Running back, Ole Miss, 2008–11
Brandon Bolden
- Number
- No. 34
- Height
- 5′11″
- Hometown
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Born
- Jan 26, 1990, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Brandon Bolden played running back at Ole Miss (2008–11).
At a glance
Career highs
228rushing yards, career highvs. Fresno State, 20102rushing touchdowns, career higheight times; last at Auburn, 20116catches, career highvs. Mississippi State, 201080receiving yards, career highvs. Louisiana, 2010Rushing
Receiving
Returns
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 2011 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| On file | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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.
Game by game
2011 Ole Miss 10 games, 472 rushing yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. BYU | L 13–14 | 4 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 17 | at Vanderbilt | L 7–30 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Georgia | L 13–27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at Fresno State | W 38–28 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Arkansas | L 24–29 | 14 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at Auburn | L 23–41 | 13 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Kentucky | L 13–30 | 13 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Louisiana Tech | L 7–27 | 14 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 1 |
| Nov 19 | vs. LSU | L 3–52 | 13 | 58 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 26 | at Mississippi State | L 3–31 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | −7 | 0 |
2010 Ole Miss 12 games, 976 rushing yards, 14 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Jacksonville State | L 48–49 | 17 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | at Tulane | W 27–13 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs.Vanderbilt | L 14–28 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs.Fresno State | W 55–38 | 19 | 228 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 |
| Oct 2 | vs.Kentucky | W 42–35 | 23 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Oct 16 | at Alabama | L 10–23 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | atArkansas | L 24–38 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs.Auburn | L 31–51 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | vs. Louisiana | W 43–21 | 18 | 136 | 2 | 4 | 80 | 1 |
| Nov 13 | at Tennessee | L 14–52 | 12 | 113 | 2 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | atLSU | L 36–43 | 18 | 91 | 2 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs.Mississippi State | L 23–31 | 12 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 78 | 0 |
2009 Ole Miss 12 games, 614 rushing yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | at Memphis | W 45–14 | 9 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | vs. SE Louisiana | W 52–6 | 13 | 105 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 24 | at South Carolina | L 10–16 | 10 | 32 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 3 | atVanderbilt | W 23–7 | 16 | 89 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 1 |
| Oct 10 | vs.Alabama | L 3–22 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs. UAB | W 48–13 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | vs.Arkansas | W 30–17 | 14 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | atAuburn | L 20–33 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs. Northern Arizona | W 38–14 | 10 | 85 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | vs.Tennessee | W 42–17 | 11 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs.LSU | W 25–23 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | atMississippi State | L 27–41 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – |
2008 Ole Miss 13 games, 542 rushing yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs.Memphis | W 41–24 | 8 | 76 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 6 | at Wake Forest | L 28–30 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Samford | W 34–10 | 8 | 42 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 20 | vs.Vanderbilt | L 17–23 | 8 | 45 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 27 | at Florida | W 31–30 | 13 | 55 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 4 | vs.South Carolina | L 24–31 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | atAlabama | L 20–24 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | atArkansas | W 23–21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 1 | vs.Auburn | W 17–7 | 6 | 34 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. UL Monroe | W 59–0 | 8 | 39 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 22 | atLSU | W 31–13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs.Mississippi State | W 45–0 | 5 | 40 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Texas Tech | W 47–34 | 11 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2012 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅞″ |
| Weight | 222 lb |
| Arm length | 32¼″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.66 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 sW |
| Vertical jump | 38″ |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ |
| Bench press | 21 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.96 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.44 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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