Player Dossier

2023-2025

Toledo

Braden Awls

S • 6'0" • 196 lbs • Sylvania, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Braden Awls shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

8

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

18

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Toledo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duquesne

Player Story

Braden Awls built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Sylvania, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Braden Awls' career was his defensive production: 127 tackles,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8304

Central Catholic · Toledo, OH

Committed To
Toledo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Braden Awls, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Toledo. Braden Awls shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
127
TFL
9
Sacks
1
Passes defended
10
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Braden Awls quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · S
Career Tackles
127
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Toledo
Top game
Duquesne
Recruit profile
3-star · Central Catholic · Toledo
High school pipeline
Central Catholic · 26 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
48 tackles · S 122nd (top 22%) · Mid-American 67th (top 12%) · National 656th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonToledo67-0--037.5
2024 PostseasonToledo135-0--255.4
2024 Regular SeasonToledo13672.50.5-6055.4
2025 Regular SeasonToledo11486.50.5-4063.5

Related Context

Braden Awls played S for Toledo. Across 3 tracked seasons, Braden Awls recorded 127 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Toledo paired 16 primary output with 32.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Toledo

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.9

Usage

0.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Massachusetts

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 0. San José State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Bowling Green: 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. Illinois: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Massachusetts

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Massachusetts

Result
Wed 11/15@ Bowling GreenW 32-3110000
Thu 11/9vs Eastern MichiganW 49-2311000
Sat 10/7@ MassachusettsW 41-2421000
Sat 9/30vs Northern IllinoisW 35-3310000
Sat 9/16vs San José StateW 21-1711000
Sat 9/2@ IllinoisL 28-3011000

Player Story

Braden Awls story

Braden Awls built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Sylvania, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Braden Awls' career was his defensive production: 127 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 9 interceptions across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Toledo. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Braden Awls' production has multiple signals. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Toledo.

The arc is straightforward: Braden Awls moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Toledo

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonToledo04.90.9
2024 PostseasonToledo1333.16.313
2024 Regular SeasonToledo1333.16.30
2025 Regular SeasonToledo1632.78.23

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Duquesne

Week 1 · W 49-10

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 61 Washington State

Week 9 · L 7-28

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Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 10 · W 29-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

68.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 113 Bowling Green

Week 7 · L 23-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 100 Central Michigan

Week 14 · W 21-3 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Toledo

16 primary output · 32.7 efficiency · 8.2 usage

63.5

#2

2024 Postseason · Toledo

55.4

13 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Toledo

55.4

13 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 6.3 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

8

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games