Player Dossier

2005-2008

Fresno State

Tom Brandstater

Impact contributor

Tom Brandstater shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

37

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Weber State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8094

McGill Toolen · Mobile, AL

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2009
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 1
Overall
No. 174
NFL Team
Denver Broncos

Tom Brandstater, player. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Fresno State. Tom Brandstater shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Tom Brandstater quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · Position unavailable
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 42 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Fresno State
Top game
Weber State
Recruit profile
3-star · McGill Toolen · Southern Miss
High school pipeline
Hanford · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2009 · Round 6 · Pick 1 · Denver Broncos
Latest roster
Class 2008

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2005 Regular SeasonFresno State5015.6
2006 Regular SeasonFresno State1101456.3
2007 Regular SeasonFresno State1301863.1
2008 Regular SeasonFresno State1302268.6

Related Context

Tom Brandstater is listed for Fresno State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Fresno State paired 22 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2008 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · Fresno State

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

1.7

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

37.1

Best Game by takeover score

Toledo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado State: 1. Rutgers: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Toledo: 5. UCLA: 3. Hawai'i: 0. Idaho: 3. Utah State: 1. Louisiana Tech: 4. Nevada: 2. New Mexico State: 2. San José State: 0. Boise State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2 · Games = 7 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 6 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Toledo

Best efficiency game

— vs Colorado State

Result
Sat 12/20vs Colorado StateL 35-40132318656.51124204
Fri 11/28@ Boise StateL 10-61233721162.2023-10-3.3003
Sat 11/22@ San José StateW 24-105187127.8012-18-900
Sat 11/15vs New Mexico StateW 24-17142014670.00012201.70213
Sat 11/8vs NevadaL 28-41234326053.5222147023
Sat 11/1@ Louisiana TechL 35-38233829660.54133107
Sat 10/25@ Utah StateW 30-28253625769.41013303
Sun 10/12vs IdahoW 45-32142312560.9205-12-2.4012
Sun 10/5vs Hawai'iL 29-32122420450.00360004
Sat 9/27@ UCLAW 36-31213023670.0311-11-1100
Sun 9/21@ ToledoW 55-54222823178.6405-10-213
Sun 9/14vs WisconsinL 10-13152722555.6117-21-303
Mon 9/1@ RutgersW 24-7112421645.8002-12-600

Career Arc

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    Fresno State

    2005-2008

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2005200620072008
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2005 Regular SeasonFresno State1
2006 Regular SeasonFresno State1413
2007 Regular SeasonFresno State184
2008 Regular SeasonFresno State224

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Weber State

Week 2 · W 55-17

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

1 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 13 · W 34-27 · Conference game

3

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

3 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Kansas State

Week 13 · W 45-29

3

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

3 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Hawai'i

Week 11 · L 30-37 · Conference game

3

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

3 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Texas A&M

Week 2 · L 45-47

3

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

3 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Fresno State

22 primary output · efficiency · usage

68.6

#2

2007 Regular Season · Fresno State

63.1

18 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2006 Regular Season · Fresno State

56.3

14 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

13

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games