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 38 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.8

Efficiency

33

Consistency

31

Season Value

42.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 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

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Braylan Lovelace, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Braylan Lovelace shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38 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 16.5 primary output with 38 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 33 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: California

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

33

Usage

6.8

Consistency

31

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 1. Kent State: 0.5. Cincinnati: 0. West Virginia: 0.5. North Carolina: 0. California: 5. Syracuse: 3. SMU: 1.5. Virginia: 3. Clemson: 2.5. Louisville: 0.5. Boston College: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 2 by 18.3. Kent State: 5 by 25.8. Cincinnati: 4 by 16.7. West Virginia: 2 by 13.3. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3. California: 7 by 79.2. Syracuse: 2 by 38.3. SMU: 7 by 44.2. Virginia: 9 by 67.5. Clemson: 5 by 45.8. Louisville: 3 by 17.5. Boston College: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs California

Result
Thu 12/26@ ToledoL 46-4820001
Sat 11/30@ Boston CollegeL 23-3453000
Sat 11/23@ LouisvilleL 9-37300.5000
Sat 11/16vs ClemsonSplash gameL 20-24531.5000
Sun 11/10vs VirginiaSplash gameL 19-2494210
Sun 11/3@ SMUL 25-48731.5000
Thu 10/24vs SyracuseSplash gameW 41-13211110
Sat 10/12vs California2+ sacks · Splash gameW 17-1573320
Sat 10/5@ North CarolinaW 34-2422000
Sat 9/14vs West VirginiaW 38-34200.5000
Sat 9/7@ CincinnatiW 28-2742000
Sat 8/31vs Kent StateW 55-24520.5000

Career Arc

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    Pittsburgh

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh113.82.3
2024 PostseasonPittsburgh17.5336.816.5
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh17.5336.80
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh16.5388.5-1
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh16.5388.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

California

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.1 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 54.9 takeover score.

#3

East Carolina

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 52.7 takeover score.

#4

Virginia Tech

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#5

Florida State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

16.5 primary output · 38 efficiency · 8.5 usage

47.1

#2

2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

47.1

16.5 primary · 38 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

42.7

17.5 primary · 33 efficiency · 6.8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

8

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.