Player Dossier

2019-2023

Georgia Tech

Braelen Oliver

LB • 6'0" • 217 lbs • Douglasville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Braelen Oliver shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

29%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

30

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

55

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Minnesota

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Minnesota • Georgia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

Player Story

Braelen Oliver built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Douglasville, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Georgia Tech and Minnesota. The clearest part of Braelen Oliver's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8511

Douglas County · Douglasville, GA

Committed To
Minnesota
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Braelen Oliver, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Minnesota. Braelen Oliver shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
105
TFL
9.5
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Braelen Oliver quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Tech · LB
Career Tackles
105
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Minnesota
Top game
Illinois
Recruit profile
3-star · Douglas County · Minnesota
High school pipeline
Douglas County · 23 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
26 tackles · LB 479th (top 40%) · ACC 164th (top 27%) · National 1,536th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonMinnesota131-0--041.3
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota13213.53-1041.3
2020 Regular SeasonMinnesota00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonMinnesota131-01-022.3
2021 Regular SeasonMinnesota13230.5011022.3
2022 Regular SeasonMinnesota10331.50.5-1024.9
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech102640-1036.4

Related Context

Braelen Oliver played LB for Minnesota and Georgia Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Braelen Oliver recorded 105 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Minnesota.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Minnesota paired 7.5 primary output with 12.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Minnesota, Georgia Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

15.8

Usage

6

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Syracuse

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Carolina State: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Boston College: 0. North Carolina: 0. Virginia: 1. Clemson: 1. Syracuse: 2. Georgia: 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. South Carolina State: 5 by 30.8. Ole Miss: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5. Bowling Green: 3 by 12.5. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Virginia: 2 by 18.3. Clemson: 2 by 18.3. Syracuse: 4 by 36.7. Georgia: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Syracuse

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Syracuse

Result
Sun 11/26vs GeorgiaL 23-3111000
Sun 11/19vs SyracuseSplash gameW 31-2242200
Sat 11/11@ ClemsonL 21-4221100
Sat 11/4@ VirginiaW 45-1721001
Sun 10/29vs North CarolinaW 46-4221000
Sat 10/21vs Boston CollegeL 23-3820000
Sat 9/30vs Bowling GreenL 27-3830000
Sat 9/23@ Wake ForestW 30-1630000
Sat 9/16@ Ole MissL 23-4820000
Sat 9/9vs South Carolina StateW 48-1353100

Player Story

Braelen Oliver story

Braelen Oliver built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Douglasville, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Georgia Tech and Minnesota. The clearest part of Braelen Oliver's career was his defensive production: 105 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Braelen Oliver'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

    Minnesota

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Georgia Tech

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonMinnesota7.512.85
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota7.512.850
2020 Regular SeasonMinnesota0-7.5
2021 PostseasonMinnesota3.510.42.63.5
2021 Regular SeasonMinnesota3.510.42.60
2022 Regular SeasonMinnesota316.84-0.5
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech515.862

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Illinois

Week 7 · L 14-26 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Illinois

Week 6 · W 40-17 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Syracuse

Week 12 · W 31-22 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Iowa

Week 12 · L 19-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Maryland

Week 9 · W 52-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Minnesota

7.5 primary output · 12.8 efficiency · 5 usage

41.3

#2

2019 Regular Season · Minnesota

41.3

7.5 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

36.4

5 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 6 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games