Player Dossier

2019-2022

Kent State

Bryan Bradford

RB • 6'0" • 251 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Bryan Bradford leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

46

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

60

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Player Story

Bryan Bradford built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a running back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 31, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Bryan Bradford's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.7894

Christian Brothers College · St. Louis, MO

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Bryan Bradford, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Kent State. Bryan Bradford leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
904
Rushing yards
854
Receiving yards
50
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Bryan Bradford quick answers

Latest team and position
Kent State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
904
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Kent State
Top game
Wyoming
Recruit profile
2-star · Christian Brothers College · Kent State
High school pipeline
Christian Brothers College · 29 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 31 · Junior
2022 Scrimmage yards rank
344 scrimmage yards · RB 281st (top 41%) · Mid-American 65th (top 30%) · National 726th (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonKent State00000-
2020 Regular SeasonKent State426725413166.4
2021 PostseasonKent State111091090048.7
2021 Regular SeasonKent State11184189-5348.7
2022 Regular SeasonKent State1234430242356.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Kent State to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted15Apr 15, 2023

Bryan Bradford played RB for Kent State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Bryan Bradford recorded 854 rushing yards, 50 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Kent State paired 267 primary output with 75.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 75.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

66.8

Efficiency

75.2

Usage

13.3

Consistency

74.5

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 72. Bowling Green: 113. Akron: 27. Buffalo: 55

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Michigan: 12 by 62.5. Bowling Green: 13 by 86.2. Akron: 2 by 100. Buffalo: 11 by 52.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins70.7 · Games = 3 · +15.7 vs Losses
Losses55 · Games = 1 · -15.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

100 vs Akron

Result
Sat 11/28@ BuffaloL 41-701155505
Wed 11/18vs AkronW 69-3511414011313.5
Wed 11/11@ Bowling Green100 rush yardsW 62-24131138.7008.7
Wed 11/4vs Eastern MichiganW 27-231272606

Player Story

Bryan Bradford story

Bryan Bradford built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a running back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 31, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Bryan Bradford's career was his backfield work: 854 rushing yards, 150 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 50 receiving yards across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 50 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 194 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Bryan Bradford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Kent State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonKent State0
2020 Regular SeasonKent State26775.213.3267
2021 PostseasonKent State29349.97.326
2021 Regular SeasonKent State29349.97.30
2022 Regular SeasonKent State34441.69.851

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wyoming

Week 1 · L 38-52 · Postseason

Loss with 109 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

77.9 takeover

109 scrimmage yards and 11.8 usage.

#2

@ Bowling Green

Week 11 · W 62-24 · Conference game

113

Scrimmage Yards

77.6 takeover

Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

113 scrimmage yards and 16.3 usage.

#3

vs Akron

Week 8 · W 33-27 · Conference game

63

Scrimmage Yards

72.1 takeover

Win with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

63 scrimmage yards and 5.7 usage.

#4

@ Bowling Green

Week 11 · W 40-6 · Conference game

63

Scrimmage Yards

70.6 takeover

Win with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

63 scrimmage yards and 15.5 usage.

#5

@ Akron

Week 12 · W 38-0 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

60.8 takeover

Win with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

66 scrimmage yards and 13.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Kent State

267 primary output · 75.2 efficiency · 13.3 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Kent State

56.4

344 primary · 41.6 efficiency · 9.8 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Kent State

48.7

293 primary · 49.9 efficiency · 7.3 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games