Nick Brossette

Senior running back for LSU. 2018: 1,039 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 14 catches.

RB · LSU · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 218 lb · Baton Rouge, LA

LSU 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 184 nationally · Signed with LSU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for LSU. 2018: 1,039 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 14 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at LSU, 1,345 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20155 games

Signed with LSU4-star out of University Lab

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#184 national

CFB

College

LSU

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015

Les Miles

LSU

2016–2018

Ed Orgeron

LSU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Ed Orgeron. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015LSU9-3HC: Les Miles · Run-heavy

2016LSU8-4HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-heavy

2017LSU9-4HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-heavy

2018LSU10-3HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (97th percentile). Strength: rush tds (95th percentile). Concern: yards / carry (19th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#12 / 339 · 97th pct

240

Rush TDs#15 / 339 · 95th pct

Rush yards#48 / 339 · 86th pct

1039

Receptions#111 / 326 · 65th pct

Long run#151 / 339 · 55th pct

Rec yards#161 / 326 · 50th pct

Fumbles lost#56 / 217 · 48th pct

Yards / carry#266 / 339 · 19th pct

4.3

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	75.9	4.1	1.2
Road5g	86.4	4.3	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	94.6	4.7	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	56.4	3.3	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	LSU	240	1,039	4.3	14	--
2017	LSU	19	96	5.1	0	--
2016	LSU	15	145	9.7	0	--
2015	LSU	12	65	5.4	0	--
Career		286	1,345	4.7	14	--

Season	Team
2018	LSU	14	78	5.6	0	--
2017	LSU	--	--	--	--	--
2016	LSU	--	--	--	--	--
2015	LSU	1	-1	-1.0	0	--
Career		15	77	5.1	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2018

W 36–16

vs Georgia

64 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD

With J. Burrow — 200 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 66 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · C. Edwards-Helaire — 145 rush yds (19 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week