Brendan Flakes

DL • 6'4" • 291 lbs • Winter Garden, FL, USA

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Brendan Flakes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.

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Rotational defensive role

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Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Career Arc

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Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams: 1
Unique Seasons: 4
Program Path: Northwestern
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Brendan Flakes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Winter Garden, FL wearing No. 15, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Brendan Flakes' career was his...

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Class 2022 · Rating 0.8456

West Orange · Winter Garden, FL

Committed To: Northwestern
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2022

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Latest team and position: Northwestern · DL
Career Tackles: 44
Tracked sample: 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season: 2025 Regular Season · Northwestern
Top game: Purdue
Recruit profile: 3-star · West Orange · Northwestern
High school pipeline: Lutcher · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster: No. 15 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank: 18 tackles · DL 400th (top 38%) · Big Ten 267th (top 35%) · National 2,177th (top 36%)

Brendan Flakes played DL for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brendan Flakes recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Northwestern.

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