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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018North 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.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 11 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 11 | 46 | 6 | 3.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 14 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 14 | 65 | 6.5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 48.1 |
| 2018 Postseason | North Texas | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 80.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Texas | 13 | 61 | 17 | 6.5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 80.4 |
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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
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 33.5 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: SMU
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · North Texas
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
33.5
Usage
8.4
Consistency
37.1
Best Game by takeover score
SMU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Troy: 0. Lamar: 1. SMU: 5. Iowa: 1. UAB: 4. Southern Miss: 1.5. UTSA: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0.5. Old Dominion: 2. Louisiana Tech: 0.5. UTEP: 1. Army: 0. Rice: 2. Florida Atlantic: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Troy: 3 by 12.5. Lamar: 1 by 14.2. SMU: 2 by 58.3. Iowa: 6 by 35. UAB: 5 by 60.8. Southern Miss: 4 by 31.7. UTSA: 7 by 29.2. Florida Atlantic: 5 by 25.8. Old Dominion: 4 by 36.7. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 30. UTEP: 4 by 26.7. Army: 10 by 41.7. Rice: 3 by 32.5. Florida Atlantic: 8 by 33.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 9 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 5 · -0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
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14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
SMU
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs UAB
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/16 | vs Troy | L 30-50 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/2 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 17-41 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | @ RiceSplash game | W 30-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Army10+ tackles | W 52-49 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs UTEP | W 45-10 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 24-23 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Old DominionSplash game | W 45-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 31-69 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs UTSA | W 29-26 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Southern Miss | W 43-28 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs UABSplash game | W 46-43 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Iowa | L 14-31 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ SMUSplash game | L 32-54 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Lamar | W 59-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 11.5 | 28.5 | 7.3 | 11.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 11.5 | 28.5 | 7.3 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 18.5 | 33.5 | 8.4 | 7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 18.5 | 33.5 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | North Texas | 35.5 | 47.7 | 13.8 | 17 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Texas | 35.5 | 47.7 | 13.8 | 0 |
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
6
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
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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
4
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
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