Brandon Whitaker (born September 7, 1985 in Edmond, Oklahoma) is a professional Canadian football running back for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Alouettes in 2008. He played college football for the Baylor Bears. In 2011, he took over the starting role from Avon Cobourne and it had huge returns as he led the CFL in rushing with 1,381 yards. He also added 638 receiving yards to surpass 2,000 yards from scrimmage and had six 100 yard rushing games.