Player Dossier

2017-2022

USC

Brandon Pili

DL • 6'3" • 345 lbs • Anchorage, AK, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Pili shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

26

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Brandon Pili built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Anchorage, AK wearing No. 91, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Brandon Pili's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.905

McCallie School · Chattanooga, TN

Committed To
Syracuse
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Brandon Pili, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · USC. Brandon Pili shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
64
TFL
9
Sacks
3
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Brandon Pili quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · DL
Career Tackles
64
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 34 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · USC
Top game
California
Recruit profile
4-star · McCallie School · Syracuse
High school pipeline
McCallie School · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 91 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
21 tackles · DL 298th (top 31%) · Pac-12 169th (top 32%) · National 1,797th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonUSC714-0--040.4
2018 Regular SeasonUSC581.50.51-020.9
2019 PostseasonUSC101-0--059.2
2019 Regular SeasonUSC101751.513059.2
2020 Regular SeasonUSC13-0--043.3
2021 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonUSC11212.511-024.5

Related Context

Brandon Pili played DL for USC. Across 6 tracked seasons, Brandon Pili recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

USC paired 10.5 primary output with 18 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

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 Regular Season · USC

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

8.3

Usage

1.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 0. Utah: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Arizona State: 0. Colorado: 0. UCLA: 0. Stanford: 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. Oregon State: 3 by 12.5. Utah: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 2 by 8.3. Arizona State: 3 by 12.5. Colorado: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona State

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Arizona State

Result
Sat 12/2vs StanfordW 31-2821000
Sun 11/19vs UCLAW 28-2310000
Sat 11/11@ ColoradoW 38-2422000
Sun 10/29@ Arizona StateW 48-1730000
Sat 10/21@ Notre DameL 14-4920000
Sun 10/15vs UtahW 28-2710000
Sat 10/7vs Oregon StateW 38-1030000

Player Story

Brandon Pili story

Brandon Pili built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Anchorage, AK wearing No. 91, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Brandon Pili's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Brandon Pili's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    USC

    2017-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonUSC08.31.6
2018 Regular SeasonUSC312.73.53
2019 PostseasonUSC10.5186.47.5
2019 Regular SeasonUSC10.5186.40
2020 Regular SeasonUSC012.52.1-10.5
2021 Regular SeasonUSC00
2022 Regular SeasonUSC4.5123.74.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ California

Week 12 · W 41-17 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Colorado

Week 9 · W 35-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

vs UNLV

Week 1 · W 43-21

2

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#4

vs Fresno State

Week 3 · W 45-17

2

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Arizona State

Week 11 · W 31-26 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · USC

10.5 primary output · 18 efficiency · 6.4 usage

59.2

#2

2019 Regular Season · USC

59.2

10.5 primary · 18 efficiency · 6.4 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · USC

43.3

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games