Alfred Blue in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, LSU, 2010–⁠13

Alfred Blue

Number
No. 4
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Boutte, LA
Born
Apr 27, 1991, in Marrero, Louisiana

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Alfred Blue played running back at LSU (2010–⁠13). The Houston Texans took Blue in round 6, No. 181 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
539
Rushing yards, 2011 (LSU, 13–⁠1)
Drafted
No. 181
Round 6, 2014 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Career highs

123rushing yards, career highvs. North Texas, 20122rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Western Kentucky, 2011

Team titles: SEC champions, 2011

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2010LSU201015.0116
2011LSU785396.9757
2012LSU402706.8237
2013LSU713434.8117
Career2091,2536.01157

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010LSU111.001
2011LSU3−3−1.002
2012LSU7456.4014
2013LSU56212.4022
Career161056.6022

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklFF
201072351
20111277140
2013N133360
On file1213251

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010LSU4RB
2011LSU4RB
2012LSU4RB
2013LSU4RB6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013LSU760.0441st (n=226)0.072.910%-0.01

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 LSU 13 games, 343 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31vs.TCUW 37–⁠271989017––
Sep 7vs.UABW 56–⁠173805––
Sep 14vs.Kent StateW 45–⁠131056011––
Sep 21vs.AuburnW 35–⁠21424011––
Sep 28atGeorgiaL 41–⁠441606––
Oct 5atMississippi StateW 59–⁠26631117219
Oct 12vs.FloridaW 17–⁠61−200––
Oct 19atOle MissL 24–⁠271303––
Oct 26vs.FurmanW 48–⁠16424013122
Nov 9atAlabamaL 17–⁠38––––14
Nov 23vs.Texas A&MW 34–⁠101361013––
Nov 29vs.ArkansasW 31–⁠27217011––
Jan 1 ✦vs.IowaW 21–⁠1472607117
2012 LSU 3 games, 270 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.North TexasW 41–⁠141612303724
Sep 8vs.WashingtonW 41–⁠314101121219
Sep 15vs.IdahoW 63–⁠14104619322
2011 LSU 11 games, 539 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.OregonW 40–⁠271202––
Sep 10vs.Northwestern StateW 49–⁠3155319––
Sep 24atWest VirginiaW 47–⁠21221118––
Oct 1vs.KentuckyW 35–⁠71672114––
Oct 8vs.FloridaW 41–⁠111470120––
Oct 15atTennesseeW 38–⁠741708––
Oct 22vs.AuburnW 45–⁠105170512
Nov 12vs.Western KentuckyW 42–⁠99119245––
Nov 19atOle MissW 52–⁠3474057––
Dec 3vs.GeorgiaW 42–⁠108941481−2
Jan 9 ✦vs.AlabamaL 0–⁠21––––1−3
2010 LSU 5 games, 101 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 11atVanderbiltW 27–⁠352317––
Sep 18vs.Mississippi StateW 29–⁠7536016––
Sep 25vs.West VirginiaW 20–⁠14370411
Oct 9atFloridaW 33–⁠291404––
Nov 13vs.UL MonroeW 51–⁠0631010––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′2⅜″
Weight223 lb
Arm length32⅜″
Hand size9⅞″
Wingspan76⅜″W
40-yard dash4.63 s
10-yard split1.59 sW
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press13 reps
3-cone drill7.15 s
20-yard shuttle4.50 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 69 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2014Houston Texans16169528215113
2015Houston Texans14183698215109
2016Houston Texans1410042011240
2017Houston Texans9712621754
2018Houston Texans16150499220154
NFL career696732,407869470

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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