Brandon Saine
No. 33
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1988-12-14) December 14, 1988
Piqua, Ohio, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:Piqua (OH)
College:Ohio State
Undrafted:2011
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts:18
Rushing yards:69
Rushing touchdowns:0
Receptions:10
Receiving yards:69
Receiving touchdowns:0
Player stats at NFL.com

Brandon Croft Saine (born December 14, 1988) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Ohio State. Saine was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2011.

High school career

As a junior, Brandon Saine ran for over 1,300 yards and scored 21 touchdowns while receiving All-State, All-Conference, and Conference Player of the Year honors.[1] In his senior year, he ran for 1,895 yards and 27 touchdowns on 259 carries, while recording 30 receptions for 412 yards, And won state. Saine was the 2006 Mr. Football Award recipient and was ranked second overall in the 2007 football recruiting class from Ohio by Rivals.com, and ranked 50th among the Rivals 100, a list compiled from nationwide recruits.[2] He was said to have run a 4.2 forty time during his senior year [3]

Saine also lettered in track at Piqua and currently holds the Ohio Division I record in the 100-meter dash, with a time of 10.38, which he set in 2006.[4] He had four state track titles and a national championship in the 60-meter dash.[5]

College career

Saine was compared to Reggie Bush while entering his Freshman year at Ohio State, due to his ability to be a jack of all trades, running, blocking and even spending time in the slot as a WR. Saine has been officially timed at 4.4 seconds in the forty yard dash,[6] although he has been unofficially timed at 4.25 seconds.[7]

Statistics

Season Rushing Receiving
AttYdsAvgTDRecYdsAvgTD
2007 602674.521216013.31
2008 26652.5133712.30
2009 1457395.141722413.22
2010 703374.82231958.55
Total3011,4084.795561611.28
Source:[8]

Professional career

Saine was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Green Bay Packers on July 28, 2011.[9] Saine was released by the Packers on April 24, 2013 after failing a physical.

References

  1. ↑ recruiting.scout.com Brandon Saine Profile
  2. ↑ rivals
  3. ↑ "SI.com - In-Saine speed - Jun 7, 2006". CNN. June 7, 2006. Archived from the original on February 6, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  4. ↑ ohsaa.org
  5. ↑ "Dayton Daily News". Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  6. ↑ rivals100
  7. ↑ cleveland.com Ohio State freshman Lamaar Thomas could challenge Brandon Saine for title of fastest Buckeye
  8. ↑ espn.com
  9. ↑ "Green Bay Packers: Brandon Saine". Packers.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
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