Player Dossier

2017-2021

Marshall

Brandon Drayton

S • 6'3" • 210 lbs • Largo, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Drayton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

97

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

71

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Player Story

Brandon Drayton built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a safety from Largo, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Brandon Drayton's career was his defensive production: 270...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8458

Largo · Largo, FL

Committed To
Marshall
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Brandon Drayton, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Marshall. Brandon Drayton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
270
TFL
12
Sacks
3
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
11
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Brandon Drayton quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · S
Career Tackles
270
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Marshall
Top game
Florida Atlantic
Recruit profile
3-star · Largo · Marshall
High school pipeline
Largo · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
70 tackles · S 44th (top 9%) · Conference USA 27th (top 5%) · National 266th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonMarshall96230-5055.8
2018 Regular SeasonMarshall12472032253.3
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall6463.51.5-1053
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall8451111038.7
2021 PostseasonMarshall910-0--053.5
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall9602.50.512053.5

Related Context

Brandon Drayton played S for Marshall. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon Drayton recorded 270 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Marshall paired 8 primary output with 37.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 41.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Marshall

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

41.3

Usage

7.5

Consistency

33.3

Best Game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 1. Ohio: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Old Dominion: 1. Florida Atlantic: 4

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. Boise State: 13 by 60. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Cincinnati: 10 by 41.7. Middle Tennessee: 7 by 29.2. Old Dominion: 7 by 39.2. Florida Atlantic: 6 by 65

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -1.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

Best efficiency game

65 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Fri 10/18@ Florida AtlanticSplash gameW 36-3163211
Sat 10/12vs Old DominionW 31-17710.500.500
Sat 10/5@ Middle TennesseeL 13-2475000
Sat 9/28vs Cincinnati10+ tacklesL 14-52101000
Sat 9/14vs OhioW 33-3131000
Sat 9/7@ Boise State10+ tacklesL 7-14139100

Player Story

Brandon Drayton story

Brandon Drayton built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a safety from Largo, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Brandon Drayton's career was his defensive production: 270 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Marshall. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Brandon Drayton's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 11 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Marshall.

The arc is straightforward: Brandon Drayton 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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    Marshall

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonMarshall837.66.2
2018 Regular SeasonMarshall8234.20
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall641.37.5-2
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall529.76.5-1
2021 PostseasonMarshall638.25.61
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall638.25.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 8 · W 36-31 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Western Kentucky

Week 6 · W 38-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 10 · L 25-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#4

vs UAB

Week 11 · L 14-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 6 · L 24-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Marshall

8 primary output · 37.6 efficiency · 6.2 usage

55.8

#2

2021 Postseason · Marshall

53.5

6 primary · 38.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Marshall

53.5

6 primary · 38.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

7

Splash games

8

10+ tackle games