Player Dossier

2019-2023

Michigan State

Brandon Wright

DL • 6'2" • 250 lbs • Euclid, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Wright shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

94%

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

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Player Story

Brandon Wright built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Euclid, OH wearing No. 26, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Brandon Wright's career was his defensive...

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Brandon Wright, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Michigan State. Brandon Wright shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
45
TFL
7
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Brandon Wright quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · DL
Career Tackles
45
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Michigan State
Top game
Wisconsin
Latest roster
No. 26 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
19 tackles · DL 352nd (top 36%) · Big Ten 209th (top 35%) · National 2,014th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan State50-0--033.3
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan State34-0--037.6
2021 PostseasonMichigan State341.51.5--056.8
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State3421--056.8
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State6141.511-021.7
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State10192251047.5

Related Context

Brandon Wright played DL for Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon Wright recorded 61 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, and 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Michigan State paired 6 primary output with 31.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 31.1 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: Pittsburgh

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

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2021 Postseason · Michigan State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

2

Efficiency

31.1

Usage

8.5

Consistency

65.3

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 3. Nebraska: 0. Penn State: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 4 by 46.7. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 3 by 42.5

Split Comparison

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

First Half1.5 · Games = 2 · -1.5 vs Second Half
Second Half3 · Games = 1 · +1.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Fri 12/31vs PittsburghSplash gameW 31-21431.501.500
Sat 11/27vs Penn StateSplash gameW 30-2732210
Sat 9/25vs NebraskaW 23-2010000

Player Story

Brandon Wright story

Brandon Wright built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Euclid, OH wearing No. 26, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Brandon Wright's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 61 rushing yards and 13 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon Wright's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan State

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan State000
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan State05.50.90
2021 PostseasonMichigan State631.18.56
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State631.18.50
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State3.515.63-2.5
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State1017.94.76.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wisconsin

Week 7 · W 34-28 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

83 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83 takeover score.

#2

vs Pittsburgh

Week 1 · W 31-21 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Washington

Week 3 · L 7-41

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Penn State

Week 13 · W 30-27 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Rutgers

Week 7 · L 24-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Michigan State

6 primary output · 31.1 efficiency · 8.5 usage

56.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Michigan State

56.8

6 primary · 31.1 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Michigan State

47.5

10 primary · 17.9 efficiency · 4.7 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games