Player Dossier

2025-2025

Georgia Southern

Brandon Tyson

LB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Whiteville, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Tyson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

67%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: App State

Player Story

Brandon Tyson built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Whiteville, NC wearing No. 1, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Brandon Tyson's career was his defensive production: 84...

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Brandon Tyson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Georgia Southern. Brandon Tyson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
84
TFL
2.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Brandon Tyson quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Southern · LB
Career Tackles
84
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 15 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Georgia Southern
Top game
App State
Latest roster
No. 1 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
84 tackles · LB 86th (top 7%) · Sun Belt 16th (top 3%) · National 115th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2025 PostseasonGeorgia Southern13510--071.2
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern13791.5062071.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Unlisted to Georgia SouthernUnlisted to G5/FCS77.7Dec 19, 2024

Brandon Tyson played LB for Georgia Southern. Across 1 tracked season, Brandon Tyson recorded 84 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Georgia Southern paired 11.5 primary output with 35.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 35.8 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: App State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Georgia Southern

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

35.8

Usage

10.7

Consistency

60

Best Game by takeover score

App State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 1. Fresno State: 1. USC: 1. Jacksonville State: 1. Maine: 1. James Madison: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Georgia State: 1.5. Arkansas State: 0. App State: 3. Coastal Carolina: 1. Old Dominion: 0. Marshall: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 5 by 30.8. Fresno State: 8 by 43.3. USC: 11 by 55.8. Jacksonville State: 11 by 55.8. Maine: 1 by 14.2. James Madison: 8 by 33.3. Southern Miss: 7 by 29.2. Georgia State: 8 by 48.3. Arkansas State: 4 by 16.7. App State: 3 by 42.5. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Old Dominion: 9 by 37.5. Marshall: 5 by 30.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.4 · Games = 7 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -1.0 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

App State

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Jacksonville State

Result
Mon 12/29@ App StateW 29-1054100
Sat 11/29@ MarshallW 24-1951000
Sat 11/22vs Old DominionL 10-4597000
Sat 11/15vs Coastal CarolinaW 45-4040000
Fri 11/7@ App StateSplash gameW 25-2331001
Sat 10/25@ Arkansas StateL 24-3442000
Sat 10/18vs Georgia StateW 41-24830.5000
Fri 10/10vs Southern MissL 35-3874000
Sat 9/27@ James MadisonL 10-3583000
Sat 9/20vs MaineW 45-1711001
Sat 9/13vs Jacksonville State10+ tacklesW 41-34116000
Sat 9/6@ USC10+ tacklesL 20-59119100
Sun 8/31@ Fresno StateL 14-42850010

Player Story

Brandon Tyson story

Brandon Tyson built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Whiteville, NC wearing No. 1, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Brandon Tyson's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Georgia Southern. 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 Brandon Tyson's production has multiple signals. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia Southern.

The arc is straightforward: Brandon Tyson 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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    Georgia Southern

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonGeorgia Southern11.535.810.7
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern11.535.810.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 111 App State

Week 11 · W 25-23 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 133 Georgia State

Week 8 · W 41-24 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 92 Jacksonville State

Week 3 · W 41-34

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Havoc Plays

63 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 16 USC

Week 2 · L 20-59 · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

63 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 66 Fresno State

Week 1 · L 14-42

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Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Georgia Southern

11.5 primary output · 35.8 efficiency · 10.7 usage

71.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

71.2

11.5 primary · 35.8 efficiency · 10.7 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

1

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games