Player Dossier

2016-2017

Idaho

Denzal Brantley

DB • 6'0" • 211 lbs • Leander, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Denzal Brantley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

43

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

50

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

lowhigh

Star Power

42

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Idaho

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Idaho
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

Denzal Brantley built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a defensive back from Leander, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with Idaho. The clearest part of Denzal Brantley's career was his backfield work: 227...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7974

Los Alamitos · Los Alamitos, CA

Committed To
Idaho
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Denzal Brantley, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Idaho. Denzal Brantley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
14
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Denzal Brantley quick answers

Latest team and position
Idaho · DB
Career Tackles
14
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Idaho
Top game
UNLV
Recruit profile
3-star · Los Alamitos · Idaho
High school pipeline
Los Alamitos · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
8 tackles · DB 557th (top 70%) · Sun Belt 279th (top 53%) · National 2,899th (top 51%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 PostseasonIdaho121-0--035.1
2016 Regular SeasonIdaho125-0--335.1
2017 Regular SeasonIdaho28-0-1049

Related Context

Denzal Brantley played DB for Idaho. Across 2 tracked seasons, Denzal Brantley recorded 227 rushing yards, 37 receiving yards, and 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Idaho.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Idaho paired 1 primary output with 21.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Idaho

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

21.7

Usage

2.9

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

25 vs Fresno State

Result
Sun 9/2@ Fresno State64000

Player Story

Denzal Brantley story

Denzal Brantley built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a defensive back from Leander, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with Idaho. The clearest part of Denzal Brantley's career was his backfield work: 227 rushing yards, 49 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 37 receiving yards across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Idaho. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 37 receiving yards, 14 tackles, and 464 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Idaho.

The arc is straightforward: Denzal Brantley 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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    Idaho

    2016-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonIdaho02.10.4
2016 Regular SeasonIdaho02.10.40
2017 Regular SeasonIdaho121.72.91

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UNLV

Week 2 · L 16-44

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

52.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Fresno State

Week 1

0

Havoc Plays

12.5 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Sacramento State

Week 1 · W 28-6

0

Havoc Plays

11.1 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Colorado State

Week 1 · W 61-50 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Texas State

Week 11 · W 47-14 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Idaho

1 primary output · 21.7 efficiency · 2.9 usage

49

#2

2016 Postseason · Idaho

35.1

0 primary · 2.1 efficiency · 0.4 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Idaho

35.1

0 primary · 2.1 efficiency · 0.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games