Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3/24Inside-5 share
3 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (12.5%).
Greg Bryant
Last confirmed: Notre Dame, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Delray Beach, FL · American Heritage Boca/Delray
Greg Bryant: RB · Notre Dame · #1.
Players he’s like
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Greg Bryant
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. A game that shows it: 79 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against USC — Week 14, 2014.
How he plays
How he plays
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Notre Dame in the news
Where to follow him
Career stats
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Notre Dame | 54 | 289 | 5.4 | 3 |
| Career | 54 | 289 | 5.4 | 3 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Notre Dame | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 |
| Career | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-17vs Rice | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-0vs Michigan | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-14vs Purdue | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-15@ Syracuse | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 6 | W 17-14vs No. 14 Stanford | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | W 50-43vs North Carolina | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-31@ No. 2 Florida State | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-55@ No. 11 Arizona State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 40-43vs Northwestern | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-31vs Louisville | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-49@ USC | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 1 | 27 | Season-high 79 yds |
 Bowl | W 31-28@ No. 22 LSU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 54 | 289 | 5.4 | 3 | 27 |
Signature game
Week 14 · 2014
L 14-49
at USC
79 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD
With M. Zaire — 170 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.7 · 18 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · K. Brindza — 40 yards per punt · 5 punts · 52 long
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 5 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −4.13Greg Bryant run for 4 yds to the Syrac 28 Greg Bryant fumbled, forced by Ritchy Desir, recovered by Syrac Durell Eskridge
- Week 1 · Rice · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Greg Bryant run for 17 yds for a TD, (Kyle Brindza KICK)
- Week 7 · North Carolina · 1st and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Greg Bryant run for 7 yds for a TD, (Kyle Brindza KICK)
- Week 3 · Purdue · 1st and 15 · Q1 · EPA +2.19Everett Golson pass complete to Greg Bryant for 17 yds to the NDame 46 for a
- Week 7 · North Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −2.00Greg Bryant run for a loss of 4 yards to the NDame 45
- Week 14 · USC · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.83Greg Bryant run for 27 yds to the USC 1 for a
4 more plays
- Week 3 · Purdue · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +1.52Everett Golson pass complete to Greg Bryant for 17 yds to the Prdue 15 for a
- Week 5 · Syracuse · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +1.50Greg Bryant run for 7 yds to the Syrac 42 for a
- Week 6 · Stanford · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −1.46Greg Bryant run for a loss of 2 yards to the NDame 37
- Week 5 · Syracuse · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +1.26Greg Bryant run for 5 yds to the Syrac 32 for a
Rushing profile
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
54 of 54 carries matched to play-by-play
Success rate
52%52 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer yds13%of carries
7 carries
Grind
1–3 yds24%of carries
13 carries
Chunk
4–9 yds50%of carries
27 carries
Explosive
10+ yds13%of carries
7 carries
1 of 3 (33%) scored from inside the 5-yard line
5.4 yds/carry on 54 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 52% success rate.
Teams and coaches
2014Notre Dame8-5HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 20.3 | 4.4 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 27.0 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 29.0 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 17.2 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
49.4%
462 pass / 473 run
Plays / game
71.9
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
504 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2014
54 carries and 5 catches in 12 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Two seasons at Notre Dame
- 2014 Notre Dame KellyYear 2 · 12 games
- 2013 Notre Dame KellyYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with Notre Dame in 2013 as a 4-star recruit, No. 45 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Notre Dame in the 2013 class, a 4-star recruit.
How it ended
One season at Notre Dame, 289 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2013
- Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of American Heritage Boca/Delray