Player Dossier

2020-2022

Clemson

Bryan Bresee

DT • 6'5" • 305 lbs • Damascus, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bryan Bresee shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

99

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Clemson
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Player Story

Bryan Bresee built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Damascus, MD wearing No. 11, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Bryan Bresee's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9995

Damascus · Damascus, MD

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 30
Overall
No. 29
NFL Team
New Orleans Saints

Bryan Bresee, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Clemson. Bryan Bresee shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
49
TFL
15
Sacks
9
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Bryan Bresee quick answers

Latest team and position
Clemson · DT
Career Tackles
49
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Clemson
Top game
Georgia Tech
Recruit profile
5-star · Damascus · Clemson
High school pipeline
Damascus · 12 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 1 · Pick 30 · New Orleans Saints
Latest roster
No. 11 · Sophomore
2022 Tackles rank
13 tackles · DT 105th (top 52%) · ACC 259th (top 43%) · National 2,410th (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 PostseasonClemson1152.51--055.3
2020 Regular SeasonClemson11184332055.3
2021 Regular SeasonClemson41331.52-044.6
2022 PostseasonClemson7111--056.6
2022 Regular SeasonClemson7124.52.511056.6

Related Context

Bryan Bresee played DT for Clemson. Across 3 tracked seasons, Bryan Bresee recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Clemson.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Clemson paired 11 primary output with 23.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 22.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Postseason · Clemson

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

22.8

Usage

7.2

Consistency

39

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 3.5. Wake Forest: 1. The Citadel: 1. Virginia: 3. Georgia Tech: 0. Syracuse: 1. Boston College: 3. Notre Dame: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. Virginia Tech: 0. Notre Dame: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 5 by 55.8. Wake Forest: 2 by 18.3. The Citadel: 2 by 18.3. Virginia: 2 by 38.3. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 2 by 18.3. Boston College: 2 by 38.3. Notre Dame: 2 by 18.3. Pittsburgh: 2 by 18.3. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 9 · -1.0 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 2 · +1.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Ohio State

Result
Sat 1/2vs Ohio StateSplash gameL 28-49542.5010
Sat 12/19@ Notre DameW 34-1021000
Sun 12/6@ Virginia TechW 45-1010000
Sat 11/28vs PittsburghW 52-1722000
Sun 11/8@ Notre DameL 40-4722100
Sat 10/31vs Boston CollegeSplash gameW 34-2821110
Sat 10/24vs SyracuseW 47-21200.500.500
Sat 10/17@ Georgia TechW 73-710000
Sun 10/4vs VirginiaSplash gameW 41-2322111
Sat 9/19vs The CitadelW 49-021001
Sat 9/12@ Wake ForestW 37-13200.500.500

Player Story

Bryan Bresee story

Bryan Bresee built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Damascus, MD wearing No. 11, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Bryan Bresee's career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 1 interception across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Clemson. 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 Bryan Bresee's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Clemson.

The arc is straightforward: Bryan Bresee 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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    Clemson

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202020202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonClemson15.522.87.2
2020 Regular SeasonClemson15.522.87.20
2021 Regular SeasonClemson7.531.18.7-8
2022 PostseasonClemson1123.58.63.5
2022 Regular SeasonClemson1123.58.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia Tech

Week 3 · W 14-8 · Conference game

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Ohio State

Week 1 · L 28-49 · Postseason

3.5

Havoc Plays

85.3 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Virginia

Week 5 · W 41-23 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Boston College

Week 9 · W 34-28 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Georgia Tech

Week 1 · W 41-10 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

71 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Clemson

11 primary output · 23.5 efficiency · 8.6 usage

56.6

#2

2022 Regular Season · Clemson

56.6

11 primary · 23.5 efficiency · 8.6 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Clemson

55.3

15.5 primary · 22.8 efficiency · 7.2 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games