Player Dossier

2017-2020

Duke

Brandon Hill

LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Orangeburg, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Hill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

21

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee

Player Story

Brandon Hill built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Orangeburg, SC wearing No. 32, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Brandon Hill's career was his defensive production: 101...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8797

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School · Columbia, SC

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Brandon Hill, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Duke. Brandon Hill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
101
TFL
4.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Brandon Hill quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · LB
Career Tackles
101
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 20 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Duke
Top game
Middle Tennessee
Recruit profile
3-star · Heathwood Hall Episcopal School · Duke
High school pipeline
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 32 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonDuke33-0--041.7
2017 Regular SeasonDuke34-0--041.7
2018 PostseasonDuke96-0--015.7
2018 Regular SeasonDuke936-01-015.7
2019 Regular SeasonDuke8524.5123058.8
2020 Regular SeasonDuke00-0--0-

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Duke to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted19.6Oct 22, 2020

Brandon Hill played LB for Duke. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Hill recorded 101 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Duke paired 10.5 primary output with 40.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 9.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

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

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2017 Postseason · Duke

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

9.7

Usage

1.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Illinois: 0. North Carolina: 0. Wake Forest: 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. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Tue 12/26@ Northern IllinoisW 36-1433000
Sat 11/25@ Wake ForestW 31-2332000
Sat 9/23@ North CarolinaW 27-1710000

Player Story

Brandon Hill story

Brandon Hill built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Orangeburg, SC wearing No. 32, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Brandon Hill's career was his defensive production: 101 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Brandon Hill's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Duke

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720172018201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonDuke09.71.8
2017 Regular SeasonDuke09.71.80
2018 PostseasonDuke120.13.61
2018 Regular SeasonDuke120.13.60
2019 Regular SeasonDuke10.540.26.99.5
2020 Regular SeasonDuke0-10.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 3 · W 41-18

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Georgia Tech

Week 7 · W 41-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Pittsburgh

Week 9 · L 45-54 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

68 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.

#4

@ Virginia Tech

Week 5 · W 45-10 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Pittsburgh

Week 6 · L 30-33 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

49.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Duke

10.5 primary output · 40.2 efficiency · 6.9 usage

58.8

#2

2017 Postseason · Duke

41.7

0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.8 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Duke

41.7

0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.8 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games