Player Dossier

2020-2024

Ball 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 28.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.1

Efficiency

8.7

Consistency

9.5

Season Value

6.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Brandon Berger, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State. Brandon Berger shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Ball State paired 19.5 primary output with 28.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.7 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: Toledo

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2023 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

8.7

Usage

4.1

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 0. Georgia: 0. Toledo: 1. Bowling Green: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Kent State: 0. Miami (OH): 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 3 by 22.5. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Kent State: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

Wins0 · n=2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · n=5 · +0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · n=4 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · n=3 · -0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Toledo

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Toledo

Result
Sat 11/25vs Miami (OH)L 15-17200.5000
Sat 11/18vs Kent StateW 34-320000
Wed 11/8@ Northern IllinoisW 20-1710000
Wed 11/1@ Bowling GreenL 21-2410000
Sat 10/14vs ToledoL 6-1332100
Sat 9/9@ GeorgiaL 3-4510000
Sat 9/2@ KentuckyL 14-4411000

Career Arc

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

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    Ball State

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonBall State0
2021 Regular SeasonBall State0000
2022 Regular SeasonBall State411.73.44
2023 Regular SeasonBall State1.58.74.1-2.5
2024 Regular SeasonBall State19.528.612.118

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Kent State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Primary metric

6 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.

#2

Eastern Michigan

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.

#3

Toledo

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.7 takeover score.

#4

Vanderbilt

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.

#5

Central Michigan

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 37.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Ball State

19.5 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 12.1 usage

33.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Ball State

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Ball State

9.8

4 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8106

Roncalli · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

59

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 28 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Brandon Berger quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
59