The top 5 plays from North Dakota State RB CharMar Brown’s Jerry Rice Award season

North Dakota State running back CharMar Brown was the 14th recipient of the Jerry Rice Award. Brown rushed for 965 yards and 14 touchdowns on 189 carries during the 2024 regular season, an average of 5.1 yards per carry. Brown finished with four 100-yard rushing games and three multi-score games.

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Brown has had a fantastic season filled with great performances. Here are the top plays from his freshman season.

The top plays from Jerry Rice Award winner CharMar Brown's freshman year

The first touchdown

Drive, Drive, Drive. That's how CharMar Brown's first touchdown of his Bison career came. Brown received a goal line handoff and drove the pile forward into the endzone.

CharMar Brown for six! 💪

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48 big ones

Brown's longest run of the year came against Missouri State. Brown hit a hole and burst into the second level of the defense before making a decisive cutback on the safety en route to the endzone.

CharMar Brown goes 48 yards to the house.

42 to 14.

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Third time's the charm

Brown's first three-touchdown game of the season came against Towson. He finished the game with season-highs of three touchdowns and 126 rushing yards.

TOUCHDOWN, Bison!

CharMar Brown ices the game with his 3⃣rd TD run of the day!

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Bringing the Boom

Earlier in the game against Towson, CharMar Brown had to make the most of a three-yard carry. He took an outside run near the sideline before running through two defenders to find the endzone for his second score of the day.

That's a tough man to tackle right there.

Marty Brown scores his 2nd TD of the day, and the Bison lead, 31-10.

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Showing off the vision

An important part of playing running back is having good vision and CharMar Brown showed why his vision made him so special all season long. Against Murray State, Brown made the first defender miss in the backfield before cutting off his offensive lineman to find the end zone.

The Bison are on the board! CharMar Brown caps the opening drive with a 7-yard touchdown run.

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