Last confirmed: Penn State, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 216 lb · Meadville, PA
Journey Brown: RB · Penn State · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Journey Brown
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. He has spent two seasons in the Penn State backfield. A game that shows it: 202 rushing yards and 7 receiving yards against Memphis — Bowl, 2019.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 30.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.6% of his carries. 4 carries for 16 yds vs Iowa; 16 for 202 vs Memphis.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
26.9% of carries overall (129/479) → 21.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (30/138) — 76.7% 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
7 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (21.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Penn State | 129 | 890 | 6.9 | 12 |
| 2018 | Penn State | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 1 |
| Career | 137 | 934 | 6.8 | 13 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Penn State | 15 | 134 | 8.9 | 1 |
| 2018 | Penn State | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Career | 16 | 143 | 8.9 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 79-7vs Idaho | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 2 | 23 | 202-yard day |
| Wk 2 | W 45-13vs Buffalo | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 3 | W 17-10vs Pittsburgh | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 0 | 85 | |
| Wk 5 | W 59-0@ Maryland | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-7vs Purdue | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-12@ No. 17 Iowa | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21vs No. 16 Michigan | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7@ Michigan State | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-31@ No. 13 Minnesota | 14 | 124 | 8.9 | 2 | 45 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-27vs No. 24 Indiana | 21 | 100 | 4.8 | 1 | 35 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-28@ No. 2 Ohio State | 11 | 64 | 5.8 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-6vs Rutgers | 16 | 103 | 6.4 | 3 | 33 | 3 rushing TDs |
 Bowl | W 53-39vs No. 15 Memphis | 16 | 202 | 12.6 | 2 | 56 | |
| Total | 129 | 890 | 6.9 | 12 | 85 |
Bowl · 2019
W 53-39
vs Memphis · neutral site
202 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD
Edged out Memphis at a neutral site in a shootout.
With B. Gillikin — 45.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20 · K. Hamler — 2 rec · 46 yds · 14 rush yds (2 car)
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%113 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.9 yds/carry on 129 carries · 18% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under James Franklin, all run-leaning offenses — 20-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 59.7 | 6.2 | 0.9 |
| Road5g | 54.0 | 5.3 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 62.1 | 6.9 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 75.8 | 5.8 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
42.3%
367 pass / 501 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
401 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
129 carries and 15 catches in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Penn State, 934 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under James Franklin.
