Player Dossier

2011-2014

Kentucky

Braylon Heard

RB • 5'11" • Youngstown, OH, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Braylon Heard leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

3

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

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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Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.9529

Cardinal Mooney · Youngstown, OH

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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonNebraska51151141137.8
2012 PostseasonNebraska12550055.6
2012 Regular SeasonNebraska1236134318355.6
2013 Regular SeasonKentucky00000-
2014 Regular SeasonKentucky11474366108460.1

Related Context

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

2012 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 65.4 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: Idaho State

Win with 74 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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Season Explorer

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2012 Postseason · Nebraska

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

30.5

Efficiency

65.4

Usage

7.1

Consistency

59.5

Best Game by takeover score

Idaho State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 5. Southern Miss: 34. UCLA: 18. Arkansas State: 55. Idaho State: 74. Wisconsin: 1. Ohio State: 44. Northwestern: 18. Penn State: 25. Minnesota: 18. Iowa: 46. Wisconsin: 28

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: 1 by 52.1. Southern Miss: 3 by 97.2. UCLA: 4 by 62.5. Arkansas State: 11 by 54.6. Idaho State: 7 by 94. Wisconsin: 2 by 5.2. Ohio State: 6 by 60.6. Northwestern: 1 by 100. Penn State: 3 by 84.7. Minnesota: 7 by 26.8. Iowa: 4 by 97.9. Wisconsin: 6 by 48.6

Split Comparison

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

Wins33.9 · Games = 8 · +10.1 vs Losses
Losses23.8 · Games = 4 · -10.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Idaho State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Northwestern

Result
Tue 1/1vs GeorgiaL 31-4515505
Sun 12/2@ WisconsinL 31-706284.7014.7
Fri 11/23@ IowaW 13-744611.50011.5
Sat 11/17vs MinnesotaW 38-147182.6002.6
Sat 11/10vs Penn StateW 32-233258.3008.3
Sat 10/20@ NorthwesternW 29-2811818018
Sun 10/7@ Ohio StateL 38-635244.8001207.3
Sun 9/30vs WisconsinW 30-27210.5000.5
Sat 9/22vs Idaho StateW 73-777410.60110.6
Sat 9/15vs Arkansas StateW 42-1310545.400115
Sat 9/8@ UCLAL 30-36321701-34.5
Sat 9/1vs Southern MissW 49-2033411.30111.3

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. 1

    Nebraska

    2011-2012

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kentucky

    2013-2014

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20112012201220132014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonNebraska115428.5
2012 PostseasonNebraska36665.47.1251
2012 Regular SeasonNebraska36665.47.10
2013 Regular SeasonKentucky0-366
2014 Regular SeasonKentucky47438.314.9474

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

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150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games