Player Dossier

2011-2012

Houston

Braxton Welford

RB • 5'11" • San Diego, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Braxton Welford leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

17

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Houston

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Houston
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Braxton Welford, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Houston. Braxton Welford leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
219
Rushing yards
188
Receiving yards
31
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Braxton Welford quick answers

Latest team and position
Houston · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
219
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 13 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · Houston
Top game
SMU
Latest roster
No. 40 · Class 2012
2012 Scrimmage yards rank
115 scrimmage yards · RB 331st (top 67%) · Conference USA 123rd (top 59%) · National 1,214th (top 55%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonHouston81048321151.5
2012 Regular SeasonHouston511510510060.8

Related Context

Braxton Welford played RB for Houston. Across 2 tracked seasons, Braxton Welford recorded 188 rushing yards, 31 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Houston.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Houston paired 115 primary output with 60.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 60.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Regular Season · Houston

Games

5

Scrimmage Yards / G

23

Efficiency

60.2

Usage

5.8

Consistency

66.5

Best Game by takeover score

SMU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rice: 36. UAB: 19. SMU: 41. UTEP: 0. Tulane: 19

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 9 by 41.7. UAB: 4 by 49.5. SMU: 3 by 100. Tulane: 4 by 49.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins18.5 · Games = 4 · -22.5 vs Losses
Losses41 · Games = 1 · +22.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

100 vs SMU

Result
Sat 11/24vs TulaneW 40-174194.8004.8
Sat 10/27vs UTEPW 45-35
Fri 10/19@ SMUL 42-7213131021013.7
Sat 10/13vs UABW 39-174194.8004.8
Sat 9/29@ RiceW 35-14936404

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Houston

    2011-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonHouston10441.94.9
2012 Regular SeasonHouston11560.25.811

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ SMU

Week 8 · L 42-72 · Conference game

Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

41

Scrimmage Yards

71 takeover

41 scrimmage yards and 4.5 usage.

#2

vs Georgia State

Week 4 · W 56-0

32

Scrimmage Yards

57.8 takeover

Win with 32 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

32 scrimmage yards and 6.5 usage.

#3

@ Rice

Week 5 · W 35-14 · Conference game

36

Scrimmage Yards

55.7 takeover

Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

36 scrimmage yards and 13.2 usage.

#4

@ Tulane

Week 11 · W 73-17 · Conference game

15

Scrimmage Yards

45.1 takeover

Win with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

15 scrimmage yards and 3.6 usage.

#5

vs East Carolina

Week 6 · W 56-3 · Conference game

17

Scrimmage Yards

40.9 takeover

Win with 17 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

17 scrimmage yards and 4.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Houston

115 primary output · 60.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage

60.8

#2

2011 Regular Season · Houston

51.5

104 primary · 41.9 efficiency · 4.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games