Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Purdue
Brennan Thieneman
S • 6'1" • 210 lbs • Noblesville, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brennan Thieneman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Brennan Thieneman built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a safety from Noblesville, IN wearing No. 38, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Brennan Thieneman's career was his defensive...
Read the storyBrennan Thieneman, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Purdue. Brennan Thieneman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 111
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Brennan Thieneman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · S
- Career Tackles
- 111
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Latest roster
- No. 38 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · S 117th (top 26%) · Big Ten 64th (top 12%) · National 669th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 8 | 28 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Purdue | 11 | 49 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 42.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Purdue | 6 | 33 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 23.2 |
Related Context
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Brennan Thieneman played S for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brennan Thieneman recorded 111 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Purdue paired 3.5 primary output with 21.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 24.6 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: Northwestern
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
24.6
Usage
4.1
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Illinois: 0. Northwestern: 1. Minnesota: 0. Rutgers: 0. Nebraska: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 5 by 20.8. Illinois: 7 by 29.2. Northwestern: 6 by 35. Minnesota: 3 by 12.5. Rutgers: 8 by 33.3. Nebraska: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
35 vs Northwestern
Player Story
Brennan Thieneman story
Brennan Thieneman built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a safety from Noblesville, IN wearing No. 38, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Brennan Thieneman's career was his defensive production: 111 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 5 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Brennan Thieneman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Purdue
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 2 | 17.1 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Purdue | 3.5 | 21.7 | 4.3 | 1.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Purdue | 1 | 24.6 | 4.1 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northwestern
Week 11 · W 24-22 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 13 · W 28-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#3
vs TCU
Week 3 · L 13-34
1
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Nebraska
Week 10 · W 31-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Northwestern
Week 11 · L 20-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Purdue
3.5 primary output · 21.7 efficiency · 4.3 usage
42.5
#2
2017 Regular Season · Purdue
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Purdue
26
2 primary · 17.1 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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