Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Kentucky
Brandin Echols
DB • 5'11" • 178 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandin Echols shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
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
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Brandin Echols built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 26, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Brandin Echols' career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 16
- Overall
- No. 200
- NFL Team
- New York Jets
Brandin Echols, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Kentucky. Brandin Echols shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 108
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 11
Quick Answers
Brandin Echols quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DB
- Career Tackles
- 108
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Kentucky
- Top game
- NC State
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 6 · Pick 16 · New York Jets
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · DB 46th (top 6%) · SEC 46th (top 8%) · National 239th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Postseason | Kentucky | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 55.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 13 | 52 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 9 | 0 | 55.8 |
| 2020 Postseason | Kentucky | 11 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 30.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11 | 47 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 30.6 |
Related Context
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Brandin Echols played DB for Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandin Echols recorded 108 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Kentucky paired 12.5 primary output with 26.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 25 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Kentucky
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
25
Usage
5
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 1. Auburn: 0. Ole Miss: 1. Mississippi State: 1. Tennessee: 0. Missouri: 0. Georgia: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Alabama: 0. Florida: 0. South Carolina: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 7 by 39.2. Auburn: 5 by 20.8. Ole Miss: 6 by 35. Mississippi State: 5 by 30.8. Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Missouri: 5 by 20.8. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 5 by 30.8. Alabama: 7 by 29.2. Florida: 6 by 25. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
NC State
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs NC State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/2 | vs NC State | W 23-21 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/6 | vs South Carolina | W 41-18 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Florida | L 10-34 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Alabama | L 3-63 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Vanderbilt | W 38-35 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Georgia | L 3-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Missouri | L 10-20 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Tennessee | W 34-7 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Mississippi State | W 24-2 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Ole Miss | L 41-42 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Auburn | L 13-29 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brandin Echols story
Brandin Echols built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 26, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Brandin Echols' career was his defensive production: 108 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Kentucky. 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 Brandin Echols' production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky.
The arc is straightforward: Brandin Echols 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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Kentucky
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kentucky | 12.5 | 26.9 | 5.4 | 12.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 12.5 | 26.9 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Kentucky | 5 | 25 | 5 | -7.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 5 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs NC State
Week 1 · W 23-21 · Postseason
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
79.5 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Mississippi State
Week 4 · L 13-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Ole Miss
Week 5 · L 41-42 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Mississippi State
Week 6 · W 24-2 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Louisville
Week 14 · W 45-13
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Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Kentucky
12.5 primary output · 26.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Kentucky
55.8
12.5 primary · 26.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2020 Postseason · Kentucky
30.6
5 primary · 25 efficiency · 5 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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