Player Dossier

2020-2025

Penn State

Cole Brevard

DL • 6'3" • 346 lbs • Carmel, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cole Brevard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

10.4

Efficiency

16.6

Consistency

62

Season Value

31

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Purdue

202122232425

Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Penn State • Purdue • Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Cole Brevard, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Purdue. Cole Brevard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Purdue paired 0 primary output with 4.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, Purdue, Texas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2024 Regular Season · Purdue

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

16.6

Usage

10.4

Consistency

62

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. Oregon State: 0. Nebraska: 1. Wisconsin: 1. Illinois: 1. Oregon: 0. Northwestern: 1. Ohio State: 2. Indiana: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 2 by 18.3. Oregon State: 2 by 8.3. Nebraska: 1 by 14.2. Wisconsin: 2 by 18.3. Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Oregon: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 3 by 22.5. Ohio State: 1 by 24.2. Indiana: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Losses0.8 · n=8
First Half0.8 · n=5 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · n=4 · -0.1 vs First Half
All Games0.8 · n=9

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Ohio State

Result
Sun 12/1@ IndianaL 0-6643000
Sat 11/9@ Ohio StateL 0-4511110
Sat 11/2vs NorthwesternL 20-26310.500.500
Sat 10/19vs OregonL 0-3521000
Sat 10/12@ IllinoisL 49-5020100
Sat 10/5@ WisconsinL 6-5222100
Sat 9/28vs NebraskaL 10-2811100
Sun 9/22@ Oregon StateL 21-3820000
Sat 8/31vs Unknown22100

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Penn State

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Purdue

    2022-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Texas

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State00
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue04.710
2023 Regular SeasonPurdue3.59.143.5
2024 Regular SeasonPurdue716.610.43.5
2025 Regular SeasonTexas311.72-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Ohio State

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#2

Michigan

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.

#3

Florida

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.8 takeover score.

#4

Arkansas

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.

#5

Northwestern

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Purdue

0 primary output · 4.7 efficiency · 1 usage

35.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Purdue

31

7 primary · 16.6 efficiency · 10.4 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Texas

10.9

3 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9206

Carmel · Carmel, IN

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Career Facts

3

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

55

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 34 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Cole Brevard quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
3
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
55