Senior linebacker for Bowling Green. 2022: 16 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
6′0″ · 250 lb · Detroit, MI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 1027 nationally · Signed with Maryland
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Bowling Green. 2022: 16 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
Bryce Brand
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Five head coaches in six seasons, at three different programs. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Akron — Week 5, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Bowling Green, 75 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Jinks, Carl Pelini, and Scot Loeffler. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (7th 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
2022 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eddie George
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 16 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 30 | 20 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Maryland | 12 | 8 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Maryland | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Maryland | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 75 | 45 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022
W 34–31
vs Marshall
1 TOT · 1 PD
Edged out Marshall at home in a shootout.
With S. Sir — 41 AVG · 46 LONG · 9 NO · M. McDonald — 282 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.7 · 24 rush yds (8 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-45@ UCLA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 57-59vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-31vs Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-45@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-28@ Akron | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 7-38vs Buffalo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-38@ Ohio | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 2 |
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Desmond Purnell’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Ray Leutele's graduate season at New Mexico (2022).
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Player DNA