Player Dossier

2008-2009

Florida

Brandon Spikes

LB • 6'3" • Shelby, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Spikes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

83%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

70

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: LSU

Player Story

Brandon Spikes built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a linebacker from Shelby, NC wearing No. 51, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Brandon Spikes' career was his defensive production: 6...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.9831

Crest · Shelby, NC

Committed To
Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2010
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 30
Overall
No. 62
NFL Team
New England Patriots

Brandon Spikes, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Florida. Brandon Spikes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
4
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2009 · Florida · Player Highlight

Brandon Spikes college highlights at Florida.

Season
2009
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Brandon Spikes quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 5 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Florida
Top game
LSU
Recruit profile
4-star · Crest · Florida
High school pipeline
Crest · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2010 · Round 2 · Pick 30 · New England Patriots
Latest roster
No. 51 · Class 2009

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonFlorida30-0--261.5
2009 Regular SeasonFlorida20-0--256.7

Related Context

Brandon Spikes played LB for Florida. Across 2 tracked seasons, Brandon Spikes recorded 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Florida paired 4 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · Florida

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 1. Florida International: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida International

Best efficiency game

20 vs Florida International

Result
Sat 11/21vs Florida InternationalW 62-31
Sat 10/31vs GeorgiaW 41-171

Player Story

Brandon Spikes story

Brandon Spikes built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a linebacker from Shelby, NC wearing No. 51, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Brandon Spikes' career was his defensive production: 6 interceptions across 5 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Florida. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Brandon Spikes' production has multiple signals. With 5 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida.

The arc is straightforward: Brandon Spikes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Florida

    2008-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonFlorida426.7
2009 Regular SeasonFlorida220-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs LSU

Week 7 · W 51-21 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

vs Florida International

Week 12 · W 62-3

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Georgia

Week 9 · W 41-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida State

Week 14 · W 45-15

1

Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

#5

vs South Carolina

Week 12 · W 56-6 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Florida

4 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · usage

61.5

#2

2009 Regular Season · Florida

56.7

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games