Tony Bradford Jr.: DL · Texas Tech · #97.
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Tony Bradford Jr.
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Texas Tech. One game to point at: 7 tackles against TCU — Week 10, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
Yahoo Sports Nov 3
On3 Oct 28
Heartland College Sports Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 42 | 17 | 5.5 | 4.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 27 | 18 | 9.0 | 5.5 | -- |
| 2021 | Texas Tech | 32 | 15 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 2020 | Texas Tech | 28 | 20 | 6.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Texas Tech | 13 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 142 | 79 | 30.5 | 15.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 33-35@ Wyoming | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-38vs No. 13 Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-3vs Tarleton State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-20@ West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-28vs Houston | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 39-14@ Baylor | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-38vs Kansas State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-27@ BYU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-28vs TCU | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 16-13@ No. 19 Kansas | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-23vs UCF | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-57@ No. 7 Texas | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-14vs California | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 17 | 5.5 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%6 TFLSack rate
10%4 sacksHurry rate
2%1 hurry42 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
50.3%
471 pass / 465 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
492 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
42 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas Tech, 15 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Matt Wells, Sonny Cumbie, and Joey McGuire. Multi-era developmental context.
