Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-3vs Alcorn State | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-55@ Troy | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 1 | 44 | Season-high 44 yds |
| Total | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 1 | 44 |
Robert Briggs is a running back at Southern Miss who has played in 2 of Southern Miss's 8 games this season, most recently Oct 6.
Southern Miss is 3-5.
Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling and Charles Huff. First career honor, 2022: Mountain West Freshman Player of the Week. One game to point at: 44 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Troy — Week 6, 2026.
66 rushing yards · 1 rushing TD · 4 carries
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Wins in space out of the backfield.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Southern Miss | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 1 | 44 |
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 62 | 304 | 4.9 | 1 | 24 |
| 2024 | Utah State | 9 | 88 | 9.8 | 0 | 55 |
| 2023 | Utah State | 80 | 420 | 5.2 | 2 | 58 |
| 2022 | Utah State | 74 | 353 | 4.8 | 1 | 24 |
| Career | 229 | 1,231 | 5.4 | 5 | 58 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Southern Miss | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 13 | 95 | 7.3 | 1 | 22 |
| 2024 | Utah State | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 18 |
| 2023 | Utah State | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | Utah State | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 16 |
| Career | 29 | 175 | 6.0 | 1 | 22 |
Game log
Signature game
Week 6 · 2026
L 34-55
at Troy
44 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD
With L. Lyddy — 316 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 59.8 · 13 rush yds (9 car) · M. Sanders II — 8 rec · 102 yds · 2 TD · 75 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT
Teams and coaches
2022Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning
2023Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning
2024Utah State4-8HC: Nate Dreiling · Balanced
2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
2026Southern Miss3-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 33.0 YDS/g, 16.5 YPC, 0.5 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Pass share
54.1%
369 pass / 313 run
Plays / game
85.2
8 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
316 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
4 carries in 2 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #26 of 36 Sun Belt RBs
How the All-Sun Belt base rate is computed
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Starter
The No. 1,930 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Sun Belt.
Six seasons, two schools
2026 is in progress.
- 2026 Southern Miss AndersonYear 6 · 2 games
- 2025 Southern Miss HuffYear 5 · 11 games
- 2024 Utah State DreilingYear 4 · 1 game
- 2023 Utah State AndersonYear 3 · 11 games
- 2022 Utah State AndersonYear 2 · 10 games
- 2021 Utah State AndersonYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- High school BellvilleBellville, TX · Class of 2022Three-star, No. 1,930 in the 2022 class. Signed with Utah State.Also from Bellville: DJ Sanders (Texas A&M), Adarius Hutchinson (UTEP), D'Ante Keys (Texas State) and 1 more.
Honored in a first season.
2022 10 games
- Signed with Utah StateThree-star, out of Bellville
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
3 coaches2021–2023
Utah State
2024era →
Nate Dreiling
Utah State
Played for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling and Charles Huff.