Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Bowling Green
Brian Sanders
DL • 6'4" • 255 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brian Sanders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Bowling Green
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Brian Sanders built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Detroit, MI wearing No. 58, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of Brian Sanders' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Bowling Green
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Brian Sanders, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green. Brian Sanders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 33
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Brian Sanders quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Bowling Green · DL
- Career Tackles
- 33
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green
- Top game
- Kent State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Cass Technical · Bowling Green
- High school pipeline
- Cass Technical · 77 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 58 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 10 | 24 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 40.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Brian Sanders played DL for Bowling Green. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brian Sanders recorded 33 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Bowling Green.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Bowling Green paired 5.5 primary output with 15.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
15.5
Usage
4.2
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 1.5. South Dakota: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Miami (OH): 1. Ohio: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Kent State: 3. Buffalo: 0. Toledo: 0. Eastern Michigan: 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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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan State: 2 by 23.3. South Dakota: 3 by 12.5. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 1 by 14.2. Ohio: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 6 by 25. Kent State: 3 by 42.5. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 2 · +1.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 8 · -1.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/22 | @ Eastern Michigan | L 31-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/16 | vs Toledo | L 37-66 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/8 | @ Buffalo | L 28-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/1 | @ Kent StateSplash game | W 44-16 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Northern Illinois | L 17-48 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Ohio | L 30-48 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Miami (OH) | W 37-29 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Middle Tennessee | L 13-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs South Dakota | L 27-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Michigan State | L 10-35 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brian Sanders story
Brian Sanders built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Detroit, MI wearing No. 58, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of Brian Sanders' career was his defensive production: 33 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Brian Sanders' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Bowling Green
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 1 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 5.5 | 15.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kent State
Week 10 · W 44-16 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Memphis
Week 4 · L 3-77
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Miami (OH)
Week 6 · W 37-29 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
49.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Michigan State
Week 1 · L 10-35
1.5
Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Northern Illinois
Week 8 · L 17-48 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
16.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green
5.5 primary output · 15.5 efficiency · 4.2 usage
40.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green
12.6
1 primary · 7.9 efficiency · 2.3 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Bowling Green
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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