Senior defensive lineman for Wisconsin. 2025: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
6′3″ · 320 lb
The numbers
sack · 2025
3 TFL · 11 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Middle Tennessee
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Wisconsin. 2025: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
Brandon Lane
Wins his gap play after play. He got to Wisconsin by way of Stephen F. Austin. The receipt: 2 tackles, 1 TFL against Minnesota — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Luke Fickell — 9-15 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (6th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 10-27vs Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-37vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-34vs Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-21@ Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-31@ Indiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-10vs Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-17@ Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
2026 Outlook
Wisconsin
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Wisconsin
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wisconsin · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #30 · 2026 recruiting class #78
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Pius Odjugo’s 2024 season.
Matches Pius on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Lawrence Johnson's senior season at Auburn (2023).
Matches Lawrence on
Player DNA