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Player Dossier
2020-2025Central Michigan
Brenden Deasfernandes
DB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Belleville, MI, USA
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Brenden Deasfernandes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Central Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Iowa • Central Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Brenden Deasfernandes built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Belleville, MI wearing No. 3, spending time with Central Michigan and Iowa. The clearest part of Brenden Deasfernandes'...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Brenden Deasfernandes, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Central Michigan. Brenden Deasfernandes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 41
- TFL
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Brenden Deasfernandes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Central Michigan · DB
- Career Tackles
- 41
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Central Michigan
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Belleville · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Belleville · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DB 365th (top 38%) · Mid-American 165th (top 29%) · National 1,676th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 7 | 14 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Central Michigan | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 45 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 13 | 23 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 45 |
Related Context
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Brenden Deasfernandes played DB for Iowa and Central Michigan. Across 6 tracked seasons, Brenden Deasfernandes recorded 41 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Central Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Central Michigan paired 10 primary output with 15.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 15.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa, Central Michigan.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Central Michigan
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
15.7
Usage
5.8
Consistency
15.4
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 4. San José State: 2. Pittsburgh: 0. Michigan: 1. Wagner: 1. Eastern Michigan: 1. Akron: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Buffalo: 1. Kent State: 0. Toledo: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 2 by 48.3. San José State: 1 by 24.2. Pittsburgh: 3 by 12.5. Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Wagner: 0 by 10. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 4 by 16.7. Massachusetts: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Buffalo: 3 by 22.5. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/26 | @ NorthwesternSplash game | L 7-34 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Toledo | L 3-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/20 | @ Kent State | W 28-16 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/13 | vs Buffalo | W 38-19 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Western Michigan | L 21-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Massachusetts | W 38-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Bowling Green | W 27-6 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Akron | L 22-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 24-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Wagner | W 49-10 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Michigan | L 3-63 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Pittsburgh | L 17-45 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ San José StateSplash game | W 16-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Brenden Deasfernandes story
Brenden Deasfernandes built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Belleville, MI wearing No. 3, spending time with Central Michigan and Iowa. The clearest part of Brenden Deasfernandes' career was his defensive production: 41 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 9 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Central Michigan. 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 Brenden Deasfernandes' production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Central Michigan and Iowa.
The arc is straightforward: Brenden Deasfernandes 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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- 1
Iowa
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Central Michigan
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 0.5 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 1 | 9.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Central Michigan | 10 | 15.7 | 5.8 | 9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 10 | 15.7 | 5.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 51 Northwestern
Week 1 · L 7-34 · Postseason
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
55 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 25 Michigan
Week 3 · L 3-63 · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 118 San José State
Week 1 · W 16-14
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Havoc Plays
47.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 3 · L 9-30
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Havoc Plays
40.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Western Michigan
Week 3 · W 41-10
0.5
Havoc Plays
29.2 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 29.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Central Michigan
10 primary output · 15.7 efficiency · 5.8 usage
45
#2
2025 Regular Season · Central Michigan
45
10 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Central Michigan
9.5
1 primary · 9.8 efficiency · 1.6 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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