Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017Idaho
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.
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
50
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Idaho | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Idaho | 12 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 3 | 35.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Idaho | 2 | 8 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 49 |
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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 State | — | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Idaho | 0 | 2.1 | 0.4 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Idaho | 0 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Idaho | 1 | 21.7 | 2.9 | 1 |
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
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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
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