Player Dossier

2022-2025

Mississippi State

Brylan Lanier

S • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brylan Lanier shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

31

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Indiana • Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida

Player Story

Brylan Lanier built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Tuscaloosa, AL wearing No. 3, spending time with Indiana and Mississippi State. The clearest part of Brylan Lanier's career was his...

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Brylan Lanier, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State. Brylan Lanier shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
132
TFL
5.5
Sacks
2
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Brylan Lanier quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · S
Career Tackles
132
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 31 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
Top game
Florida
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
67 tackles · S 55th (top 10%) · SEC 40th (top 6%) · National 304th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana61211--015.5
2024 Regular SeasonMississippi State125320--024.3
2025 PostseasonMississippi State132-0--054.3
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State13652.51-2054.3

Related Context

Brylan Lanier played S for Indiana and Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brylan Lanier recorded 132 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Mississippi State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Mississippi State paired 9.5 primary output with 28.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.7 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Indiana, Mississippi State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

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

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2022 Regular Season · Indiana

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

11.7

Usage

2.8

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 0. Michigan: 0. Maryland: 2. Rutgers: 0. Penn State: 0. Michigan State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 3 by 32.5. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Maryland

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Maryland

Result
Sat 11/19@ Michigan StateW 39-3111000
Sat 11/5vs Penn StateL 14-4521000
Sat 10/22@ RutgersL 17-2410000
Sat 10/15vs MarylandSplash gameL 33-3833110
Sat 10/8vs MichiganL 10-3110000
Sat 9/3vs IllinoisW 23-2043000

Player Story

Brylan Lanier story

Brylan Lanier built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Tuscaloosa, AL wearing No. 3, spending time with Indiana and Mississippi State. The clearest part of Brylan Lanier's career was his defensive production: 132 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Brylan Lanier's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Indiana

    2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Mississippi State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana211.72.8
2024 Regular SeasonMississippi State320.94.41
2025 PostseasonMississippi State9.528.89.16.5
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State9.528.89.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 63 Florida

Week 8 · L 21-23 · Conference game

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Georgia

Week 7 · L 31-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

78.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Maryland

Week 7 · L 33-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas

Week 5 · L 13-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 6 Georgia

Week 11 · L 21-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

53.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Mississippi State

9.5 primary output · 28.8 efficiency · 9.1 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State

54.3

9.5 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 9.1 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State

24.3

3 primary · 20.9 efficiency · 4.4 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games