Player Dossier

2023-2025

SMU

Brandon Miyazono

LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Frisco, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Miyazono shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26 disruption score.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

16

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

17

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Brandon Miyazono built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Frisco, TX wearing No. 29, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Brandon Miyazono's career was his defensive production: 72...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8411

Frisco · Frisco, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Brandon Miyazono, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU. Brandon Miyazono shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
72
TFL
8
Sacks
3
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Brandon Miyazono quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · LB
Career Tackles
72
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · SMU
Top game
Stanford
Recruit profile
3-star · Frisco · SMU
High school pipeline
Frisco · 14 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
44 tackles · LB 326th (top 26%) · ACC 95th (top 12%) · National 762nd (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonSMU7130.50--07.8
2024 PostseasonSMU7410--020.7
2024 Regular SeasonSMU71121--020.7
2025 PostseasonSMU13410-1058.3
2025 Regular SeasonSMU13403.52-7058.3

Related Context

Brandon Miyazono played LB for SMU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brandon Miyazono recorded 72 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

SMU paired 15.5 primary output with 26 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Prairie View A&M

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2023 Regular Season · SMU

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

8.5

Usage

1.8

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

Prairie View A&M

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 0. Prairie View A&M: 0.5. Charlotte: 0. Tulsa: 0. Memphis: 0. Navy: 0. Tulane: 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. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. Prairie View A&M: 3 by 17.5. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 5 by 20.8. Memphis: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half0.1 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 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

Prairie View A&M

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs Tulsa

Result
Sat 12/2@ TulaneW 26-1411000
Sat 11/25vs NavyW 59-1410000
Sat 11/18@ MemphisW 38-3410000
Sat 10/28vs TulsaW 69-1053000
Sat 9/30vs CharlotteW 34-1611000
Sat 9/16vs Prairie View A&MW 69-0320.5000
Sat 9/2vs Louisiana TechW 38-1411000

Player Story

Brandon Miyazono story

Brandon Miyazono built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Frisco, TX wearing No. 29, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Brandon Miyazono's career was his defensive production: 72 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Brandon Miyazono's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    SMU

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonSMU0.58.51.8
2024 PostseasonSMU414.73.43.5
2024 Regular SeasonSMU414.73.40
2025 PostseasonSMU15.5265.211.5
2025 Regular SeasonSMU15.5265.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 112 Stanford

Week 7 · W 34-10 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Stanford

Week 8 · W 40-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 25 Louisville

Week 13 · W 38-6 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 28 Arizona

Week 1 · W 24-19 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

57 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 34 Clemson

Week 8 · W 35-24 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

46.9 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · SMU

15.5 primary output · 26 efficiency · 5.2 usage

58.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · SMU

58.3

15.5 primary · 26 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · SMU

20.7

4 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games