Last confirmed: Mississippi State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 215 lb · Tunica, MS
Brandon Bryant: DB · Mississippi State · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Brandon Bryant
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his third year in the same secondary at Mississippi State. One game to point at: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Auburn — Week 5, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 0.5 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.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 32 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 62 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Career | 94 | 48 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-0vs Charleston Southern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 57-21@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-7vs No. 12 LSU | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-31@ No. 11 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-49@ No. 13 Auburn | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 35-10vs BYU | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-7vs Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-14@ Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-23vs Massachusetts | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31vs No. 1 Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-31vs Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%0 TFL32 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Dan Mullen — 24-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
36.2%
353 pass / 623 run
Plays / game
75.1
13 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
380 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Mississippi State, 94 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dan Mullen.
