#28

Patrick Laird

Senior running back for California. 2018: 948 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 50 catches.

RB · California · Sr. · #28

6′0″ · 205 lb · San Luis Obispo, CA

California 2018 alumnus

The story

4 running back for California. 2018: 948 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 50 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at California, 2,140 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

California

2014–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2018

2 coaches

2014

Sonny Dykes

California

2016

Sonny Dykes

California

2017–2018

Justin Wilcox

California

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Justin Wilcox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014California5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2016California5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017California5-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced

2018California7-6HC: Justin Wilcox · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (94th percentile). Concern: yards / carry (19th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#4 / 326 · 99th pct

Rec yards#21 / 326 · 94th pct

285

Carries#24 / 339 · 93rd pct

222

Rush yards#66 / 339 · 81st pct

948

Long run#97 / 339 · 71st pct

Rush TDs#144 / 339 · 54th 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
Home7g	75.9	4.0	0.4
Road6g	69.5	4.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	57.1	3.8	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	91.3	4.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tosh Lupoi

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	California	222	948	4.3	5	--
2017	California	191	1,127	5.9	8	--
2016	California	8	59	7.4	1	--
2014	California	3	6	2.0	0	--
Career		424	2,140	5.0	14	--

Season	Team
2018	California	50	285	5.7	4	--
2017	California	45	322	7.2	1	--
2016	California	3	-2	-0.7	0	--
2014	California	--	--	--	--	--
Career		98	605	6.2	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018

W 12–10

vs Washington

83 rush yds (22 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With S. Coutts — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · C. Garbers — 153 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 2 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-17vs North Carolina	29	95	3.3	1	19
Wk 2	W 21-18@ BYU	10	30	3.0	0	10
Wk 3	W 45-23vs Idaho State	11	22	2.0	0	6
Wk 5	L 24-42vs Oregon	18	92	5.1	1	19
Wk 6	L 17-24@ Arizona	14	54	3.9	0	8
Wk 7	L 7-37vs UCLA	15	78	5.2	1	14
Wk 8	W 49-7@ Oregon State	22	193	8.8	2	53	Season-high 193 yds
Wk 9	W 12-10vs Washington	22	83	3.8	0	14
Wk 10	L 13-19@ Washington State	18	40	2.2	0	7
Wk 11	W 15-14@ USC	19	71	3.7	0	14
Wk 13	W 33-21vs Colorado	18	45	2.5	0	9
Wk 14	L 13-23vs Stanford	19	116	6.1	0	62
Bowl	L 7-10@ TCU	7	29	4.1	0	7
Total		222	948	4.1	5	62

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