Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Florida International
Brian Blades II
DB • 5'11" • 180 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brian Blades II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Florida International
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Florida International
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Monmouth
Player Story
Brian Blades II built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Florida International. The clearest part of Brian Blades II's career was...
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- Committed To
- Florida International
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Brian Blades II, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Florida International. Brian Blades II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 91
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 14
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Brian Blades II quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida International · DB
- Career Tackles
- 91
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Florida International
- Top game
- Monmouth
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · American Heritage · Florida International
- High school pipeline
- American Heritage · 80 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · DB 355th (top 37%) · Conference USA 148th (top 27%) · National 1,621st (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida International | 3 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida International | 3 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 12.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida International | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 20.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida International | 10 | 29 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 2 | 50.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida International | 9 | 26 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 31.8 |
Related Context
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Brian Blades II played DB for Florida International. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brian Blades II recorded 91 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Florida International.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Florida International paired 8 primary output with 20.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Florida International
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
14.5
Usage
2.7
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
UConn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Maine: 0. UConn: 2. Liberty: 0. New Mexico State: 0. UTEP: 0. Sam Houston: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Arkansas: 0. Western Kentucky: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UConn: 4 by 36.7. Liberty: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Sam Houston: 4 by 16.7. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas: 4 by 16.7. Western Kentucky: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs UConn
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Western Kentucky | L 28-41 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Arkansas | L 20-44 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Middle Tennessee | L 6-40 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/18 | @ Sam Houston | W 33-27 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/11 | vs UTEP | L 14-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/5 | @ New Mexico State | L 17-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Liberty | L 6-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ UConnSplash game | W 24-17 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Maine | W 14-12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Brian Blades II story
Brian Blades II built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Florida International. The clearest part of Brian Blades II's career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 14 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Brian Blades II's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Florida International
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida International | 0 | 8.3 | 1.1 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida International | 1 | 11.7 | 1.6 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida International | 3 | 14.5 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida International | 8 | 20.1 | 3.1 | 5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida International | 6 | 18.7 | 2.7 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Monmouth
Week 4 · L 42-45
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 127 Middle Tennessee
Week 11 · W 56-30 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#3
@ UConn
Week 3 · W 24-17
2
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Central Michigan
Week 2 · W 52-16
2
Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Western Kentucky
Week 4 · L 0-73 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Florida International
8 primary output · 20.1 efficiency · 3.1 usage
50.2
#2
2021 Regular Season · Florida International
39.2
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Florida International
31.8
6 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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