Player Dossier

2017-2022

Western Michigan

Bricen Garner

S • 6'1" • 185 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bricen Garner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

9

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Pittsburgh • Western Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Player Story

Bricen Garner built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a safety from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 2, spending time with Pittsburgh and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Bricen Garner's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.855

Avon Old Farms · Avon, CT

Committed To
Wisconsin
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Bricen Garner, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Bricen Garner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
161
TFL
6
Sacks
0.5
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Bricen Garner quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Michigan · S
Career Tackles
161
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Top game
Northern Illinois
Recruit profile
3-star · Avon Old Farms · Wisconsin
High school pipeline
Avon Old Farms · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
66 tackles · S 45th (top 9%) · Mid-American 36th (top 7%) · National 277th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonPittsburgh10300.50-2024.3
2018 Regular SeasonPittsburgh47-0--039.5
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh45-0--037.7
2020 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan6453.50.5-4057.9
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan48-0--013.1
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan106620-4060.8

Related Context

Bricen Garner played S for Pittsburgh and Western Michigan. Across 6 tracked seasons, Bricen Garner recorded 161 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Western Michigan paired 8 primary output with 35.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 5.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Pittsburgh, Western Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duke

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

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2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

5.2

Usage

1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Delaware: 0. Duke: 0. Syracuse: 0. Georgia Tech: 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. Delaware: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 2 by 8.3. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

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

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Duke

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Duke

Result
Sat 11/2@ Georgia TechW 20-1011000
Fri 10/18@ SyracuseW 27-2010000
Sun 10/6@ DukeW 33-3021000
Sat 9/28vs DelawareW 17-1411000

Player Story

Bricen Garner story

Bricen Garner built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a safety from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 2, spending time with Pittsburgh and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Bricen Garner's career was his defensive production: 161 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Bricen Garner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Pittsburgh

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Michigan

    2020-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonPittsburgh3.5163.3
2018 Regular SeasonPittsburgh07.31.4-3.5
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh05.210
2020 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan843.278
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan110.92.5-7
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan835.56.37

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Northern Illinois

Week 13 · W 30-27 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

95.6 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Northern Illinois

Week 11 · L 21-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#3

vs New Hampshire

Week 5 · W 44-7

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#4

vs Youngstown State

Week 1 · W 28-21

2

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Toledo

Week 11 · W 41-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

55.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Western Michigan

8 primary output · 35.5 efficiency · 6.3 usage

60.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Western Michigan

57.9

8 primary · 43.2 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

39.5

0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games