Player Dossier

2019-2023

Rice

Ari Broussard

RB • 6'0" • 221 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Ari Broussard leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.8 efficiency.

Usage Score

6.2

Efficiency

39.8

Consistency

34.8

Season Value

24.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Rice

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Rice
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Ari Broussard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Rice. Ari Broussard leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.8 efficiency.

Ari Broussard played RB for Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ari Broussard recorded 991 rushing yards, 82 receiving yards, and 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Rice.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Rice paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 39.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Loss with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · Rice

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

11.7

Efficiency

39.8

Usage

6.2

Consistency

34.8

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Southern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 0. Texas Southern: 32. South Florida: 0. East Carolina: 4. UConn: 28. Tulsa: 17. SMU: 0. Charlotte: 17. Florida Atlantic: 7

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. Texas Southern: 10 by 33.3. East Carolina: 3 by 13.9. UConn: 5 by 52.5. Tulsa: 4 by 44.3. Charlotte: 8 by 22.1. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 72.9

Split Comparison

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

Wins15.4 · Games = 5 · +8.4 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 4 · -8.4 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

72.9 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Tue 12/26vs Texas StateL 21-45
Sat 11/25vs Florida AtlanticW 24-2117707
Sat 11/18@ CharlotteW 28-78172.1002.1
Sat 11/4vs SMUL 31-36
Thu 10/19@ TulsaW 42-104174.3004.3
Sat 10/7vs UConnL 31-383144.7002145.6
Sat 9/30vs East CarolinaW 24-17341.3001.3
Sat 9/23@ South FloridaL 29-42
Sat 9/16vs Texas SouthernW 59-710323.2003.2

Career Arc

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    Rice

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonRice00
2020 Regular SeasonRice11258.211112
2021 Regular SeasonRice56945.817457
2022 Regular SeasonRice28729.825.9-282
2023 PostseasonRice10539.86.2-182
2023 Regular SeasonRice10539.86.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Charlotte

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

186

Primary metric

186 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.

#2

McNeese

81

Primary metric

Win with 81 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

81 scrimmage yards and 28.1 usage.

#3

Marshall

58

Primary metric

Win with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

58 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.

#4

UConn

28

Primary metric

Loss with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

28 scrimmage yards and 9.1 usage.

#5

Texas Southern

32

Primary metric

Win with 32 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

32 scrimmage yards and 15.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Rice

0 primary output · efficiency · 0 usage

50

#2

2021 Regular Season · Rice

50

569 primary · 45.8 efficiency · 17 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Rice

43.7

287 primary · 29.8 efficiency · 25.9 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

1,073

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 35 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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