{{Short description|American football player (born 1988)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Brandon Saine | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | number = 33 | position = Running back | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|12|14}} | birth_place = Piqua, Ohio, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = 220 | high_school = Piqua | college = Ohio State | undraftedyear = 2011 | pastteams = * Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2011}}–{{NFL Year|2012}}) | highlights = * Second-team All-Big Ten (2009) | statleague = NFL | statlabel1 = Rushing attempts | statvalue1 = 18 | statlabel2 = Rushing yards | statvalue2 = 69 | statlabel3 = Receptions | statvalue3 = 10 | statlabel4 = Receiving yards | statvalue4 = 69 | pfr = SainBr00 }}
'''Brandon Croft Saine''' (born December 14, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Saine was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2011.
==Early life== 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.<ref>[http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=2385743 recruiting.scout.com Brandon Saine Profile]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=1&pr_key=48518 rivals]</ref> He was said to have run a 4.2 forty time during his senior year <ref>{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/dave_krider/06/07/highschool.notebook/index.html | work=CNN | title=SI.com - In-Saine speed - Jun 7, 2006 | date=June 7, 2006 | access-date=December 2, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206160857/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/dave_krider/06/07/highschool.notebook/index.html | archive-date=February 6, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/records/tfrecrd.htm ohsaa.org]</ref> He had four state track titles and a national championship in the 60-meter dash.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/12/22/ddn122306personweb.html |title=Dayton Daily News |access-date=2008-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522023113/http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/12/22/ddn122306personweb.html |archive-date=2011-05-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==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,<ref>[http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=48518&Sport=1#colleges rivals100]</ref> although he has been unofficially timed at 4.25 seconds.<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2008/08/ohio_state_freshman_lamaar_tho.html cleveland.com Ohio State freshman Lamaar Thomas could challenge Brandon Saine for title of fastest Buckeye]</ref>
===College statistics=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Season ! colspan="4"| Rushing ! colspan="4"| 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 |- | colspan="9"|<small>Source:<ref>[https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14587/brandon-saine espn.com]</ref></small> |}
==Professional career== Saine was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Green Bay Packers on July 28, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Green Bay Packers: Brandon Saine|url=http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Brandon-Saine/03dddd3e-783e-4cc8-83cb-ee6210befd87|publisher=Packers.com|access-date=2011-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823024005/http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Brandon-Saine/03dddd3e-783e-4cc8-83cb-ee6210befd87|archive-date=2012-08-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> Saine was released by the Packers on April 24, 2013 after failing a physical.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071659/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/saine_brandon00.html Ohio State profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saine, Brandon}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:American football running backs Category:Green Bay Packers players Category:Ohio State Buckeyes football players Category:Sportspeople from Piqua, Ohio Category:Players of American football from Miami County, Ohio