Usage / Role
41%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Rice
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.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
Player Story
Ari Broussard built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 5, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Ari Broussard's career was his backfield work: 991...
Read the storyAri Broussard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Rice. Ari Broussard leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,073
- Rushing yards
- 991
- Receiving yards
- 82
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
Ari Broussard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,073
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Charlotte
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 105 scrimmage yards · RB 446th (top 64%) · American Athletic 155th (top 57%) · National 1,409th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Rice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rice | 4 | 112 | 80 | 32 | 0 | 41.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 569 | 569 | 0 | 3 | 57.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Rice | 7 | 287 | 251 | 36 | 9 | 55.7 |
| 2023 Postseason | Rice | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Rice | 9 | 105 | 91 | 14 | 0 | 27.7 |
Related Context
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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: 2021 Regular Season
Rice paired 569 primary output with 45.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45.8 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: Charlotte
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Rice
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
47.4
Efficiency
45.8
Usage
17
Consistency
37.3
Best Game by takeover score
Charlotte
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas: 19. Houston: 37. Texas: 25. Texas Southern: 37. Southern Miss: 25. UTSA: 61. UAB: 65. North Texas: 18. Charlotte: 186. Western Kentucky: 60. UTEP: 2. Louisiana Tech: 34
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. Arkansas: 6 by 33. Houston: 8 by 48.2. Texas: 6 by 43.4. Texas Southern: 4 by 88.5. Southern Miss: 6 by 43.4. UTSA: 10 by 63.5. UAB: 16 by 42.3. North Texas: 11 by 17. Charlotte: 20 by 88.8. Western Kentucky: 15 by 41.7. UTEP: 2 by 10.4. Louisiana Tech: 12 by 29.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins40.3 · Games = 4 · -10.8 vs Losses
Losses51 · Games = 8 · +10.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Charlotte
Best efficiency game
88.8 vs Charlotte
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 35-31 | 12 | 34 | 2.80 | 0 | — | — | 2.8 |
| Sat 11/20 | @ UTEP | L 28-38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Western Kentucky | L 21-42 | 15 | 60 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Charlotte100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 24-31 | 20 | 186 | 9.30 | 2 | — | — | 9.3 |
| Sat 10/30 | vs North Texas | L 24-30 | 11 | 18 | 1.60 | 0 | — | — | 1.6 |
| Sat 10/23 | @ UAB | W 30-24 | 16 | 65 | 4.10 | 0 | — | — | 4.1 |
| Sat 10/16 | @ UTSA | L 0-45 | 10 | 61 | 6.10 | 0 | — | — | 6.1 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Southern Miss | W 24-19 | 6 | 25 | 4.20 | 0 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Texas Southern | W 48-34 | 4 | 37 | 9.30 | 0 | — | — | 9.3 |
| Sun 9/19 | @ Texas | L 0-58 | 6 | 25 | 4.20 | 0 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Houston | L 7-44 | 8 | 37 | 4.60 | 0 | — | — | 4.6 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Arkansas | L 17-38 | 6 | 19 | 3.20 | 0 | — | — | 3.2 |
Player Story
Ari Broussard story
Ari Broussard built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 5, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Ari Broussard's career was his backfield work: 991 rushing yards, 259 carries, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 82 receiving yards across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Rice. 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 82 receiving yards and 14 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rice.
The arc is straightforward: Ari Broussard 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
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Rice
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rice | 112 | 58.2 | 11 | 112 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 569 | 45.8 | 17 | 457 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Rice | 287 | 29.8 | 25.9 | -282 |
| 2023 Postseason | Rice | 105 | 39.8 | 6.2 | -182 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Rice | 105 | 39.8 | 6.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Charlotte
Week 10 · L 24-31 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
186
Scrimmage Yards
94.2 takeover
186 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.
#2
@ Marshall
Week 14 · W 20-0 · Conference game
58
Scrimmage Yards
76.2 takeover
Win with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
58 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#3
vs McNeese
Week 2 · W 52-10
81
Scrimmage Yards
75.1 takeover
Win with 81 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
81 scrimmage yards and 28.1 usage.
#4
@ USC
Week 1 · L 14-66
51
Scrimmage Yards
62 takeover
Loss with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
51 scrimmage yards and 35.4 usage.
#5
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 7 · L 14-17 · Conference game
41
Scrimmage Yards
60 takeover
Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41 scrimmage yards and 30.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Rice
569 primary output · 45.8 efficiency · 17 usage
57.9
#2
2022 Regular Season · Rice
55.7
287 primary · 29.8 efficiency · 25.9 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Rice
50
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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