Player Dossier

2021-2025

Tulane

Brendan Sullivan

QB • 6'4" • 220 lbs • Davison, MI, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Brendan Sullivan is a balanced quarterback profile with 10.4 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

74%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

24

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Northwestern • Iowa • Tulane
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Player Story

Brendan Sullivan built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Davison, MI wearing No. 6, spending time with Iowa, Northwestern, and Tulane. The clearest part of Brendan Sullivan's career was...

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Brendan Sullivan, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northwestern. Brendan Sullivan is a balanced quarterback profile with 10.4 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
2,483
Passing yards
1,999
Rushing yards
484
Touchdowns
22

Quick Answers

Brendan Sullivan quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulane · QB
Career Total Offense
2,483
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 33 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
Top game
Maryland
High school pipeline
Hough · 37 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior
2025 Total offense rank
298 total offense · QB 223rd (top 54%) · American Athletic 54th (top 32%) · National 489th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern00000-
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern568658997572
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern7874714160868.8
2024 PostseasonIowa91371316148.1
2024 Regular SeasonIowa9488343145648.1
2025 PostseasonTulane12000035
2025 Regular SeasonTulane1229822276235

Related Context

Brendan Sullivan played QB for Northwestern, Iowa, and Tulane. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brendan Sullivan recorded 1,999 passing yards, 484 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Northwestern paired 686 primary output with 60.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 52 efficiency.

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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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, Iowa, Tulane.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Iowa

Games

9

Primary Metric / G

69.4

Efficiency

52

Usage

15.6

Consistency

34.1

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 137. Troy: 2. Minnesota: -2. Ohio State: 39. Washington: 9. Michigan State: 2. Northwestern: 120. Wisconsin: 151. UCLA: 167

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. Missouri: 30 by 55.3. Troy: 1 by 72.2. Minnesota: 3 by 0. Ohio State: 3 by 100. Washington: 3 by 30. Michigan State: 1 by 20. Northwestern: 22 by 65.6. Wisconsin: 19 by 78. UCLA: 18 by 47.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins56 · Games = 5 · -30.3 vs Losses
Losses86.3 · Games = 4 · +30.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

UCLA

Best efficiency game

100 vs Ohio State

Result
Mon 12/30@ MissouriL 24-27141813177.81155.31260.5009
Sat 11/9@ UCLAL 17-206915766.70247.29101.1007
Sat 11/2vs WisconsinDual-threatW 42-107109370.010789586.40119
Sat 10/26vs NorthwesternW 40-149147964.30065.68415.1019
Sat 10/19@ Michigan StateL 20-322012212
Sat 10/12vs WashingtonW 40-1630393010
Sat 10/5@ Ohio StateL 7-351112100.00010022713.50030
Sat 9/21@ MinnesotaW 31-1403-2-0.7014
Sat 9/14vs TroyW 38-21112100.01072.2

Player Story

Brendan Sullivan story

Brendan Sullivan built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Davison, MI wearing No. 6, spending time with Iowa, Northwestern, and Tulane. The clearest part of Brendan Sullivan's career was his passing role: 1,999 passing yards, 15 touchdown passes, 278 attempts, and 484 rushing yards across 33 career games in the available record. His career also includes 484 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brendan Sullivan'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

    Northwestern

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Iowa

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Tulane

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern68660.529.2686
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern87457.228.5188
2024 PostseasonIowa6255215.6-249
2024 Regular SeasonIowa6255215.60
2025 PostseasonTulane29850.810.4-327
2025 Regular SeasonTulane29850.810.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Maryland

Week 9 · W 33-27 · Conference game

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

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Total Offense

84.7 takeover

321 total offense with 76.4 efficiency.

#2

@ Maryland

Week 8 · L 24-31 · Conference game

196

Total Offense

73.6 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

196 total offense with 58 efficiency.

#3

vs Wisconsin

Week 6 · L 7-42 · Conference game

147

Total Offense

73.5 takeover

Loss with 147 yards of offense and 63.4 efficiency.

147 total offense with 63.4 efficiency.

#4

@ No. 62 UTSA

Week 10 · L 26-48 · Conference game

90

Total Offense

71.8 takeover

Loss with 90 yards of offense and 62.1 efficiency.

90 total offense with 62.1 efficiency.

#5

@ UCLA

Week 11 · L 17-20 · Conference game

167

Total Offense

70.5 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

167 total offense with 47.2 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Northwestern

686 primary output · 60.5 efficiency · 29.2 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Northwestern

68.8

874 primary · 57.2 efficiency · 28.5 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Iowa

48.1

625 primary · 52 efficiency · 15.6 usage

Milestones

1

250+ passing yards

1

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

15

Above avg efficiency