Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2011Penn State
Brandon Beachum
RB • 6'0" • Struthers, OH, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Brandon Beachum leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
6
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
Brandon Beachum, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Penn State. Brandon Beachum leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 422
- Rushing yards
- 361
- Receiving yards
- 61
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Brandon Beachum quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 422
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Eastern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Cardinal Mooney · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Cardinal Mooney · 22 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2011
- 2011 Scrimmage yards rank
- 166 scrimmage yards · RB 276th (top 60%) · Big Ten 96th (top 45%) · National 956th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | Penn State | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 106 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 39.1 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Penn State | 8 | 142 | 113 | 29 | 1 | 54 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 166 | 134 | 32 | 0 | 59.5 |
Related Context
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Brandon Beachum played RB for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Beachum recorded 361 rushing yards, 61 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Penn State paired 166 primary output with 45.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana State
Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
23.7
Efficiency
45.1
Usage
10.2
Consistency
63.9
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana State: 49. Alabama: 13. Temple: 29. Illinois: 1. Nebraska: 36. Ohio State: 29. Wisconsin: 9
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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana State: 8 by 62.1. Alabama: 3 by 45.1. Temple: 12 by 25.4. Illinois: 2 by 5.2. Nebraska: 7 by 53.6. Ohio State: 5 by 49.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 75
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins27 · Games = 4 · +7.7 vs Losses
Losses19.3 · Games = 3 · -7.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Indiana State
Best efficiency game
75 vs Wisconsin
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Penn State
2008-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20082008200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | Penn State | 114 | 42.2 | 6.7 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Penn State | 114 | 42.2 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Penn State | 142 | 53.7 | 6.2 | 28 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | -142 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Penn State | 166 | 45.1 | 10.2 | 166 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Illinois
Week 6 · W 52-3
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43
Scrimmage Yards
68.6 takeover
43 scrimmage yards and 11.3 usage.
#2
vs Indiana State
Week 1 · W 41-7
49
Scrimmage Yards
66.7 takeover
Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
49 scrimmage yards and 13.3 usage.
#3
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 1 · W 66-10
43
Scrimmage Yards
64.3 takeover
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43 scrimmage yards and 12.9 usage.
#4
vs Temple
Week 4 · W 45-3
39
Scrimmage Yards
58.9 takeover
Win with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
39 scrimmage yards and 14.3 usage.
#5
vs Nebraska
Week 11 · L 14-17 · Conference game
36
Scrimmage Yards
53.5 takeover
Loss with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
36 scrimmage yards and 11.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Penn State
166 primary output · 45.1 efficiency · 10.2 usage
59.5
#2
2009 Regular Season · Penn State
54
142 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 6.2 usage
#3
2008 Postseason · Penn State
39.1
114 primary · 42.2 efficiency · 6.7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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