Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/26Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (3.8%).
AJ Brown
Last confirmed: Georgia Southern, 2022. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′6″ · 175 lb · Grovetown, GA
AJ Brown: RB · Georgia Southern · #29.
AJ Brown
AJ Brown has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Georgia Southern. One game to point at: 62 rushing yards and 2 receptions against App State — Week 13, 2022.
How he plays
How he plays
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Where to follow him
Career stats
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Career | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 1 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 3 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | L 31-38vs South Alabama | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-48vs App State | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 1 | 14 | Season-high 62 yds |
 Bowl | L 21-23@ Buffalo | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 1 | 14 |
Signature game
Week 13 · 2022
W 51-48
vs App State
62 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD
Edged out App State at home in a shootout.
With K. Vantrease — 385 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 77.4 · 17 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · A. Beck II — 46 yards per punt · 4 punts · 57 long
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 13 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.54AJ Brown run for 13 yds for a TD, (Alex Raynor KICK)
- Week 1 · Buffalo · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +1.37AJ Brown run for 5 yds to the GeoSo 49 for a
- Week 13 · App State · 1st and 2 · Q5 · EPA −1.12AJ Brown run for a loss of 2 yards to the AppSt 4
- Week 13 · App State · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.01AJ Brown run for 6 yds to the AppSt 3 for a
- Week 13 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −0.96Kyle Vantrease pass complete to AJ Brown for a loss of 3 yards to the GeoSo 22
- Week 13 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −0.70AJ Brown run for no gain to the GeoSo 25
4 more plays
- Week 13 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −0.70AJ Brown run for no gain to the GeoSo 25
- Week 13 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −0.59AJ Brown run for 1 yd to the GeoSo 26
- Week 1 · Buffalo · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.57Kyle Vantrease pass complete to AJ Brown for 7 yds to the Buff 44
- Week 13 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.43AJ Brown run for 1 yd to the GeoSo 19
Teams and coaches
2021Georgia Southern3-9HC: Kevin Whitley · Run-heavy
2022Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 31.0 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 31.0 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
62.4%
610 pass / 367 run
Plays / game
75.2
13 games
Team sack rate
1.1%
614 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
15 carries and 3 catches in 3 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Four seasons at Georgia Southern
- 2022 Georgia Southern HeltonYear 4 · 3 games
- 2021 Georgia Southern LunsfordYear 3 · 1 game
- 2020 Georgia Southern LunsfordYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2019 Georgia Southern LunsfordYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia Southern, 69 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
3 coaches2019–2020
Georgia Southern
Played under 3 different head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.