Spencer Brown: RB · UAB · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Spencer Brown
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at UAB since. Another came in 2020: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 149 rushing yards against Marshall — Week 16, 2020.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 20.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 18.8% of his carries. 13 carries for 22 yds vs Western Kentucky; 30 for 149 vs Marshall.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
51.7% of carries overall (186/360) → 27.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (21/77) — 90.5% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
13 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-35vs Central Arkansas | 24 | 127 | 5.3 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-31@ Miami | 16 | 74 | 4.6 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-10@ South Alabama | 21 | 106 | 5.0 | 3 | 20 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 5 | W 21-13vs UTSA | 26 | 144 | 5.5 | 0 | 73 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-14vs Western Kentucky | 13 | 22 | 1.7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24vs Louisiana | 28 | 128 | 4.6 | 2 | 18 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-37@ Louisiana Tech | 29 | 140 | 4.8 | 2 | 23 | |
| Wk 16 | W 22-13@ Marshall | 30 | 149 | 5.0 | 0 | 35 | Season-high 149 yds |
| Total | 187 | 890 | 4.8 | 10 | 73 |
Week 8 · 2020
L 20-24
vs Louisiana
128 rush yds (28 car) · 2 TD
With K. Greenwell — 41 yards per punt · 3 punts · 49 long · M. Quinn — 8 points · 33 long · 100 percent on field goals
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
48%186 carriesFumble rate
0.5%1 of 187 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.8 yds/carry on 187 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 48% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
4 seasons under Bill Clark — 34-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 105 | 4.3 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 117 | 4.8 | 1.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 94.6 | 4.4 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 139 | 4.8 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Clark
Pass share
40.4%
243 pass / 359 run
Plays / game
66.9
9 games
Team sack rate
1.6%
254 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at UAB, 3,959 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bill Clark.
