| No. 33 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Running back | ||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Born | (1988-12-14)December 14, 1988 (age 36) Piqua, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| High school | Piqua | ||||||||||
| College | Ohio State | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2011: undrafted | ||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||
| Awards and highlights | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Brandon Croft Saine (born December 14, 1988) is an American former professionalfootball player who was arunning back for theGreen Bay Packers of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theOhio State Buckeyes. Saine was signed by the Packers as anundrafted free agent in 2011.
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 2006Mr. Football Award recipient and was ranked second overall in the 2007 football recruiting class from Ohio byRivals.com, and ranked 50th among theRivals 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 alsolettered intrack at Piqua and currently holds theOhio 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]
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]
| Season | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2007 | 60 | 267 | 4.5 | 2 | 12 | 160 | 13.3 | 1 |
| 2008 | 26 | 65 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 145 | 739 | 5.1 | 4 | 17 | 224 | 13.2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 70 | 337 | 4.8 | 2 | 23 | 195 | 8.5 | 5 |
| Total | 301 | 1,408 | 4.7 | 9 | 55 | 616 | 11.2 | 8 |
| Source:[8] | ||||||||
Saine was signed as an undrafted free agent by theGreen Bay Packers on July 28, 2011.[9] Saine was released by the Packers on April 24, 2013 after failing a physical.
