Player Dossier

2021-2025

Southeast Missouri State

Brandon Epton Jr.

RB • 6'0" • 198 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Brandon Epton Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

2

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

4

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Southeast Missouri State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
SMU • Southeast Missouri State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Player Story

Brandon Epton Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Dallas, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with SMU and Southeast Missouri State. The clearest part of Brandon Epton Jr.'s career...

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Brandon Epton Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Southeast Missouri State. Brandon Epton Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
115
Rushing yards
105
Receiving yards
10
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Brandon Epton Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Southeast Missouri State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
115
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Southeast Missouri State
Top game
Arkansas State
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonSMU61049410345.7
2022 Regular SeasonSMU411110022.1
2025 Regular SeasonSoutheast Missouri State1000051.2

Related Context

Brandon Epton Jr. played RB for SMU and Southeast Missouri State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brandon Epton Jr. recorded 105 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Southeast Missouri State paired 61 primary output with 45.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 24.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across SMU, Southeast Missouri State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Lamar

Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · SMU

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

2.8

Efficiency

24.4

Usage

2.3

Consistency

47

Best Game by takeover score

Lamar

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 5. Lamar: 6. TCU: 0. Tulsa: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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

Wins3.7 · Games = 3 · +3.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -3.7 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

Lamar

Best efficiency game

31.3 vs Lamar

Result
Sat 10/29@ TulsaW 45-34
Sat 9/24vs TCUL 34-42
Sat 9/10vs LamarW 45-1626303
Sat 9/3@ North TexasW 48-10351.7001.7

Player Story

Brandon Epton Jr. story

Brandon Epton Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Dallas, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with SMU and Southeast Missouri State. The clearest part of Brandon Epton Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 105 rushing yards, 37 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 10 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His career also includes 10 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 21 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon Epton Jr.'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

    SMU

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Southeast Missouri State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonSMU10428.58.4
2022 Regular SeasonSMU1124.42.3-93
2025 Regular SeasonSoutheast Missouri State6145.40.250

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 100 Arkansas State

Week 1

Game with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

61

Scrimmage Yards

72.7 takeover

61 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#2

vs Tulane

Week 8 · W 55-26 · Conference game

42

Scrimmage Yards

62.1 takeover

Win with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

42 scrimmage yards and 17.4 usage.

#3

@ New Mexico State

Week 1

18

Scrimmage Yards

57.7 takeover

Game with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

18 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#4

vs South Florida

Week 5 · W 41-17 · Conference game

37

Scrimmage Yards

55.7 takeover

Win with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

37 scrimmage yards and 10.1 usage.

#5

vs Lamar

Week 2 · W 45-16

6

Scrimmage Yards

47.4 takeover

Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

6 scrimmage yards and 3.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Southeast Missouri State

61 primary output · 45.4 efficiency · 0.2 usage

51.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · SMU

45.7

104 primary · 28.5 efficiency · 8.4 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · SMU

22.1

11 primary · 24.4 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games