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

63%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

55

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

58

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

70

High-upside career profile

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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

2009 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 34.8 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: Wyoming

Loss with 129 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

67.5

Efficiency

34.8

Usage

34.2

Consistency

65.5

Best Game by takeover score

Wyoming

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 29. Southern Utah: 130. Idaho: 40. BYU: 8. Colorado State: 68. New Mexico: 104. TCU: 85. Wyoming: 129. Utah: 71. UNLV: 11

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCLA: 10 by 29.4. Southern Utah: 27 by 49. Idaho: 11 by 34.5. BYU: 3 by 14.2. Colorado State: 24 by 30.3. New Mexico: 25 by 38.4. TCU: 18 by 47.2. Wyoming: 22 by 60.9. Utah: 19 by 34.7. UNLV: 11 by 9.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins100.7 · Games = 3 · +47.4 vs Losses
Losses53.3 · Games = 7 · -47.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wyoming

Best efficiency game

60.9 vs Wyoming

Result
Sun 11/29@ UNLVL 24-281090.901121
Sat 11/21@ UtahL 7-3818553.1001163.7
Sun 11/15vs Wyoming100 rush yards · 2+ TDL 27-30181055.8024245.9
Sat 11/7vs TCUL 12-5517754.4001104.7
Sat 10/31vs New MexicoW 23-2024813.4001234.2
Sat 10/24@ Colorado StateW 42-28226530232.8
Sat 10/17vs BYUL 28-38210.501172.7
Sat 9/19@ IdahoL 20-3410313.100193.6
Sun 9/13vs Southern Utah100 rush yardsW 35-19241114.6003194.8
Sat 9/5@ UCLAL 14-339252.800142.9

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.

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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

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150+ scrimmage yards

6

2+ TD games