Player Dossier

2007-2010

San Diego State

Brandon Sullivan

RB • 5'11" • Poway, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Brandon Sullivan leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

47

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

Brandon Sullivan built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Poway, CA wearing No. 23, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Brandon Sullivan's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.8233

Poway · Poway, CA

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Brandon Sullivan, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · San Diego State. Brandon Sullivan leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,911
Rushing yards
1,087
Receiving yards
824
Touchdowns
19

Quick Answers

Brandon Sullivan quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,911
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 42 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · San Diego State
Top game
UNLV
Recruit profile
3-star · Poway · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Poway · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Class 2010
2010 Scrimmage yards rank
507 scrimmage yards · RB 135th (top 30%) · Mountain West 26th (top 16%) · National 385th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonSan Diego State11339220119240.1
2008 Regular SeasonSan Diego State8390185205355
2009 Regular SeasonSan Diego State10675558117474.5
2010 PostseasonSan Diego State13808056.2
2010 Regular SeasonSan Diego State134991243751056.2

Related Context

Brandon Sullivan played RB for San Diego State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Sullivan recorded 1,087 rushing yards, 824 receiving yards, and 19 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 675 primary output with 34.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 38.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Win with 138 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2007 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

30.8

Efficiency

38.3

Usage

13.8

Consistency

32.7

Best Game by takeover score

UNLV

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 38. Arizona State: 13. Portland State: 6. Cincinnati: 14. Colorado State: 36. Utah: 16. New Mexico: 19. Wyoming: 19. UNLV: 138. Air Force: 38. TCU: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington State: 7 by 58.6. Arizona State: 4 by 41.7. Portland State: 2 by 31.3. Cincinnati: 5 by 25.7. Colorado State: 8 by 40.6. Utah: 3 by 55.6. New Mexico: 9 by 26.8. Wyoming: 6 by 29.4. UNLV: 16 by 79.7. Air Force: 12 by 30.2. TCU: 4 by 2.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins49.8 · Games = 4 · +29.8 vs Losses
Losses20 · Games = 7 · -29.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UNLV

Best efficiency game

79.7 vs UNLV

Result
Sun 11/25vs TCUL 33-453000120.5
Sat 11/17@ Air ForceL 23-5511302.700183.2
Sun 11/11@ UNLVW 38-301070706688.6
Sun 11/4vs WyomingW 27-245132.601163.2
Sun 10/21vs New MexicoL 17-208232.9001-42.1
Sat 10/13@ UtahL 7-233165.3015.3
Sat 10/6@ Colorado StateW 24-206213.5002154.5
Sun 9/30vs CincinnatiL 23-52492.300152.8
Sat 9/22vs Portland StateW 52-1726303
Sun 9/16@ Arizona StateL 13-34294.500243.3
Sat 9/8@ Washington StateL 17-454235.8003155.4

Player Story

Brandon Sullivan story

Brandon Sullivan built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Poway, CA wearing No. 23, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Brandon Sullivan's career was his backfield work: 1,087 rushing yards, 300 carries, 14 rushing touchdowns, and 824 receiving yards across 42 career games in the available record. His career also includes 824 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon Sullivan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    San Diego State

    2007-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20072008200920102010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonSan Diego State33938.313.8
2008 Regular SeasonSan Diego State39042.419.951
2009 Regular SeasonSan Diego State67534.834.2285
2010 PostseasonSan Diego State50753.210-168
2010 Regular SeasonSan Diego State50753.2100

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UNLV

Week 11 · W 38-30 · Conference game

Win with 138 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

138

Scrimmage Yards

93.2 takeover

138 scrimmage yards and 39 usage.

#2

vs Wyoming

Week 11 · L 27-30 · Conference game

129

Scrimmage Yards

86.7 takeover

Loss with 129 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

129 scrimmage yards and 44 usage.

#3

vs Southern Utah

Week 2 · W 35-19

130

Scrimmage Yards

83 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

130 scrimmage yards and 47.4 usage.

#4

vs Cal Poly

Week 1 · L 27-29

107

Scrimmage Yards

78.8 takeover

Loss with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

107 scrimmage yards and 48 usage.

#5

@ New Mexico

Week 8 · W 30-20 · Conference game

69

Scrimmage Yards

75.7 takeover

Win with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

69 scrimmage yards and 31 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Regular Season · San Diego State

675 primary output · 34.8 efficiency · 34.2 usage

74.5

#2

2010 Postseason · San Diego State

56.2

507 primary · 53.2 efficiency · 10 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · San Diego State

56.2

507 primary · 53.2 efficiency · 10 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

6

2+ TD games