Senior running back for UAB. 2020: 890 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 5 catches.
6′0″ · 220 lb · Kimberly, AL
The story
4 running back for UAB. 2020: 890 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 5 catches.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 3925 nationally · Signed with UAB
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonSpencer Brown
2 stars out of high school, four seasons of real snaps at UAB since. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 149 rush yds against Marshall — Week 16, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UAB, 3,959 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bill Clark.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Bill Clark — 34-16 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: carries (97th percentile). Strength: rush yards (93rd percentile). Concern: receptions (29th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 105 | 4.3 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 117 | 4.8 | 1.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 94.6 | 4.4 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 139 | 4.8 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Mortensen
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2020
W 45–35
127 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD
Edged out Central Arkansas at home in a shootout.
With M. Mitchell — 9 rush yds (1 car) · T. Johnston III — 143 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-35vs Central Arkansas | 24 | 127 | 5.3 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-31@ Miami | 16 | 74 | 4.6 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-10@ South Alabama | 21 | 106 | 5.0 | 3 | 20 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 5 | W 21-13vs UTSA | 26 | 144 | 5.5 | 0 | 73 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-14vs Western Kentucky | 13 | 22 | 1.7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24vs Louisiana | 28 | 128 | 4.6 | 2 | 18 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-37@ Louisiana Tech | 29 | 140 | 4.8 | 2 | 23 | |
| Wk 16 | W 22-13@ Marshall | 30 | 149 | 5.0 | 0 | 35 | Season-high 149 yds |
| Total | 187 | 890 | 4.6 | 10 | 73 |
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
51.7% of carries overall (186/360) → 27.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (21/77) — 90.5% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Player DNA
Final Heisman position · 2020
Spencer Brown finished 14th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.