Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Ball State
Brandon Berger
LB • 6'4" • 232 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon Berger shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Brandon Berger built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 13, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Brandon Berger's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Brandon Berger, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State. Brandon Berger shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 59
- TFL
- 13
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 5
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Brandon Berger quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 59
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Kent State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Roncalli · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Roncalli · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 38 tackles · LB 383rd (top 32%) · Mid-American 94th (top 18%) · National 1,008th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ball State | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 7 | 11 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 12 | 38 | 9.5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 66.9 |
Related Context
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Brandon Berger played LB for Ball State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon Berger recorded 59 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Ball State paired 28.5 primary output with 33.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
13.1
Usage
4.3
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 1. Murray State: 1.5. Northern Illinois: 0. Central Michigan: 0. UConn: 0. Eastern Michigan: 2.5. Kent 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. Western Michigan: 0 by 10. Murray State: 2 by 23.3. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 33.3. Kent State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 5 · -1.4 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 2 · +1.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Eastern Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 11/1 | @ Kent State | W 27-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Eastern MichiganSplash game | L 16-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs UConn | W 25-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Central Michigan | W 17-16 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Northern Illinois | W 44-38 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Murray State | W 31-0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Western Michigan | L 30-37 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Brandon Berger story
Brandon Berger built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 13, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Brandon Berger's career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 interception across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon Berger's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ball State
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 5 | 13.1 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 1.5 | 8.7 | 3.3 | -3.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 28.5 | 33.6 | 11.6 | 27 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kent State
Week 7 · W 37-35 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
9
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
9 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 8 · L 16-20 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Vanderbilt
Week 8 · L 14-24
4
Havoc Plays
67 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.
#4
vs Toledo
Week 7 · L 6-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Bowling Green
Week 13 · L 13-38 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Ball State
28.5 primary output · 33.6 efficiency · 11.6 usage
66.9
#2
2021 Regular Season · Ball State
33.3
0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Ball State
20.2
5 primary · 13.1 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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