Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2011Pittsburgh
Zach Brown
RB • 5'10" • Royal Palm, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Zach Brown leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
63
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Wisconsin • Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Zach Brown built his college career from 2007 through 2011 as a running back from Royal Palm, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Pittsburgh and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Zach Brown's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2007
Zach Brown, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Zach Brown leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,777
- Rushing yards
- 1,488
- Receiving yards
- 289
- Touchdowns
- 16
Quick Answers
Zach Brown quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,777
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Royal Palm Beach · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Royal Palm Beach · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2011
- 2011 Scrimmage yards rank
- 520 scrimmage yards · RB 149th (top 32%) · Big East 25th (top 18%) · National 391st (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Postseason | Wisconsin | 11 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 55.5 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 11 | 562 | 539 | 23 | 5 | 55.5 |
| 2008 Postseason | Wisconsin | 12 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 47.9 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 12 | 353 | 306 | 47 | 3 | 47.9 |
| 2009 Postseason | Wisconsin | 11 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 48.9 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 11 | 305 | 279 | 26 | 3 | 48.9 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 9 | 520 | 336 | 184 | 5 | 62.9 |
Related Context
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Zach Brown played RB for Wisconsin and Pittsburgh. Across 5 tracked seasons, Zach Brown recorded 1,488 rushing yards, 289 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2007 with Wisconsin.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Pittsburgh paired 520 primary output with 45.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wisconsin, Pittsburgh.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2011 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
57.8
Efficiency
45.8
Usage
18.5
Consistency
64.7
Best Game by takeover score
UConn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Buffalo: 32. Maine: 34. Notre Dame: 12. South Florida: 63. Rutgers: 10. UConn: 114. Cincinnati: 92. Louisville: 92. West Virginia: 71
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Buffalo: 4 by 64.6. Maine: 10 by 31.4. Notre Dame: 3 by 41.7. South Florida: 17 by 36.9. Rutgers: 2 by 41.7. UConn: 21 by 38.2. Cincinnati: 17 by 53.2. Louisville: 17 by 58.4. West Virginia: 16 by 46.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins67 · Games = 5 · +20.8 vs Losses
Losses46.3 · Games = 4 · -20.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
64.6 vs Buffalo
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ West Virginia | L 20-21 | 15 | 67 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.4 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Louisville | W 21-14 | 15 | 86 | 5.70 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5.4 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Cincinnati | L 23-26 | 11 | 54 | 4.90 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 5.4 |
| Thu 10/27 | vs UConn | W 35-20 | 12 | 30 | 2.50 | 1 | 9 | 84 | 5.4 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Rutgers | L 10-34 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Fri 9/30 | vs South Florida | W 44-17 | 16 | 55 | 3.40 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3.7 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Notre Dame | L 12-15 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Maine | W 35-29 | 8 | 22 | 2.80 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3.4 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Buffalo | W 35-16 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 |
Player Story
Zach Brown story
Zach Brown built his college career from 2007 through 2011 as a running back from Royal Palm, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Pittsburgh and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Zach Brown's career was his backfield work: 1,488 rushing yards, 322 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 289 receiving yards across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Pittsburgh. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 289 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Pittsburgh and Wisconsin.
The arc is straightforward: Zach Brown moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Wisconsin
2007-2010
Opening stop
- 2
Pittsburgh
2011
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20072007200820082009200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Postseason | Wisconsin | 591 | 43.2 | 19.2 | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 591 | 43.2 | 19.2 | 0 |
| 2008 Postseason | Wisconsin | 352 | 49.9 | 8.7 | -239 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 352 | 49.9 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2009 Postseason | Wisconsin | 314 | 48.5 | 11.3 | -38 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 314 | 48.5 | 11.3 | 0 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | -314 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 520 | 45.8 | 18.5 | 520 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Minnesota
Week 12 · W 41-34 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
250
Scrimmage Yards
95.3 takeover
250 scrimmage yards and 54.7 usage.
#2
vs UConn
Week 9 · W 35-20 · Conference game
114
Scrimmage Yards
79.4 takeover
Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
114 scrimmage yards and 36.2 usage.
#3
vs Akron
Week 1 · W 38-17
87
Scrimmage Yards
74.1 takeover
Win with 87 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
87 scrimmage yards and 21.7 usage.
#4
@ Louisville
Week 11 · W 21-14 · Conference game
92
Scrimmage Yards
72.9 takeover
Win with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
92 scrimmage yards and 27.9 usage.
#5
vs Wofford
Week 3 · W 44-14
63
Scrimmage Yards
71.7 takeover
Win with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
63 scrimmage yards and 21.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
520 primary output · 45.8 efficiency · 18.5 usage
62.9
#2
2007 Postseason · Wisconsin
55.5
591 primary · 43.2 efficiency · 19.2 usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Wisconsin
55.5
591 primary · 43.2 efficiency · 19.2 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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