Last confirmed: Penn State, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · Mays Landing, NJ · Oakcrest
Brandon Bell: LB · Penn State · #11.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Brandon Bell
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. This is his third year in the same linebacker corps at Penn State. One game to point at: 18 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Michigan State — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
89 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Penn State | 89 | 41 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2014 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 89 | 41 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 3 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-13vs Kent State | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 39-42@ Pittsburgh | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs No. 2 Ohio State | 18 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 18 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 62-24@ Purdue | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-14vs Iowa | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-31@ Indiana | 9 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 12 | W 39-0@ Rutgers | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-12vs Michigan State | 18 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-31vs No. 6 Wisconsin | 13 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 49-52vs No. 9 USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 89 | 41 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
Week 8 · 2016
W 24-21
vs Ohio State
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 18 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
89tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%8 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups89 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 4 sacks · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under James Franklin — 25-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 11.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 7.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 10.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
42.6%
390 pass / 525 run
Plays / game
65.4
14 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
427 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
89 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 89 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill O'Brien → James Franklin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
