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 Score

5.2

Efficiency

26

Consistency

63.7

Season Value

48.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Scouting Read

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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.

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

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 26 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: Stanford

Win with 3 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

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2025 Postseason · SMU

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

26

Usage

5.2

Consistency

63.7

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 2. East Texas A&M: 0. Baylor: 2. Missouri State: 1.5. TCU: 1.5. Syracuse: 1. Stanford: 3. Clemson: 1.5. Wake Forest: 0. Miami: 1. Boston College: 0. Louisville: 2. California: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 4 by 36.7. East Texas A&M: 8 by 33.3. Baylor: 3 by 32.5. Missouri State: 1 by 19.2. TCU: 4 by 31.7. Syracuse: 2 by 18.3. Stanford: 3 by 42.5. Clemson: 6 by 40. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5. Miami: 4 by 26.7. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 2 by 28.3. California: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 9 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Stanford

Result
Sat 1/3vs ArizonaSplash gameW 24-1942101
Sun 11/30@ CaliforniaL 35-3820000
Sat 11/22vs LouisvilleSplash gameW 38-622110
Sat 11/8@ Boston CollegeW 45-1321000
Sat 11/1vs MiamiW 26-2042001
Sat 10/25@ Wake ForestL 12-1331000
Sat 10/18@ ClemsonW 35-24640.5001
Sat 10/11vs StanfordSplash gameW 34-1032111
Sat 10/4vs SyracuseW 31-18210010
Sat 9/20@ TCUL 24-35410.5001
Sat 9/13@ Missouri StateW 28-10100.5001
Sat 9/6vs BaylorSplash gameL 45-4833002
Sun 8/31vs East Texas A&MW 42-1383000

Career Arc

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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

Stanford

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 49.9 takeover score.

#2

Stanford

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

#3

Arizona

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 37.2 takeover score.

#4

Louisville

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 37.1 takeover score.

#5

Baylor

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 33.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · SMU

15.5 primary output · 26 efficiency · 5.2 usage

48.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · SMU

48.7

15.5 primary · 26 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · SMU

14.5

4 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8411

Frisco · Frisco, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

72

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 27 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.