Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014Purdue
Brandon Cottom
RB • 6'4" • Newtown, PA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Brandon Cottom leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southeast Missouri State
Player Story
Brandon Cottom built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a running back from Newtown, PA wearing No. 25, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Brandon Cottom's career was his backfield work: 436...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Brandon Cottom, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Purdue. Brandon Cottom leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 624
- Rushing yards
- 436
- Receiving yards
- 188
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Brandon Cottom quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 624
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Southeast Missouri State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Council Rock North · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Council Rock North · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2014
- 2014 Scrimmage yards rank
- 13 scrimmage yards · RB 508th (top 93%) · Big Ten 222nd (top 86%) · National 2,033rd (top 88%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Purdue | 3 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 22.9 |
| 2012 Postseason | Purdue | 11 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 52.1 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Purdue | 11 | 248 | 201 | 47 | 3 | 52.1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Purdue | 9 | 253 | 154 | 99 | 1 | 54.8 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Purdue | 5 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 24.9 |
Related Context
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Brandon Cottom played RB for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Cottom recorded 436 rushing yards, 188 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Purdue paired 253 primary output with 51.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 59.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Win with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Postseason · Purdue
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
26.2
Efficiency
59.9
Usage
4.6
Consistency
35.5
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 40. Eastern Kentucky: 22. Eastern Michigan: 95. Marshall: 16. Michigan: 3. Wisconsin: 9. Ohio State: 15. Minnesota: 1. Penn State: 5. Illinois: 32. Indiana: 50
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 3 by 75. Eastern Kentucky: 4 by 47.9. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 100. Marshall: 2 by 83.3. Michigan: 1 by 31.3. Wisconsin: 1 by 87.5. Ohio State: 5 by 31.3. Minnesota: 1 by 8.3. Penn State: 1 by 41.7. Illinois: 4 by 60.4. Indiana: 5 by 91.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins43 · Games = 5 · +30.8 vs Losses
Losses12.2 · Games = 6 · -30.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
100 vs Eastern Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/1 | @ Oklahoma State | L 14-58 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 13.3 |
| Sat 11/24 | vs Indiana | W 56-35 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
| Sat 11/17 | @ Illinois | W 20-17 | 3 | 13 | 4.30 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Penn State | L 9-34 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Minnesota | L 28-44 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Ohio State | L 22-29 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Wisconsin | L 14-38 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Michigan | L 13-44 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Marshall | W 51-41 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 54-16 | 2 | 95 | 47.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.7 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 48-6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5.5 |
Player Story
Brandon Cottom story
Brandon Cottom built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a running back from Newtown, PA wearing No. 25, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Brandon Cottom's career was his backfield work: 436 rushing yards, 77 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 188 receiving yards across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 188 receiving yards and 46 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon Cottom's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Purdue
2011-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Purdue | 70 | 45.9 | 3.7 | — |
| 2012 Postseason | Purdue | 288 | 59.9 | 4.6 | 218 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Purdue | 288 | 59.9 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Purdue | 253 | 51.2 | 12.7 | -35 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Purdue | 13 | 38.2 | 1.1 | -240 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Southeast Missouri State
Week 3 · W 59-0
Win with 70 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
72.9 takeover
70 scrimmage yards and 9.5 usage.
#2
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 3 · W 54-16
95
Scrimmage Yards
71.3 takeover
Win with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
95 scrimmage yards and 4.9 usage.
#3
@ Indiana
Week 14 · L 36-56 · Conference game
89
Scrimmage Yards
69.6 takeover
Loss with 89 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
89 scrimmage yards and 10.2 usage.
#4
vs Indiana
Week 13 · W 56-35 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
56.2 takeover
Win with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
50 scrimmage yards and 8.5 usage.
#5
@ Notre Dame
Week 3 · L 14-30
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Scrimmage Yards
54.6 takeover
Loss with 7 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
7 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Purdue
253 primary output · 51.2 efficiency · 12.7 usage
54.8
#2
2012 Postseason · Purdue
52.1
288 primary · 59.9 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Purdue
52.1
288 primary · 59.9 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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