Player Dossier

2008-2011

Ole Miss

Brandon Bolden

RB • 5'11" • Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Brandon Bolden leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

42%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

55

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

49

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

69

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Ole Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Ole Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Player Story

Brandon Bolden built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 34, spending time with Ole Miss. The clearest part of Brandon Bolden's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.77

Heritage · Vancouver, WA

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Brandon Bolden, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Ole Miss. Brandon Bolden leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,411
Rushing yards
2,604
Receiving yards
807
Touchdowns
33

Quick Answers

Brandon Bolden quick answers

Latest team and position
Ole Miss · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,411
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 47 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Ole Miss
Top game
Fresno State
Recruit profile
2-star · Heritage
High school pipeline
Heritage · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 34 · Class 2011
2011 Scrimmage yards rank
619 scrimmage yards · RB 123rd (top 27%) · SEC 27th (top 13%) · National 303rd (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2008 PostseasonOle Miss1311410113153
2008 Regular SeasonOle Miss1353544194553
2009 Regular SeasonOle Miss12823614209564.2
2010 Regular SeasonOle Miss121,3209763441775.5
2011 Regular SeasonOle Miss10619472147555.3

Related Context

Brandon Bolden played RB for Ole Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Bolden recorded 49 passing yards, 2,604 rushing yards, and 807 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Ole Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Ole Miss paired 1,320 primary output with 59.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 50.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Auburn

Loss with 122 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2011 Regular Season · Ole Miss

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

61.9

Efficiency

50.7

Usage

20.7

Consistency

64.3

Best Game by takeover score

Auburn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. BYU: 21. Vanderbilt: 59. Georgia: 15. Fresno State: 49. Arkansas: 80. Auburn: 122. Kentucky: 95. Louisiana Tech: 112. LSU: 58. Mississippi State: 8

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 4 by 54.7. Vanderbilt: 10 by 55.1. Georgia: 6 by 12.9. Fresno State: 7 by 74. Arkansas: 15 by 52.6. Auburn: 14 by 86.3. Kentucky: 17 by 55. Louisiana Tech: 16 by 49.7. LSU: 13 by 46.5. Mississippi State: 8 by 19.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins49 · Games = 1 · -14.3 vs Losses
Losses63.3 · Games = 9 · +14.3 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

Auburn

Best efficiency game

86.3 vs Auburn

Result
Sun 11/27@ Mississippi StateL 3-316152.5002-71
Sun 11/20vs LSUL 3-5213584.5004.5
Sun 11/13vs Louisiana TechL 7-2714463.3002667
Sat 11/5@ KentuckyL 13-3013665.1004295.6
Sat 10/29@ Auburn100 rush yards · 2+ TDL 23-41131148.802188.7
Sat 10/22vs ArkansasL 24-2914684.9001125.3
Sun 10/2@ Fresno State2+ TDW 38-286437.202167
Sat 9/24vs GeorgiaL 13-27520.4001132.5
Sat 9/17@ VanderbiltL 7-308394.9002205.9
Sat 9/3vs BYUL 13-144215.3005.3

Player Story

Brandon Bolden story

Brandon Bolden built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 34, spending time with Ole Miss. The clearest part of Brandon Bolden's career was his backfield work: 2,604 rushing yards, 486 carries, 27 rushing touchdowns, and 807 receiving yards across 47 career games in the available record. His career also includes 49 passing yards, 807 receiving yards, and 162 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon Bolden's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ole Miss

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20082008200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 PostseasonOle Miss64954.815.7
2008 Regular SeasonOle Miss64954.815.70
2009 Regular SeasonOle Miss82349.823.5174
2010 Regular SeasonOle Miss1,32059.428.7497
2011 Regular SeasonOle Miss61950.720.7-701

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Fresno State

Week 4 · W 55-38

Win with 243 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

99.4 takeover

243 scrimmage yards and 38.2 usage.

#2

vs Louisiana

Week 10 · W 43-21

216

Scrimmage Yards

92.3 takeover

Win with 216 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

216 scrimmage yards and 36.1 usage.

#3

@ Auburn

Week 9 · L 23-41 · Conference game

122

Scrimmage Yards

84.3 takeover

Loss with 122 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

122 scrimmage yards and 23.3 usage.

#4

@ Vanderbilt

Week 5 · W 23-7 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

83.2 takeover

Win with 111 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

111 scrimmage yards and 31.7 usage.

#5

vs SE Louisiana

Week 3 · W 52-6

105

Scrimmage Yards

83.2 takeover

Win with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

105 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Ole Miss

1,320 primary output · 59.4 efficiency · 28.7 usage

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#2

2009 Regular Season · Ole Miss

64.2

823 primary · 49.8 efficiency · 23.5 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Ole Miss

55.3

619 primary · 50.7 efficiency · 20.7 usage

Milestones

8

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

9

2+ TD games