Last confirmed: South Carolina, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 230 lb · Columbia, SC · Richland Northeast
T.J. Brunson: LB · South Carolina · #6.
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T.J. Brunson
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. This is his fourth year in the same linebacker corps at South Carolina. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Missouri — Week 4, 2019.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
77 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 6 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | South Carolina | 77 | 44 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 91 | 55 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 88 | 53 | 4.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | South Carolina | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 268 | 160 | 17.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-24@ North Carolina | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 72-10vs Charleston Southern | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-47vs No. 2 Alabama | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-34@ Missouri | 12 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 24-7vs Kentucky | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-17@ No. 3 Georgia | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-38vs No. 9 Florida | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-41@ Tennessee | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs Vanderbilt | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 15-20vs App State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-38vs No. 3 Clemson | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 77 | 44 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
77tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%6 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
6%5 pass breakups77 tackles · 6 for loss · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Will Muschamp — 26-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 10.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Muschamp
Pass share
54.2%
465 pass / 393 run
Plays / game
71.5
12 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
508 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at South Carolina, 268 tackles — drafted at #238 overall by the New York Giants.
His career
He has a stat line in 42 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Will Muschamp.
Where he ended up · NFL
New York GiantsEntering 7th NFL season
New York GiantsEntering 7th NFL season
