Running back, Eastern Michigan (from Coastal Carolina, Virginia Tech), 2020–26
Braydon Bennett
- Number
- No. 28
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Class (2026)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Greenville, SC
Braydon Bennett plays running back for Eastern Michigan, after Coastal Carolina (2020–24) and Virginia Tech (2025). Last time out, against Toledo: 6 carries, 13 yards.
2026 so far
258 rushing yards, 2 TD
Last game: 6 carries, 13 yards vs. Toledo, L 14–34
Next game: at Ohio, Oct 24
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Career highs
138rushing yards, career highvs. Georgia Southern, 20243rushing touchdowns, career highvs. App State, 202484receiving yards, career highvs. Troy, 2021Team titles: Sun Belt champions, 2020
Rushing
* The season in progress, so far.
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 1 | 35 |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 74 | 636 | 8.6 | 7 | 75 |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 16 | 83 | 5.2 | 0 | 21 |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 91 | 407 | 4.5 | 5 | 21 |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 134 | 781 | 5.8 | 11 | 67 |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 59 | 258 | 4.4 | 2 | 16 |
| Career | 384 | 2,220 | 5.8 | 27 | 75 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 24 | 295 | 12.3 | 2 | 71 |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | 41 |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 23 | 200 | 8.7 | 0 | 63 |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 25 | 188 | 7.5 | 2 | 37 |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 0 | 22 |
| Career | 85 | 848 | 10.0 | 4 | 71 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 70 | 0 |
| Career | 6 | 93 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | 28 | RB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 28 | RB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 28 | RB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 28 | RB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 28 | RB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 28 | RB | Yr 6 | ||
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 28 | RB | Sr. (Yr 7) | 6′2″ | 215 |
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 0.05 | – | – | 0.3 | – | – |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 91 | 0.63 | 99th (n=277) | 0.16 | 57.5 | 12% | 0.33 |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 20 | 0.49 | – | – | 9.9 | 8% | – |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 115 | 0.02 | 10th (n=450) | 0.17 | 1.8 | 14% | -0.02 |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 151 | 0.36 | 93rd (n=434) | 0.16 | 53.8 | 22% | 0.30 |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 6 | -0.15 | – | – | -0.9 | – | – |
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 67 | 0.23 | 77th (n=478) | 0.10 | 15.3 | 12% | 0.25 |
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.
Rushing detail
| Season | Team | Success | Line yards | Second level | Open field | Stuffed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 50% | 3.10 | 1.00 | 0.40 | 21% |
Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.
Game by game
2026 Eastern Michigan 8 games, 258 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. | W 28–17 | 7 | 27 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 4 | vs. | L 21–27 | 5 | 20 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 12 | at | L 7–35 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | at | L 10–54 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs. | W 29–3 | 5 | 33 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 3 | at | W 38–14 | 10 | 42 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 10 | at | W 25–23 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs. | L 14–34 | 6 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – |
2025 Virginia Tech 2 games, 8 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | vs. | L 26–45 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. | W 38–6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – |
2024 Coastal Carolina 11 games, 781 rushing yards, 11 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at | W 55–27 | 11 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 40–21 | 5 | 37 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 45–37 | 9 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
| Oct 10 | at | L 7–39 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. | L 24–34 | 13 | 132 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | at | L 24–38 | 10 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs. | W 38–24 | 9 | 88 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | at | L 19–31 | 19 | 67 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. | L 6–26 | 16 | 138 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | at | W 48–27 | 8 | 43 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Dec 23 ✦ | at | L 15–44 | 22 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 |
2023 Coastal Carolina 12 games, 407 rushing yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at | L 13–27 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 30–16 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 66–7 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. | L 17–30 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at | L 28–38 | 15 | 114 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | at | W 27–24 | 15 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at | W 27–17 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at | W 28–24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 31–23 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at | L 21–28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. | L 14–56 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. | W 24–14 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2022 Coastal Carolina 4 games, 5 returns, 70 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12 | vs. | W 26–23 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | at | L 7–47 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | at | L 26–45 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. | L 29–53 | 4 | 29 | 0 | – | – | – |
2021 Coastal Carolina 13 games, 636 rushing yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 52–14 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 49–22 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | at | W 28–25 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. | W 53–3 | 8 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs. | W 59–6 | 7 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at | W 52–20 | 6 | −6 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 20 | at | L 27–30 | 2 | −3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. | W 35–28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 1 |
| Nov 6 | at | W 28–8 | 5 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs. | L 40–42 | 10 | 128 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | vs. | W 35–21 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | at | W 27–21 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. | W 47–41 | 6 | 108 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 1 |
2020 Coastal Carolina 3 games, 47 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | vs. | W 43–21 | 2 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 3 | vs. | W 52–23 | 2 | 34 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 31 | at | W 51–0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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