#5
Temple · 2026

Samuel Brown V

RBSenior6' 1", 215 lbsPhiladelphia, PA
Temple Owls2-5 · TDC #101
Snap share
15%
likely 10–18%
Rush yards
205
278th of 1456 in FBS
Yards / carry
8.2
Rush TD
2
221st of 631 in FBS
Receptions
4
1115th of 1995 in FBS
EPA / play
+0.74
29 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

29 plays · +21.6 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.74
Passing+3.18
Rushing+0.35
1st down+0.03
2nd down+1.51
3rd down+2.00
Standard downs+0.33
Passing downs+1.84
VRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays23%
Pass plays9%
Run plays32%
1st down25%
2nd down22%
3rd down21%
Standard downs23%
Passing downs24%
VRB average

Advanced

Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume

RushingValueFBS rank
Carries25—
Success rate52.0%61st / 321
Explosive run rate20.0%46th / 321
Stuffed at the line12.0%101st / 321
First downs10—
Red-zone carries4—
Goal-line carries2—

Charting

Where V's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Run direction25 carries

Left
8%
24.5 YPC · 100% succ.
Middle
72%
6.9 YPC · 39% succ.
Right
20%
6.4 YPC · 80% succ.
Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.
2025 charting · Rutgers

2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025, so treat the maps as a sample.

Run direction11 carries

Left
0%
— YPC · 0% succ.
Middle
82%
2.4 YPC · 22% succ.
Right
18%
2.0 YPC · 50% succ.
Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.

Career

5 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnapsCarRush ydsY/CRush TDRush SRRecRec ydsRec TDTgt share
2026 so farTemple#101 · 2-5315%252058.2252.0%410529.3%
2025Rutgers#65 · 5-745%16382.4037.5%————
2024Rutgers#52 · 7-6510%402015.0340.0%13414.8%
2023Rutgers#57 · 7-61119%632163.4235.6%22905.6%
2022Rutgers#104 · 4-8735%863744.3354.9%41705.1%

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Samuel Brown V's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Samuel Brown V's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game

8.9 avg. game scoreBest: 9.0 vs Army (Week 4)2 of 2 games at 8.0+
RushingReceiving
WkOpponentResultGame scoreCarYdsY/CTDLongRecYdsY/RTDLong
1Rhode IslandW 38–14—no stats recorded
2Penn StateL 9–27—no stats recorded
3@ToledoL 48–498.9151097.32503279.0110
4ArmyL 17–219.010969.604717878.0178
5@South FloridaW 17–13—no stats recorded
6UConnL 20–34—no stats recorded
7CharlotteL 31–38—no stats recorded
2026 · 2 games8.9252058.2250410526.3278

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing2026FBS rank
Carries25—
Yards205278th / 1456
Yards / carry8.2—
Touchdowns2221st / 631
Long50—
Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions41115th / 1995
Yards105637th / 1981
Yards / catch26.3—
Touchdowns2172nd / 825
Long78—

Snaps by Game

Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedPlays madeSnap share
Wk 3 · Toledo72~37 (25–48)18·51%
Wk 4 · Army52~24 (16–31)11·46%
Wk 5 · South Florida50··1—
Season41161 (43–74)29115%

Position Room

8 RBs on the Temple roster, ordered by car

#PlayerPosClassCarYdsYPCTDRecEPA/play
26Keveun MasonRBSO945135.5310+0.09
29Hunter SmithRBSR311193.803-0.26
5Samuel Brown VRBSR252058.224+0.74
De'Carlos YoungRB12423.50—+0.00
20R.J. BlountRBFR——————
22Johnny MartinRBSR——————
23Jordan MillerRBJR——————
25Ameir MorrowRBFR——————

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 6+ plays per team game. Temple depth chart →