Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Memphis
Brandon Thomas
RB • 5'10" • 210 lbs • North Little Rock, AR, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Brandon Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
6
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
16
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Memphis
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Memphis
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Brandon Thomas built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from North Little Rock, AR wearing No. 22, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Brandon Thomas' career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Memphis
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Brandon Thomas, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Memphis. Brandon Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,565
- Rushing yards
- 1,454
- Receiving yards
- 111
- Touchdowns
- 35
Quick Answers
Brandon Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Memphis · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,565
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Memphis
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · North Little Rock · Memphis
- High school pipeline
- North Little Rock · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 365 scrimmage yards · RB 247th (top 35%) · American Athletic 70th (top 24%) · National 643rd (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Memphis | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Memphis | 9 | 721 | 669 | 52 | 8 | 71.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Memphis | 9 | 289 | 270 | 19 | 9 | 44.7 |
| 2023 Postseason | Memphis | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Memphis | 8 | 172 | 162 | 10 | 9 | 31.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Memphis | 11 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 37.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Memphis | 11 | 349 | 331 | 18 | 8 | 37.8 |
Related Context
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Brandon Thomas played RB for Memphis. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon Thomas recorded 1,454 rushing yards, 111 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Memphis.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Memphis paired 721 primary output with 51.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 31.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · Memphis
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
22.8
Efficiency
31.6
Usage
10.9
Consistency
38.6
Best Game by takeover score
Temple
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 10. Tulane: 18. UAB: 17. North Texas: 28. South Florida: 30. Charlotte: 2. SMU: 1. Temple: 76
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. Iowa State: 7 by 14.9. Tulane: 5 by 31.7. UAB: 5 by 35.4. North Texas: 9 by 32.4. South Florida: 8 by 39.1. Charlotte: 2 by 10.4. SMU: 3 by 3.5. Temple: 9 by 85.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins27.2 · Games = 6 · +17.7 vs Losses
Losses9.5 · Games = 2 · -17.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Temple
Best efficiency game
85.2 vs Temple
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/29 | @ Iowa State | W 36-26 | 7 | 10 | 1.40 | 0 | — | — | 1.4 |
| Fri 11/24 | @ Temple | W 45-21 | 9 | 76 | 8.40 | 1 | — | — | 8.4 |
| Sat 11/18 | vs SMU | L 34-38 | 3 | 1 | 0.30 | 1 | — | — | 0.3 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Charlotte | W 44-38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 11/4 | vs South Florida | W 59-50 | 8 | 30 | 3.80 | 1 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ North Texas2+ TD | W 45-42 | 9 | 28 | 3.10 | 3 | — | — | 3.1 |
| Sat 10/21 | @ UAB2+ TD | W 45-21 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 2 | — | — | 3.4 |
| Fri 10/13 | vs Tulane | L 21-31 | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3.6 |
Player Story
Brandon Thomas story
Brandon Thomas built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from North Little Rock, AR wearing No. 22, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Brandon Thomas' career was his backfield work: 1,454 rushing yards, 297 carries, 35 rushing touchdowns, and 111 receiving yards across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Memphis. 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 111 receiving yards and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Memphis.
The arc is straightforward: Brandon Thomas 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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Memphis
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Memphis | 8 | 41.7 | 4.3 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Memphis | 721 | 51.3 | 26 | 713 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Memphis | 289 | 35.8 | 14.8 | -432 |
| 2023 Postseason | Memphis | 182 | 31.6 | 10.9 | -107 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Memphis | 182 | 31.6 | 10.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Memphis | 365 | 47.8 | 9.7 | 183 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Memphis | 365 | 47.8 | 9.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arkansas State
Week 2 · W 55-50
Win with 191 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
191
Scrimmage Yards
93.8 takeover
191 scrimmage yards and 30.5 usage.
#2
@ Navy
Week 4 · L 44-56 · Conference game
125
Scrimmage Yards
80.6 takeover
Loss with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
125 scrimmage yards and 16.9 usage.
#3
@ Temple
Week 13 · W 45-21 · Conference game
76
Scrimmage Yards
78.2 takeover
Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
76 scrimmage yards and 17.3 usage.
#4
vs North Texas
Week 4 · W 44-34
88
Scrimmage Yards
76.8 takeover
Win with 88 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
88 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.
#5
vs Nicholls
Week 1 · W 42-17
147
Scrimmage Yards
76.2 takeover
Win with 147 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
147 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Memphis
721 primary output · 51.3 efficiency · 26 usage
71.4
#2
2022 Regular Season · Memphis
44.7
289 primary · 35.8 efficiency · 14.8 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Memphis
38.8
8 primary · 41.7 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
8
2+ TD games
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