Player Dossier

2023-2025

South Carolina

Brandon Cisse

DB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Sumter, SC, USA

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Brandon Cisse shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
NC State • South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri

Player Story

Brandon Cisse built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Sumter, SC wearing No. 15, spending time with NC State and South Carolina. The clearest part of Brandon Cisse's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8866

Lakewood · Sumter, SC

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 20
Overall
No. 52
NFL Team
Green Bay Packers

Brandon Cisse, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · NC State. Brandon Cisse shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
65
TFL
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Brandon Cisse quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · DB
Career Tackles
65
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 28 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
Missouri
Recruit profile
3-star · Lakewood · NC State
High school pipeline
Lakewood · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 2 · Pick 20 · Green Bay Packers
Latest roster
No. 15 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
27 tackles · DB 343rd (top 36%) · SEC 184th (top 25%) · National 1,555th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonNC State91-0--08
2023 Regular SeasonNC State99-0--08
2024 Regular SeasonNC State8281.50-5044.1
2025 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina11271.5015041.2

Related Context

Brandon Cisse played DB for NC State and South Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brandon Cisse recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

NC State paired 6.5 primary output with 22.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 5.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, South Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · NC State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

5.8

Usage

1.3

Consistency

3.7

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kansas State: 0. VMI: 0. Virginia: 0. Marshall: 0. Duke: 0. Clemson: 0. Miami: 1. Wake Forest: 0. North Carolina: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. VMI: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 2 by 18.3. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0.1 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.1 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

Miami

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Miami

Result
Thu 12/28@ Kansas StateL 19-2811000
Sun 11/26vs North CarolinaW 39-2011000
Sat 11/11@ Wake ForestW 26-610000
Sun 11/5vs MiamiW 20-6210010
Sat 10/28vs ClemsonW 24-1711000
Sun 10/15@ DukeL 3-2410000
Sat 10/7vs MarshallW 48-4111000
Fri 9/22@ VirginiaW 24-2111000
Sat 9/16vs VMIW 45-711000

Player Story

Brandon Cisse story

Brandon Cisse built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Sumter, SC wearing No. 15, spending time with NC State and South Carolina. The clearest part of Brandon Cisse's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 10 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Brandon Cisse's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    NC State

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Carolina

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonNC State15.81.3
2023 Regular SeasonNC State15.81.30
2024 Regular SeasonNC State6.522.73.55.5
2025 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina8.5183.82

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 21 Missouri

Week 4 · L 20-29 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 105 Virginia Tech

Week 1 · W 24-11

2.5

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Clemson

Week 4 · L 35-59 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

55.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Miami

Week 10 · W 20-6 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

53 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53 takeover score.

#5

vs Stanford

Week 10 · W 59-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

47.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · NC State

6.5 primary output · 22.7 efficiency · 3.5 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · South Carolina

41.2

8.5 primary · 18 efficiency · 3.8 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · NC State

8

1 primary · 5.8 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games