Player Dossier

2023-2025

Pittsburgh

Braylan Lovelace

LB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Leechburg, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Braylan Lovelace shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.4

Efficiency

33.4

Consistency

51.3

Season Value

26.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Braylan Lovelace, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Braylan Lovelace shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.4 disruption score.

Braylan Lovelace played LB for Pittsburgh. Across 3 tracked seasons, Braylan Lovelace recorded 156 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 10.5 primary output with 33.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 33.4 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: Louisville

Loss with 2.5 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 · Pittsburgh

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

33.4

Usage

7.4

Consistency

51.3

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 2. Unknown: 0. Central Michigan: 1. West Virginia: 2. Louisville: 2.5. Boston College: 0. Florida State: 0. Syracuse: 0. NC State: 0. Stanford: 0. Notre Dame: 1. Georgia Tech: 1. Miami: 1

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. East Carolina: 4 by 36.7. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 7 by 39.2. West Virginia: 9 by 57.5. Louisville: 10 by 66.7. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 10 by 41.7. Syracuse: 5 by 20.8. NC State: 5 by 20.8. Stanford: 4 by 16.7. Notre Dame: 6 by 35. Georgia Tech: 4 by 26.7. Miami: 11 by 55.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 7 · -1.4 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 5 · +1.4 vs Wins
First Half1.1 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisville

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Louisville

Result
Sat 12/27@ East CarolinaL 17-2343110
Sat 11/29vs Miami10+ tacklesL 7-38117100
Sun 11/23@ Georgia TechW 42-28420010
Sat 11/15vs Notre DameL 15-3765001
Sat 11/1@ StanfordW 35-2041000
Sat 10/25vs NC StateW 53-3451000
Sat 10/18@ SyracuseW 30-1355000
Sat 10/11@ Florida State10+ tacklesW 34-31104000
Sat 10/4vs Boston CollegeW 48-720000
Sat 9/27vs Louisville10+ tackles · Splash gameL 27-341062.5000
Sat 9/13@ West VirginiaL 24-31940011
Sat 9/6vs Central MichiganW 45-1772100
Sat 8/30vs Unknown21000

Career Arc

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

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    Pittsburgh

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh113.82.4
2024 PostseasonPittsburgh16.532.17.715.5
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh16.532.17.70
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh10.533.47.4-6
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh10.533.47.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

California

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 66 takeover score.

#2

Louisville

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#3

Virginia Tech

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.

#4

West Virginia

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.

#5

Virginia

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 48 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

10.5 primary output · 33.4 efficiency · 7.4 usage

26.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

26.4

10.5 primary · 33.4 efficiency · 7.4 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

23.3

16.5 primary · 32.1 efficiency · 7.7 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

4

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8664

Leechburg Area · Leechburg, PA

Committed To
Pittsburgh
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

156

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 33 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.