Player Dossier

2019-2023

Oregon

Brandon Dorlus

DE • 6'3" • 290 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Dorlus shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

53%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

54

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

47

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Oregon

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Oregon
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Brandon Dorlus built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive end from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Brandon Dorlus' career was his defensive...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 9
Overall
No. 109
NFL Team
Atlanta Falcons

Brandon Dorlus, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Oregon. Brandon Dorlus shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
102
TFL
27
Sacks
12
QB hurries
14
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Brandon Dorlus quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon · DE
Career Tackles
102
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 51 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Oregon
Top game
Stanford
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 4 · Pick 9 · Atlanta Falcons
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
25 tackles · DE 83rd (top 29%) · Pac-12 148th (top 28%) · National 1,612th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonOregon55211-016.5
2020 PostseasonOregon7210--021.3
2020 Regular SeasonOregon7101111021.3
2021 PostseasonOregon132-0--042.6
2021 Regular SeasonOregon132372.532042.6
2022 PostseasonOregon130-0-1054.1
2022 Regular SeasonOregon13359.52.521054.1
2023 Regular SeasonOregon13256.5577066.5

Related Context

Brandon Dorlus played DE for Oregon. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon Dorlus recorded 102 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Oregon.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Oregon paired 25.5 primary output with 27.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: USC

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2020 Postseason · Oregon

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

14.3

Usage

4.5

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 1. Stanford: 0. Washington State: 0. UCLA: 0. Oregon State: 0. California: 1. USC: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa State: 2 by 18.3. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Washington State: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. California: 2 by 18.3. USC: 3 by 42.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.1 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

USC

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs USC

Result
Sat 1/2@ Iowa StateL 17-3422100
Sat 12/19@ USCSplash gameW 31-2433111
Sun 12/6@ CaliforniaL 17-2121000
Sat 11/28@ Oregon StateL 38-4110000
Sat 11/21vs UCLAW 38-3510000
Sun 11/15@ Washington StateW 43-2921000
Sun 11/8vs StanfordW 35-1410000

Player Story

Brandon Dorlus story

Brandon Dorlus built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive end from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Brandon Dorlus' career was his defensive production: 102 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 12 passes defended across 51 career games in the available record. That gives Brandon Dorlus' 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

    Oregon

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonOregon412.23
2020 PostseasonOregon514.34.51
2020 Regular SeasonOregon514.34.50
2021 PostseasonOregon14.519.25.69.5
2021 Regular SeasonOregon14.519.25.60
2022 PostseasonOregon1623.59.31.5
2022 Regular SeasonOregon1623.59.30
2023 Regular SeasonOregon25.527.68.59.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Stanford

Week 5 · W 45-27 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Washington

Week 7 · L 33-36 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#3

@ USC

Week 16 · W 31-24 · 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.

#4

vs Arizona

Week 4 · W 41-19 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Stanford

Week 5 · W 42-6 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Oregon

25.5 primary output · 27.6 efficiency · 8.5 usage

66.5

#2

2022 Postseason · Oregon

54.1

16 primary · 23.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Oregon

54.1

16 primary · 23.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

18

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games