Chase Brown

#2 · RB · Jr. · Illinois5′11″ · 205 lb · London, ON

Chase Brown: RB · Illinois · #2.

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Chase Brown

RB · Illinois · Jr · #2

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. Named All-Big Ten two seasons running, most recently in 2022. One game to point at: 199 rushing yards and 6 receiving yards against Indiana — Week 1, 2022.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

309Carries
1534Yards
11.8%Top-5 share
12.6%Stuffed rate

Just 11.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 12.6% of his carries. 2 carries for 16 yds vs Wyoming; 36 for 204 vs Indiana.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

60.6%Carry share
48.1%Q4-lead share
62.7%In competitive games

60.6% of carries overall (305/503) → 48.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (51/106) — 62.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

15/213rd/4th & short
19/34Inside-5 share

15 of 21 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (71.4%). 19 of the team's 34 inside-the-5 carries (55.9%).

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