Player Dossier

2025-2025

Western Illinois

Brandon Lanier

TE • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Brandon Lanier reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage Score

Efficiency

90

Consistency

98.8

Season Value

96.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Western Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Seasons Tracked
1
Program Path
Western Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

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 Lanier, TE. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Western Illinois. Brandon Lanier reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Brandon Lanier is listed as a TE for Western Illinois. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Western Illinois paired 54 primary output with 90 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 90 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

Game with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Regular Season · Western Illinois

Games

2

Receiving Yards / G

27

Efficiency

90

Usage

Consistency

98.8

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 28. Northwestern: 26

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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All Games27 · Games = 2

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Illinois

Best efficiency game

93.3 vs Illinois

Result
Fri 9/5@ Northwestern2261313014
Fri 8/29@ Illinois2281414018

Career Arc

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    Western Illinois

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Illinois5490

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Illinois

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

28

Primary metric

28 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#2

Northwestern

26

Primary metric

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

26 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#3

Cincinnati

11

Primary metric

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

11 receiving yards with a 36.7 efficiency score.

#4

Indiana

10

Primary metric

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

10 receiving yards with a 33.3 efficiency score.

#5

Pittsburgh

7

Primary metric

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

7 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Western Illinois

54 primary output · 90 efficiency · usage

96.3

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

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Career teams

1

Seasons tracked

0

Career Receiving Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 1 tracked seasons, 5 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.