Senior running back for Rice. 2023: 91 rushing yards, 2 catches.
6′0″ · 221 lb · New Orleans, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 running back for Rice. 2023: 91 rushing yards, 2 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearAri Broussard
Wears you down at the goal line. This is his fifth year in the same backfield at Rice. The receipt on tape: 32 rush yds against Texas Southern, Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Rice, 991 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Bloomgren.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Mike Bloomgren — 20-35 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 9.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 11.3 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 10.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 10.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023
W 59–7
32 rush yds (10 car)
Dominant 52-point win at home against Texas Southern.
With J. Daniels — 255 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.0 · K. Campbell — 1 rec · 70 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 59-7vs Texas Southern | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 32 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 29-42@ South Florida | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-17vs East Carolina | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-38vs UConn | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-10@ Tulsa | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-36vs SMU | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-7@ Charlotte | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bowl | L 21-45vs Texas State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 29 | 91 | 3.8 | 0 | 16 |
Play style
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (12.0%).
Player DNA
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Sandon McCoy’s 2020 season.
Matches Sandon on
Differs from Sandon on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Justin Henderson’s path through Louisiana Tech.
Rickey Spruill
Bryant Barr
Matches Justin on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Sean Clifford's senior season at Penn State (2022).
Matches Sean on
Differs from Sean on
Player DNA