Player Dossier

2006-2009

Michigan

Carlos Brown

RB • 6'0" • USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Carlos Brown leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

19

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

17

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

38

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Carlos Brown built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back wearing No. 23, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Carlos Brown's career was his backfield work: 1,025 rushing yards, 201...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.9827

Heard County · Franklin, GA

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Carlos Brown, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Michigan. Carlos Brown leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,170
Rushing yards
1,025
Receiving yards
145
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Carlos Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,170
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 28 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · Michigan
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
4-star · Heard County · Michigan
High school pipeline
Heard County · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
602 scrimmage yards · RB 101st (top 23%) · Big Ten 27th (top 15%) · National 287th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2006 Regular SeasonMichigan541410019.7
2007 Regular SeasonMichigan83823820446.4
2008 Regular SeasonMichigan514512223024.4
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan10602480122556.6

Related Context

Carlos Brown played RB for Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Carlos Brown recorded 1,025 rushing yards, 145 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

Michigan paired 602 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 23.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · Michigan

Games

5

Scrimmage Yards / G

29

Efficiency

23.3

Usage

12.8

Consistency

13.6

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah: 4. Notre Dame: 0. Wisconsin: 10. Northwestern: 125. Ohio State: 6

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 1 by 41.7. Notre Dame: 1 by 0. Wisconsin: 4 by 10.4. Northwestern: 25 by 52.1. Ohio State: 4 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins10 · Games = 1 · -23.8 vs Losses
Losses33.8 · Games = 4 · +23.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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5 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

52.1 vs Northwestern

Result
Sat 11/22@ Ohio StateL 7-423310131.5
Sat 11/15vs Northwestern100 rush yardsL 14-2123115502105
Sat 9/27vs WisconsinW 27-2510003102.5
Sat 9/13@ Notre DameL 17-3510000
Sat 8/30vs UtahL 23-2514404

Player Story

Carlos Brown story

Carlos Brown built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back wearing No. 23, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Carlos Brown's career was his backfield work: 1,025 rushing yards, 201 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 145 receiving yards across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 145 receiving yards and 80 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Carlos Brown's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan

    2006-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2006200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 Regular SeasonMichigan41275.4
2007 Regular SeasonMichigan38243.516.3341
2008 Regular SeasonMichigan14523.312.8-237
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan60246.516.7457

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 3 · W 45-17

Win with 187 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

187

Scrimmage Yards

93.6 takeover

187 scrimmage yards and 28.3 usage.

#2

vs Minnesota

Week 9 · W 34-10 · Conference game

132

Scrimmage Yards

84.8 takeover

Win with 132 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

132 scrimmage yards and 21.7 usage.

#3

vs Northwestern

Week 12 · L 14-21 · Conference game

125

Scrimmage Yards

84 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

125 scrimmage yards and 43.1 usage.

#4

@ Illinois

Week 8 · W 27-17 · Conference game

113

Scrimmage Yards

77.6 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

113 scrimmage yards and 38.5 usage.

#5

vs Indiana

Week 4 · W 36-33 · Conference game

144

Scrimmage Yards

77.4 takeover

Win with 144 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

144 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Regular Season · Michigan

602 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 16.7 usage

56.6

#2

2007 Regular Season · Michigan

46.4

382 primary · 43.5 efficiency · 16.3 usage

#3

2008 Regular Season · Michigan

24.4

145 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 12.8 usage

Milestones

4

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games