Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Middle Tennessee
Brandon Buckner
LB • 6'0" • 248 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon Buckner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26 disruption score.
Impact Production
78
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Oregon • Middle Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Player Story
Brandon Buckner built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 11, spending time with Middle Tennessee and Oregon. The clearest part of Brandon Buckner's career was his...
Read the storyBrandon Buckner, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Brandon Buckner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 83
- TFL
- 12.5
- Sacks
- 8.5
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Brandon Buckner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Middle Tennessee · LB
- Career Tackles
- 83
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
- Top game
- Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Del City · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 35 tackles · LB 420th (top 33%) · Conference USA 96th (top 18%) · National 1,103rd (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | 61.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 35 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oregon to Middle Tennessee | P4 to G5/FCS | 19.6 | Dec 5, 2022 |
Brandon Buckner played LB for Oregon and Middle Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon Buckner recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Middle Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Middle Tennessee paired 12 primary output with 24.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 26 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oregon, Middle Tennessee.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
26
Usage
8.2
Consistency
28.2
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Austin Peay: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Nevada: 3. Marshall: 0. Kennesaw State: 0. Missouri State: 2. Delaware: 0.5. Florida International: 2. Western Kentucky: 4.5. Sam Houston: 2. New Mexico State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Austin Peay: 4 by 16.7. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. Nevada: 5 by 50.8. Marshall: 5 by 20.8. Kennesaw State: 1 by 4.2. Missouri State: 2 by 28.3. Delaware: 2 by 13.3. Florida International: 4 by 36.7. Western Kentucky: 7 by 74.2. Sam Houston: 0 by 20. New Mexico State: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 8 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
74.2 vs Western Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ New Mexico State | W 31-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Sam HoustonSplash game | W 31-17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Western Kentucky2+ sacks · Splash game | L 26-42 | 7 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Florida InternationalSplash game | L 30-56 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 10/22 | @ Delaware | L 28-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/8 | vs Missouri StateSplash game | L 20-22 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kennesaw State | L 16-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Marshall | L 28-42 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ NevadaSplash game | W 14-13 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Wisconsin | L 10-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Austin Peay | L 14-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brandon Buckner story
Brandon Buckner built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 11, spending time with Middle Tennessee and Oregon. The clearest part of Brandon Buckner's career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Brandon Buckner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Oregon
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Middle Tennessee
2023-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon | 1 | 10.3 | 3.9 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 15 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 24.9 | 9.9 | 7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 14 | 26 | 8.2 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 69 Western Kentucky
Week 12 · L 26-42 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5
Havoc Plays
91.4 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Tennessee Tech
Week 1 · W 32-25
4
Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 116 Nevada
Week 3 · W 14-13
3
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Murray State
Week 3 · W 35-14
2
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Stony Brook
Week 3 · W 48-7
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Havoc Plays
66.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
12 primary output · 24.9 efficiency · 9.9 usage
61.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
55.6
14 primary · 26 efficiency · 8.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
34.2
5 primary · 15 efficiency · 3.5 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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