Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Duke
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.
Impact Production
93
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Duke | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Duke | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.7 |
| 2018 Postseason | Duke | 9 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Duke | 9 | 36 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 15.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 8 | 52 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 58.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Duke to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 19.6 | Oct 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
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 40.2 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: Middle Tennessee
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Regular Season · Duke
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
40.2
Usage
6.9
Consistency
37.9
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. North Carolina A&T: 1. Middle Tennessee: 5. Virginia Tech: 1.5. Pittsburgh: 1. Georgia Tech: 2. Virginia: 0. Miami: 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. Alabama: 4 by 16.7. North Carolina A&T: 4 by 26.7. Middle Tennessee: 6 by 75. Virginia Tech: 11 by 60.8. Pittsburgh: 10 by 51.7. Georgia Tech: 11 by 65.8. Virginia: 4 by 16.7. Miami: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.9 · Games = 5 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -1.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
75 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Miami | W 27-17 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Virginia | L 14-48 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles · Splash game | W 41-23 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/6 | vs Pittsburgh10+ tackles | L 30-33 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/27 | @ Virginia Tech10+ tackles | W 45-10 | 11 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Middle TennesseeSplash game | W 41-18 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs North Carolina A&T | W 45-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Alabama | L 3-42 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Duke | 0 | 9.7 | 1.8 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | 9.7 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Duke | 1 | 20.1 | 3.6 | 1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Duke | 1 | 20.1 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 10.5 | 40.2 | 6.9 | 9.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | — | — | -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
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