Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2010Buffalo
Brandon Thermilus
RB • 6'1" • Flower Mound, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Brandon Thermilus leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Player Story
Brandon Thermilus built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 27, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Brandon Thermilus' career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
Brandon Thermilus, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Buffalo. Brandon Thermilus leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,515
- Rushing yards
- 1,205
- Receiving yards
- 310
- Touchdowns
- 16
Quick Answers
Brandon Thermilus quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,515
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Marcus · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Marcus · 29 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 135 scrimmage yards · RB 295th (top 65%) · Mid-American 110th (top 50%) · National 1,043rd (top 50%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Buffalo | 8 | 150 | 85 | 65 | 3 | 33.6 |
| 2008 Postseason | Buffalo | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Buffalo | 14 | 566 | 449 | 117 | 7 | 52.3 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Buffalo | 11 | 659 | 560 | 99 | 6 | 64.8 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Buffalo | 5 | 135 | 106 | 29 | 0 | 44.9 |
Related Context
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Brandon Thermilus played RB for Buffalo. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Thermilus recorded 1,205 rushing yards, 310 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 659 primary output with 44.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 44.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Win with 155 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
59.9
Efficiency
44.2
Usage
22.1
Consistency
51.7
Best Game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 84. Pittsburgh: 71. UCF: 48. Temple: 45. Central Michigan: 22. Gardner-Webb: 82. Akron: 5. Bowling Green: 7. Ohio: 11. Miami (OH): 155. Kent State: 129
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 26 by 33.2. Pittsburgh: 16 by 40.4. UCF: 13 by 34.1. Temple: 10 by 43. Central Michigan: 7 by 24.6. Gardner-Webb: 10 by 84.2. Akron: 3 by 17.4. Bowling Green: 2 by 36.5. Ohio: 4 by 28.6. Miami (OH): 12 by 100. Kent State: 30 by 44.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins91 · Games = 5 · +57 vs Losses
Losses34 · Games = 6 · -57 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
Miami (OH)
Best efficiency game
100 vs Miami (OH)
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/27 | @ Kent State100 rush yards | W 9-6 | 29 | 123 | 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4.3 |
| Wed 11/18 | @ Miami (OH)100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 42-17 | 11 | 126 | 11.50 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12.9 |
| Wed 11/11 | vs Ohio | L 24-27 | 4 | 11 | 2.80 | 0 | — | — | 2.8 |
| Wed 11/4 | vs Bowling Green | L 29-30 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Akron | W 21-17 | 3 | 5 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Gardner-Webb | W 40-3 | 10 | 82 | 8.20 | 1 | — | — | 8.2 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Central Michigan | L 13-20 | 6 | 11 | 1.80 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3.1 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Temple | L 13-37 | 8 | 31 | 3.90 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ UCF | L 17-23 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3.7 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Pittsburgh | L 27-54 | 14 | 49 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 4.4 |
| Sun 9/6 | @ UTEP | W 23-17 | 25 | 79 | 3.20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.2 |
Player Story
Brandon Thermilus story
Brandon Thermilus built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 27, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Brandon Thermilus' career was his backfield work: 1,205 rushing yards, 274 carries, 14 rushing touchdowns, and 310 receiving yards across 38 career games in the available record. His career also includes 310 receiving yards and 21 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon Thermilus' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Buffalo
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20072008200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Buffalo | 150 | 44.8 | 6.7 | — |
| 2008 Postseason | Buffalo | 571 | 43.7 | 14.5 | 421 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Buffalo | 571 | 43.7 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Buffalo | 659 | 44.2 | 22.1 | 88 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Buffalo | 135 | 53.4 | 9.2 | -524 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Miami (OH)
Week 12 · W 42-17 · Conference game
Win with 155 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
155
Scrimmage Yards
92.1 takeover
155 scrimmage yards and 26.7 usage.
#2
vs UTEP
Week 1 · W 42-17
112
Scrimmage Yards
84.3 takeover
Win with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
112 scrimmage yards and 30.5 usage.
#3
vs Army
Week 8 · W 27-24
107
Scrimmage Yards
79.2 takeover
Win with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
107 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.
#4
@ Kent State
Week 13 · W 9-6 · Conference game
129
Scrimmage Yards
75.9 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
129 scrimmage yards and 51.7 usage.
#5
@ Ohio
Week 10 · W 32-19 · Conference game
90
Scrimmage Yards
72.6 takeover
Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90 scrimmage yards and 22 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Buffalo
659 primary output · 44.2 efficiency · 22.1 usage
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#2
2008 Postseason · Buffalo
52.3
571 primary · 43.7 efficiency · 14.5 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Buffalo
52.3
571 primary · 43.7 efficiency · 14.5 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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