Senior running back for Temple. 2025: 38 rushing yards.
6′1″ · 215 lb · Philadelphia, PA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
rushing yards · 2025
2.4 per carry
Best game: 16 rush yds, at Ohio State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Temple. 2025: 38 rushing yards.
Samuel Brown V
Wears you down at the goal line. Rutgers to Temple — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 16 rush yds against Ohio State — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
4 programs, one constant: he played.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Stan Drayton, Everett Withers, and K.C. Keeler. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Temple
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Greg Schiano — 23-27 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 10.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 9.3 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 12.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 8.7 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 28-31@ Minnesota | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-35@ Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-42@ Ohio State | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 | Season-high 16 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 36-40vs Penn State | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 16 | 38 | 2.4 | 0 | 9 |
Play style
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Deion Hankins’s 2020 season.
Matches Deion on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Deshaun Fenwick's junior season at Oregon State (2022).
Matches Deshaun on
Player DNA
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