Running back, Western Michigan, 2009–⁠13

Brian Fields

Number
No. 20
Height
5′8″
Hometown
New Castle, DE

Brian Fields played running back at Western Michigan (2009–⁠13).

Career highs

132rushing yards, career highvs. Kent State, 20103rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Nicholls, 2013

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2010Western Michigan563626.5374
2011Western Michigan672734.1253
2012Western Michigan683595.3248
2013Western Michigan1505743.8631
Career3411,5684.61374

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2010Western Michigan1428701260
2011Western Michigan5890100
2012Western Michigan173670–––
2013Western Michigan1470–––
Career3779002260

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Western Michigan7517.3111
2011Western Michigan131118.5040
2012Western Michigan131189.1119
2013Western Michigan131229.4019
Career464028.7240

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFL
2010114370
2011124151
2012113690
On file1110211

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Western Michigan20RB
2010Western Michigan20RB
2011Western Michigan20RB
2012Western Michigan20RB
2013Western Michigan20RB5′8″

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
2013Western Michigan1630.0336th (n=226)0.074.222%0.00

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 Western Michigan 11 games, 574 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30atMichigan StateL 13–⁠2612240–––
Sep 7vs.NichollsL 23–⁠27191033–––
Sep 14atNorthwesternL 17–⁠3813790–––
Sep 21atIowaL 3–⁠5915580–––
Sep 28vs.Kent StateL 14–⁠32191061–––
Oct 5atToledoL 20–⁠478100–––
Oct 12vs.BuffaloL 0–⁠337180–––
Oct 26atMassachusettsW 31–⁠3018650–––
Nov 9atEastern MichiganL 32–⁠3517451–––
Nov 16vs.Central MichiganL 22–⁠2715441–––
Nov 26atNorthern IllinoisL 14–⁠337220147–
2012 Western Michigan 9 games, 359 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 8vs.Eastern IllinoisW 52–⁠2114660–––
Sep 15atMinnesotaL 23–⁠282130347–
Sep 22vs.UConnW 30–⁠24390–––
Sep 29vs.ToledoL 17–⁠374591481–
Oct 6vs.MassachusettsW 52–⁠1411710128–
Oct 13atBall StateL 24–⁠3018961251–
Oct 20atKent StateL 24–⁠41102505122–
Oct 27vs.Northern IllinoisL 34–⁠486200238–
Nov 3atCentral MichiganW 42–⁠31––––––
2011 Western Michigan 11 games, 273 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 10vs.NichollsW 38–⁠78542–––
Sep 17vs.Central MichiganW 44–⁠143150–––
Sep 24atIllinoisL 20–⁠238180–––
Oct 1atUConnW 38–⁠318160–––
Oct 8vs.Bowling GreenW 45–⁠219790––1
Oct 15atNorthern IllinoisL 22–⁠518370–––
Oct 22atEastern MichiganL 10–⁠146280–––
Nov 8atToledoL 63–⁠66100–––
Nov 16atMiami (OH)W 24–⁠2110200363–
Nov 25vs.AkronW 68–⁠19340226–
Dec 27 ✦vs.PurdueL 32–⁠37320–––

No box score in the source for Sep 3 at Michigan, so that game is not listed.

2010 Western Michigan 11 games, 362 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 4atMichigan StateL 14–⁠38––––––
Sep 11vs.NichollsW 49–⁠147420–––
Sep 18vs.ToledoL 24–⁠372−20––1
Oct 2vs.IdahoL 13–⁠33120252–
Oct 9atBall StateW 45–⁠16560357–
Oct 16atNotre DameL 20–⁠442105105–
Oct 30vs.Northern IllinoisL 21–⁠28130142–
Nov 5atCentral MichiganL 22–⁠2613710331–
Nov 13vs.Eastern MichiganW 45–⁠30111072–––
Nov 20vs.Kent StateW 38–⁠3131321–––
Nov 26atBowling GreenW 41–⁠7100–––

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

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