Player Dossier

2014-2018

North Texas

Brandon Garner

LB • 5'11" • 230 lbs • Mansfield, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Garner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

59

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Brandon Garner built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 37, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Brandon Garner's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7978

Mansfield Timberview · Arlington, TX

Committed To
North Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Brandon Garner, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · North Texas. Brandon Garner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
184
TFL
30.5
Sacks
12
QB hurries
18
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Brandon Garner quick answers

Latest team and position
North Texas · LB
Career Tackles
184
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 38 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · North Texas
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
3-star · Mansfield Timberview · North Texas
High school pipeline
Mansfield Timberview · 29 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 37 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
66 tackles · LB 201st (top 18%) · Conference USA 35th (top 6%) · National 339th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonNorth Texas114-0--034.2
2016 Regular SeasonNorth Texas114663.52-034.2
2017 PostseasonNorth Texas143-0--048.1
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Texas14656.5273048.1
2018 PostseasonNorth Texas13510--080.4
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Texas1361176.592080.4

Related Context

Brandon Garner played LB for North Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon Garner recorded 184 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

North Texas paired 35.5 primary output with 47.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 47.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · North Texas

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.7

Efficiency

47.7

Usage

13.8

Consistency

73.9

Best Game by takeover score

Liberty

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 1. SMU: 3. Incarnate Word: 3. Arkansas: 4. Liberty: 6. Louisiana Tech: 2.5. UTEP: 0.5. Southern Miss: 2. UAB: 3. Rice: 3. Old Dominion: 2. Florida Atlantic: 2.5. UTSA: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 5 by 30.8. SMU: 6 by 55. Incarnate Word: 7 by 59.2. Arkansas: 4 by 56.7. Liberty: 5 by 70.8. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 54.2. UTEP: 4 by 21.7. Southern Miss: 3 by 32.5. UAB: 5 by 50.8. Rice: 4 by 46.7. Old Dominion: 9 by 57.5. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 41.7. UTSA: 3 by 42.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins3 · Games = 9 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses2.1 · Games = 4 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Liberty

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Liberty

Result
Sat 12/15vs Utah StateL 13-5254100
Sun 11/25@ UTSASplash gameW 24-2133110
Fri 11/16vs Florida AtlanticSplash gameW 41-38422.5000
Sat 11/10@ Old DominionSplash gameL 31-3494100
Sat 10/27vs RiceSplash gameW 41-1743210
Sat 10/20@ UABSplash gameL 21-2954110
Sat 10/13vs Southern MissSplash gameW 30-731100
Sat 10/6@ UTEPW 27-24410.5000
Sat 9/29vs Louisiana TechSplash gameL 27-29730.5000
Sat 9/22@ LibertySplash gameW 47-755311
Sat 9/15@ ArkansasSplash gameW 44-1743210
Sat 9/8vs Incarnate WordSplash gameW 58-16731.500.501
Sat 9/1vs SMUSplash gameW 46-2361110

Player Story

Brandon Garner story

Brandon Garner built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 37, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Brandon Garner's career was his defensive production: 184 tackles, 30.5 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with North Texas. 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 Garner's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Texas.

The arc is straightforward: Brandon Garner 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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    North Texas

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonNorth Texas0
2015 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00
2016 PostseasonNorth Texas11.528.57.311.5
2016 Regular SeasonNorth Texas11.528.57.30
2017 PostseasonNorth Texas18.533.58.47
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Texas18.533.58.40
2018 PostseasonNorth Texas35.547.713.817
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Texas35.547.713.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Marshall

Week 6 · W 38-21 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Liberty

Week 4 · W 47-7

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Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#3

@ SMU

Week 2 · L 32-54

5

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#4

vs UAB

Week 4 · W 46-43 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Arkansas

Week 3 · W 44-17

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Havoc Plays

74.5 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · North Texas

35.5 primary output · 47.7 efficiency · 13.8 usage

80.4

#2

2018 Regular Season · North Texas

80.4

35.5 primary · 47.7 efficiency · 13.8 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · North Texas

48.1

18.5 primary · 33.5 efficiency · 8.4 usage

Milestones

13

Impact games

17

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games