Player Dossier

2009-2012

Temple

Matt Brown

RB • 5'5" • Baltimore, MD, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Matt Brown leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

27%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Temple

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Temple
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Army

Player Story

Matt Brown built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 2, spending time with Temple. The clearest part of Matt Brown's career was his backfield work: 2,615 rushing...

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Matt Brown, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Temple. Matt Brown leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,741
Rushing yards
2,615
Receiving yards
126
Touchdowns
24

Quick Answers

Matt Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
Temple · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,741
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 45 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Temple
Top game
Army
Latest roster
No. 2 · Class 2012
2012 Scrimmage yards rank
403 scrimmage yards · RB 196th (top 40%) · Big East 36th (top 27%) · National 558th (top 25%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 PostseasonTemple1187834147
2009 Regular SeasonTemple1146044614447
2010 Regular SeasonTemple1290083070774.5
2011 PostseasonTemple1249490170.7
2011 Regular SeasonTemple128428357570.7
2012 Regular SeasonTemple1040337231644.2

Related Context

Matt Brown played RB for Temple. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matt Brown recorded 2,615 rushing yards, 126 receiving yards, and 24 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Temple.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Temple paired 900 primary output with 50 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 56.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Villanova

Win with 145 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Regular Season · Temple

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

40.3

Efficiency

56.6

Usage

12.7

Consistency

39

Best Game by takeover score

Villanova

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Villanova: 145. Maryland: 31. Penn State: 31. South Florida: 85. UConn: 0. Rutgers: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Louisville: 5. Cincinnati: 35. Army: 71

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. Villanova: 19 by 79.5. Maryland: 10 by 32.3. Penn State: 6 by 62.2. South Florida: 14 by 56. Louisville: 2 by 26. Cincinnati: 9 by 40.5. Army: 4 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins75.3 · Games = 4 · +58.3 vs Losses
Losses17 · Games = 6 · -58.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Villanova

Best efficiency game

100 vs Army

Result
Sat 11/17@ Army2+ TDW 63-3247117.80217.8
Sat 11/10vs CincinnatiL 10-349353.9003.9
Sat 11/3@ LouisvilleL 17-45252.5002.5
Sat 10/27@ PittsburghL 17-47
Sat 10/20vs RutgersL 10-35
Sat 10/13@ UConnW 17-14
Sat 10/6vs South FloridaW 37-2812594.9012266.1
Sat 9/22@ Penn StateL 13-244266.500255.2
Sat 9/8vs MarylandL 27-3610313.1003.1
Fri 8/31vs Villanova100 rush yardsW 41-10191457.6017.6

Player Story

Matt Brown story

Matt Brown built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 2, spending time with Temple. The clearest part of Matt Brown's career was his backfield work: 2,615 rushing yards, 455 carries, 22 rushing touchdowns, and 126 receiving yards across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 126 receiving yards and 2,375 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Matt Brown's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Temple

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920092010201120112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonTemple54760.116.3
2009 Regular SeasonTemple54760.116.30
2010 Regular SeasonTemple9005031.4353
2011 PostseasonTemple89156.721.5-9
2011 Regular SeasonTemple89156.721.50
2012 Regular SeasonTemple40356.612.7-488

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Army

Week 5 · W 42-35

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

226

Scrimmage Yards

94.5 takeover

226 scrimmage yards and 63.6 usage.

#2

vs Villanova

Week 1 · W 41-10

145

Scrimmage Yards

93.2 takeover

Win with 145 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

145 scrimmage yards and 36.5 usage.

#3

vs Kent State

Week 12 · W 47-13 · Conference game

156

Scrimmage Yards

92.3 takeover

Win with 156 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

156 scrimmage yards and 41.9 usage.

#4

@ Ohio

Week 13 · L 17-35 · Conference game

172

Scrimmage Yards

90.6 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

172 scrimmage yards and 43.1 usage.

#5

vs Army

Week 12 · W 42-14

133

Scrimmage Yards

83.6 takeover

Win with 133 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

133 scrimmage yards and 17.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Temple

900 primary output · 50 efficiency · 31.4 usage

74.5

#2

2011 Postseason · Temple

70.7

891 primary · 56.7 efficiency · 21.5 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Temple

70.7

891 primary · 56.7 efficiency · 21.5 usage

Milestones

10

100+ rush yards

3

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games