Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31@ West Virginia | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Fordham | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-22@ Delaware | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
#25
Brandon Rose
Sophomore safety on Coastal Carolina's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 188 lb · Charlotte, NC · Mallard Creek
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 986 nationally · Signed with Coastal Carolina
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Sophomore safety on Coastal Carolina's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Coastal Carolina in 2025.
How he projects
Erases the deep middle of the field.
Grades highest in speed and press coverage.
The full scouting readBrandon Rose
Erases the deep middle of the field. One game to point at: 9 tackles, 0.5 TFL against West Virginia — Week 1, 2026.
16 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Coastal Carolina3-star out of Mallard Creek
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Coastal Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
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Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Coastal Carolina | 16 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 16 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log
Game by game
Brandon Rose's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 45–7
vs Fordham
2 pass breakups
Dominant 38-point win at home against Fordham.
With R. Podesta — 39.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20 · D. Bailey — 203 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 30.0 · 21 rush yds (4 car)
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +7 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
2026Coastal Carolina1-2HC: Ryan Beard · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (92nd percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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.
Defensive profile
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%0 TFL16 tackles · 0 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Road2g | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Beard
Pass share
47.4%
91 pass / 101 run
Plays / game
64.0
3 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
108 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
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His 2026 production profile sits closest to Jamoral Graham’s 2016 season.
83%match
Matches Jamoral on
Tackle volume
PD rate
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Jaylen Mbakwe's freshman season at Alabama (2024).
90%match
Matches Jaylen on
Class year
Tackle volume
Weight
Background
2025 (Freshman) Appeared in five games Did not record a statistic High School Played at Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte, N.C. Rated as a composite three-star prospect Ranked among the Top 30 players in North Carolina Earned First Team All-Conference honors at defensive back Named to the…
The secondary · Coastal Carolina
- #2Ja'Marion Wayne59 tackles · 2025
- #14Myles Woods46 tackles · 2025
- #12Dre Pinckney38 tackles · 2025
- #17Chris Henry10 tackles · 2025
- #25Brandon Rose3 games · 2026
18 more on the roster · Coastal Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology