HC: Jim Mora · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (89th percentile). Concern: td rate (15th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Box-score rates (5)
Season trend
EPA / carry— first qualifying season
Success rate— first qualifying season
Explosive rate— first qualifying season
Yards / carry— first qualifying season
TD rate— first qualifying season
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 splits
Through 1 game: 87.0 YDS/g, 6.2 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UConn | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 0 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 63–17
vs Merrimack
87 rush yds (14 car)
Dominant 46-point win at home against Merrimack.
With J. Fagnano — 328 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.2 · 38 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · S. Bell — 2 rec · 105 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 2 · Merrimack · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.84Mel Brown run for 22 yds to the MRMK 1 for a 1ST down
- Week 2 · Merrimack · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.82Mel Brown run for 11 yds to the MRMK 39 for a 1ST down
- Week 2 · Merrimack · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.30Mel Brown run for 9 yds to the MRMK 49
- Week 2 · Merrimack · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.21Mel Brown run for 13 yds to the CONN 42 for a 1ST down
- Week 2 · Merrimack · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -0.67Mel Brown run for 2 yds to the CONN 40
- Week 2 · Merrimack · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +0.65Mel Brown run for 6 yds to the MRMK 47 for a 1ST down
- Week 2 · Merrimack · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.45Mel Brown run for 2 yds to the CONN 27
- Week 2 · Merrimack · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.40Mel Brown run for 6 yds to the CONN 47
- Week 2 · Merrimack · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA -0.38Mel Brown run for 2 yds to the MRMK 28
- Week 2 · Merrimack · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA -0.31Mel Brown run for 2 yds to the CONN 29
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology