Brett Anderson II: S · Ball State · #23.
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Brett Anderson II
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Arrived as a two-star recruit; five seasons of production at Ball State since. On tape: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Penn State, Week 2, 2021.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ball State | 68 | 46 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Ball State | 47 | 23 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | Ball State | 20 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Ball State | 62 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Ball State | 29 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 226 | 130 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-21vs Western Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-44@ No. 11 Penn State | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 12-45@ Wyoming | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 12-22vs Toledo | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-16vs Army | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20@ Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-31@ Eastern Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-25@ Akron | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 29-30@ Northern Illinois | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-37vs Central Michigan | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 41 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
68tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL68 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
5 seasons under Mike Neu — 24-33 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
50.3%
439 pass / 434 run
Plays / game
72.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
68 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #205 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Ball State, 226 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 45 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Neu.
