Usage / Role
18%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2013California
Brendan Bigelow
RB • 5'10" • Fresno, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Brendan Bigelow leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
70
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
Brendan Bigelow built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a running back from Fresno, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with California. The clearest part of Brendan Bigelow's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Brendan Bigelow, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · California. Brendan Bigelow leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,182
- Rushing yards
- 877
- Receiving yards
- 305
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Brendan Bigelow quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,182
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Central East · California
- High school pipeline
- Central East · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2013
- 2013 Scrimmage yards rank
- 623 scrimmage yards · RB 129th (top 25%) · Pac-12 41st (top 19%) · National 321st (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | California | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 |
| 2011 Regular Season | California | 9 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 18.7 |
| 2012 Regular Season | California | 11 | 523 | 431 | 92 | 4 | 56 |
| 2013 Regular Season | California | 12 | 623 | 421 | 202 | 2 | 63.6 |
Related Context
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Brendan Bigelow played RB for California. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brendan Bigelow recorded 877 rushing yards, 305 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
California paired 623 primary output with 45.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 66.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Loss with 160 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · California
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
47.5
Efficiency
66.1
Usage
8.2
Consistency
50.7
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 3. Southern Utah: 12. Ohio State: 160. USC: 32. UCLA: 48. Washington State: 59. Stanford: 40. Utah: 72. Washington: 58. Oregon: 20. Oregon State: 19
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. Nevada: 1 by 31.3. Southern Utah: 1 by 100. Ohio State: 4 by 100. USC: 5 by 75.1. UCLA: 7 by 43.6. Washington State: 8 by 76.8. Stanford: 4 by 41.7. Utah: 3 by 100. Washington: 7 by 84.5. Oregon: 6 by 34.7. Oregon State: 5 by 39.6
Split Comparison
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Wins39.7 · Games = 3 · -10.8 vs Losses
Losses50.5 · Games = 8 · +10.8 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
Ohio State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/18 | @ Oregon State | L 14-62 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sun 11/11 | vs Oregon | L 17-59 | 6 | 20 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Washington | L 13-21 | 6 | 49 | 8.20 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8.3 |
| Sun 10/28 | @ Utah | L 27-49 | 2 | 66 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 24 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Stanford | L 3-21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 10 |
| Sun 10/14 | @ Washington State | W 31-17 | 8 | 59 | 7.40 | 0 | — | — | 7.4 |
| Sun 10/7 | vs UCLA | W 43-17 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 6.9 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ USC | L 9-27 | 4 | 31 | 7.80 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.4 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Ohio State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 28-35 | 4 | 160 | 40 | 2 | — | — | 40 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Southern Utah | W 50-31 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | — | — | 12 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Nevada | L 24-31 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
Player Story
Brendan Bigelow story
Brendan Bigelow built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a running back from Fresno, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with California. The clearest part of Brendan Bigelow's career was his backfield work: 877 rushing yards, 155 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 305 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with California. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 305 receiving yards and 1,363 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California.
The arc is straightforward: Brendan Bigelow moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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California
2011-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | California | 36 | 57.7 | 1.4 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | California | 36 | 57.7 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | California | 523 | 66.1 | 8.2 | 487 |
| 2013 Regular Season | California | 623 | 45.7 | 17.8 | 100 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Colorado
Week 12 · L 24-41 · Conference game
Loss with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
114
Scrimmage Yards
84.5 takeover
114 scrimmage yards and 28.3 usage.
#2
@ Ohio State
Week 3 · L 28-35
160
Scrimmage Yards
72.3 takeover
Loss with 160 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
160 scrimmage yards and 5.9 usage.
#3
vs Portland State
Week 2 · W 37-30
94
Scrimmage Yards
69.4 takeover
Win with 94 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
94 scrimmage yards and 28.4 usage.
#4
vs Northwestern
Week 1 · L 30-44
102
Scrimmage Yards
69.3 takeover
Loss with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
102 scrimmage yards and 24.3 usage.
#5
vs Presbyterian
Week 3 · W 63-12
26
Scrimmage Yards
65 takeover
Win with 26 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
26 scrimmage yards and 4.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · California
623 primary output · 45.7 efficiency · 17.8 usage
63.6
#2
2012 Regular Season · California
56
523 primary · 66.1 efficiency · 8.2 usage
#3
2011 Postseason · California
18.7
36 primary · 57.7 efficiency · 1.4 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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