Player Dossier

2024-2025

Arkansas

Braylen Russell

RB • 6'1" • 238 lbs • Benton, AR, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Braylen Russell leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

88%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

61

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

53

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arkansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Arkansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Player Story

Braylen Russell built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Benton, AR, spending time with Arkansas. The clearest part of Braylen Russell's career was his backfield work: 640 rushing yards,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.9004

Benton · Benton, AR

Committed To
Arkansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Braylen Russell, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arkansas. Braylen Russell leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
685
Rushing yards
640
Receiving yards
45
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Braylen Russell quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
685
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 18 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Arkansas
Top game
Mississippi State
Recruit profile
4-star · Benton · Arkansas
High school pipeline
Benton · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 0 · Sophomore
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
313 scrimmage yards · RB 296th (top 41%) · SEC 93rd (top 27%) · National 775th (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2024 PostseasonArkansas950500153
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas932230418253
2025 Regular SeasonArkansas931328627562.9

Related Context

Braylen Russell played RB for Arkansas. Across 2 tracked seasons, Braylen Russell recorded 640 rushing yards, 45 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Arkansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Arkansas paired 313 primary output with 55.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 44.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Win with 186 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Arkansas

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

41.3

Efficiency

44.1

Usage

13.4

Consistency

29.7

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas Tech: 50. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 23. UAB: 2. Auburn: 29. Texas A&M: 15. Tennessee: 62. LSU: 3. Mississippi State: 186. Ole Miss: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas Tech: 20 by 26. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 3 by 79.9. UAB: 1 by 20.8. Auburn: 10 by 27.4. Texas A&M: 3 by 52.1. Tennessee: 8 by 80.7. LSU: 4 by 9.4. Mississippi State: 17 by 95.6. Ole Miss: 4 by 5.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins58.7 · Games = 6 · +52 vs Losses
Losses6.7 · Games = 3 · -52 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

95.6 vs Mississippi State

Result
Sat 12/28vs Texas TechW 39-2620502.5012.5
Sat 11/2vs Ole MissL 31-63420.5000.5
Sat 10/26@ Mississippi State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 58-251617510.90011110.9
Sat 10/19vs LSUL 10-343310100.8
Sat 10/5vs TennesseeW 19-148627.8007.8
Sat 9/28@ Texas A&ML 17-21315505
Sat 9/21@ AuburnW 24-149222.400172.9
Sat 9/14vs UABW 37-2712212
Thu 8/29vs Arkansas-Pine BluffW 70-03237.7017.7

Player Story

Braylen Russell story

Braylen Russell built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Benton, AR, spending time with Arkansas. The clearest part of Braylen Russell's career was his backfield work: 640 rushing yards, 122 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 45 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 45 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Braylen Russell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Arkansas

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonArkansas37244.113.4
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas37244.113.40
2025 Regular SeasonArkansas31355.411.6-59

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Mississippi State

Week 9 · W 58-25 · Conference game

Win with 186 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

92.2 takeover

186 scrimmage yards and 28.3 usage.

#2

@ No. 39 Memphis

Week 4 · L 31-32

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Scrimmage Yards

74.8 takeover

Loss with 55 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

55 scrimmage yards and 10 usage.

#3

@ No. 19 Tennessee

Week 7 · L 31-34 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Scrimmage Yards

60.6 takeover

Loss with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

47 scrimmage yards and 12.3 usage.

#4

vs No. 9 Texas A&M

Week 8 · L 42-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Scrimmage Yards

58.3 takeover

Loss with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

36 scrimmage yards and 7.7 usage.

#5

vs No. 100 Arkansas State

Week 2 · W 56-14

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Scrimmage Yards

57.9 takeover

Win with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

42 scrimmage yards and 14.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Arkansas

313 primary output · 55.4 efficiency · 11.6 usage

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#2

2024 Postseason · Arkansas

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372 primary · 44.1 efficiency · 13.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Arkansas

53

372 primary · 44.1 efficiency · 13.4 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games