Player Dossier

2009-2010

Iowa

Brandon Wegher

RB • 5'11" • Dakota Dunes, SD, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Brandon Wegher leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

68%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

96

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

74

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Iowa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Iowa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Player Story

Brandon Wegher built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a running back from Dakota Dunes, SD wearing No. 3, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Brandon Wegher's career was his backfield work: 641...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.9112

Bishop Heelan Catholic · Sioux City, IA

Committed To
Iowa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Brandon Wegher, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Iowa. Brandon Wegher leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
753
Rushing yards
641
Receiving yards
112
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Brandon Wegher quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
753
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
Best season
2009 Postseason · Iowa
Top game
Iowa State
Recruit profile
4-star · Bishop Heelan Catholic · Iowa
High school pipeline
Bishop Heelan Catholic · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 PostseasonIowa111131130174.5
2009 Regular SeasonIowa11640528112774.5
2010 Regular SeasonIowa00000-

Related Context

Brandon Wegher played RB for Iowa. Across 2 tracked seasons, Brandon Wegher recorded 641 rushing yards, 112 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Postseason

Iowa paired 753 primary output with 42.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 42.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Win with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Postseason · Iowa

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

68.5

Efficiency

42.6

Usage

32.1

Consistency

64

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 113. Iowa State: 118. Arizona: 53. Penn State: 73. Arkansas State: 61. Michigan: 33. Wisconsin: 20. Michigan State: 53. Indiana: 126. Northwestern: 77. Minnesota: 26

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. Georgia Tech: 16 by 73.6. Iowa State: 17 by 71. Arizona: 19 by 28.5. Penn State: 14 by 54.3. Arkansas State: 13 by 47.4. Michigan: 15 by 19.3. Wisconsin: 13 by 7. Michigan State: 7 by 62.8. Indiana: 26 by 49.7. Northwestern: 20 by 36.8. Minnesota: 15 by 18.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins67.6 · Games = 10 · -9.4 vs Losses
Losses77 · Games = 1 · +9.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Iowa State

Best efficiency game

73.6 vs Georgia Tech

Result
Wed 1/6@ Georgia Tech100 rush yardsW 24-14161137.1017.1
Sat 11/21vs MinnesotaW 12-015261.7011.7
Sat 11/7vs NorthwesternL 10-1719633.3001143.9
Sat 10/31vs Indiana100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 42-24251184.703184.8
Sat 10/24@ Michigan StateW 15-13630501237.6
Sat 10/17@ WisconsinW 20-101110.1002191.5
Sun 10/11vs MichiganW 30-2813211.6012122.2
Sat 10/3vs Arkansas StateW 24-2111494.5002124.7
Sun 9/27@ Penn StateW 21-1014735.2005.2
Sat 9/19vs ArizonaW 27-1717462.701272.8
Sat 9/12@ Iowa State100 rush yardsW 35-3151016.7012176.9

Player Story

Brandon Wegher story

Brandon Wegher built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a running back from Dakota Dunes, SD wearing No. 3, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Brandon Wegher's career was his backfield work: 641 rushing yards, 162 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 112 receiving yards across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Iowa. 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 112 receiving yards and 214 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa.

The arc is straightforward: Brandon Wegher 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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    Iowa

    2009-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonIowa75342.632.1
2009 Regular SeasonIowa75342.632.10
2010 Regular SeasonIowa0-753

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Iowa State

Week 2 · W 35-3

Win with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

84.3 takeover

118 scrimmage yards and 30.9 usage.

#2

vs Indiana

Week 9 · W 42-24 · Conference game

126

Scrimmage Yards

83.2 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

126 scrimmage yards and 54.2 usage.

#3

@ Georgia Tech

Week 1 · W 24-14 · Postseason

113

Scrimmage Yards

82.1 takeover

Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

113 scrimmage yards and 29.1 usage.

#4

vs Northwestern

Week 10 · L 10-17 · Conference game

77

Scrimmage Yards

66 takeover

Loss with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

77 scrimmage yards and 50 usage.

#5

@ Penn State

Week 4 · W 21-10 · Conference game

73

Scrimmage Yards

65.2 takeover

Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

73 scrimmage yards and 29.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Postseason · Iowa

753 primary output · 42.6 efficiency · 32.1 usage

74.5

#2

2009 Regular Season · Iowa

74.5

753 primary · 42.6 efficiency · 32.1 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · Iowa

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games