Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/27Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (3.7%).
Brendan Suckley
Last confirmed: Rice, 2021. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 257 lb · Corpus Christi, TX
Brendan Suckley: FB · Rice · #85.
Brendan Suckley
On tape: 19 rushing yards and 9 receiving yards against Texas Southern, Week 4, 2021.
How he plays
How he plays
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-38@ Arkansas | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-44vs Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-34vs Texas Southern | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 12 | Season-high 19 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 24-30vs North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-31@ Charlotte | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-38@ UTEP | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-31vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | 12 |
Signature game
Week 4 · 2021
W 48-34
19 rush yds (2 car) · 1 rec · 9 yds
Edged out Texas Southern at home in a shootout.
With J. Constantine — 271 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 54.9 · J. Myers — 160 rush yds (26 car) · 4 TD · 4 rec · 48 yds
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 2 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.15Brendan Suckley run for no gain to the Rice 42
- Week 12 · UTEP · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA −1.10Brendan Suckley run for no gain to the UTEP 46
- Week 9 · North Texas · 2nd and 19 · Q2 · EPA −0.68Brendan Suckley run for no gain to the NoTex 19
- Week 4 · Texas Southern · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.60Brendan Suckley run for 7 yds to the Rice 32
- Week 4 · Texas Southern · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.54Brendan Suckley run for 12 yds to the TexSo 6 for a
- Week 2 · Houston · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +0.39Luke McCaffrey pass complete to Brendan Suckley for 4 yds to the Houst 25 for a
4 more plays
- Week 12 · UTEP · 1st and 8 · Q2 · EPA −0.36Brendan Suckley run for no gain to the UTEP 8
- Week 4 · Texas Southern · 1st and 20 · Q1 · EPA +0.28Jake Constantine pass complete to Brendan Suckley for 9 yds to the Rice 24
- Week 10 · Charlotte · 1st and 5 · Q4 · EPA −0.18Brendan Suckley run for 3 yds to the Charl 2
- Week 10 · Charlotte · 1st and 8 · Q3 · EPA −0.12Brendan Suckley run for 3 yds to the Charl 5
2021 snapshot
Season context: team record and system
2021Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.8 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 8.7 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Bloomgren
Pass share
42.0%
343 pass / 473 run
Plays / game
68.0
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
377 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
10 carries and 2 catches in 7 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Three seasons at Rice
- 2021 Rice BloomgrenYear 3 · 7 games
- 2020 Rice BloomgrenYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2019 Rice BloomgrenYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
How it ended
One season at Rice, 32 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coach2019–2021
Rice
Played his entire career under Mike Bloomgren.