Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014Kentucky
Braylon Heard
RB • 5'11" • Youngstown, OH, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Braylon Heard leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
13
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Nebraska • Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho State
Player Story
Braylon Heard built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a running back from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 5, spending time with Kentucky and Nebraska. The clearest part of Braylon Heard's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Nebraska
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
Braylon Heard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Kentucky. Braylon Heard leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 955
- Rushing yards
- 828
- Receiving yards
- 127
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Braylon Heard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 955
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Kentucky
- Top game
- Idaho State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Cardinal Mooney · Nebraska
- High school pipeline
- Cardinal Mooney · 22 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2014
- 2014 Scrimmage yards rank
- 474 scrimmage yards · RB 186th (top 34%) · SEC 54th (top 21%) · National 502nd (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Nebraska | 5 | 115 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 37.8 |
| 2012 Postseason | Nebraska | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 55.6 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12 | 361 | 343 | 18 | 3 | 55.6 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11 | 474 | 366 | 108 | 4 | 60.1 |
Related Context
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Braylon Heard played RB for Nebraska and Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Braylon Heard recorded 828 rushing yards, 127 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 474 primary output with 38.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 42 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2014 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 Nebraska, Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Win with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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2011 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
5
Scrimmage Yards / G
23
Efficiency
42
Usage
8.5
Consistency
60.9
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Chattanooga: 13. Washington: 34. Wyoming: 33. Minnesota: 42. Michigan State: -7
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. Chattanooga: 4 by 38.5. Washington: 5 by 70.8. Wyoming: 9 by 38.2. Minnesota: 7 by 62.5. Michigan State: 1 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half26.7 · Games = 3 · +9.2 vs Second Half
Second Half17.5 · Games = 2 · -9.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Washington
Player Story
Braylon Heard story
Braylon Heard built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a running back from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 5, spending time with Kentucky and Nebraska. The clearest part of Braylon Heard's career was his backfield work: 828 rushing yards, 149 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 127 receiving yards across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 127 receiving yards and 33 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Braylon Heard'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
Nebraska
2011-2012
Opening stop
- 2
Kentucky
2013-2014
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Nebraska | 115 | 42 | 8.5 | — |
| 2012 Postseason | Nebraska | 366 | 65.4 | 7.1 | 251 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Nebraska | 366 | 65.4 | 7.1 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | -366 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Kentucky | 474 | 38.3 | 14.9 | 474 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Idaho State
Week 4 · W 73-7
Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
75 takeover
74 scrimmage yards and 10.9 usage.
#2
vs South Carolina
Week 6 · W 45-38 · Conference game
88
Scrimmage Yards
71.4 takeover
Win with 88 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
88 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
#3
vs UT Martin
Week 1 · W 59-14
116
Scrimmage Yards
70.7 takeover
Win with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
116 scrimmage yards and 4.2 usage.
#4
@ Minnesota
Week 8 · W 41-14 · Conference game
42
Scrimmage Yards
63.7 takeover
Win with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
42 scrimmage yards and 10 usage.
#5
@ Iowa
Week 13 · W 13-7 · Conference game
46
Scrimmage Yards
59.9 takeover
Win with 46 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
46 scrimmage yards and 6.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Kentucky
474 primary output · 38.3 efficiency · 14.9 usage
60.1
#2
2012 Postseason · Nebraska
55.6
366 primary · 65.4 efficiency · 7.1 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Nebraska
55.6
366 primary · 65.4 efficiency · 7.1 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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