Player Dossier

2023-2025

Vanderbilt

Bryan Longwell

LB • 6'1" • 227 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bryan Longwell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

79%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

88

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri

Player Story

Bryan Longwell built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Nashville, TN wearing No. 11, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Bryan Longwell's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8478

Lipscomb Academy · Nashville, TN

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Bryan Longwell, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt. Bryan Longwell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
194
TFL
16.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Bryan Longwell quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · LB
Career Tackles
194
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 37 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Top game
Missouri
Recruit profile
3-star · Lipscomb Academy · Vanderbilt
High school pipeline
Lipscomb Academy · 17 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 11 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
70 tackles · LB 165th (top 13%) · SEC 31st (top 5%) · National 269th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt11360.50--010.2
2024 PostseasonVanderbilt139-01-069.9
2024 Regular SeasonVanderbilt13797.51.514069.9
2025 PostseasonVanderbilt133-0--061.6
2025 Regular SeasonVanderbilt13678.5142061.6

Related Context

Bryan Longwell played LB for Vanderbilt. Across 3 tracked seasons, Bryan Longwell recorded 194 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Vanderbilt paired 16 primary output with 40.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 40.5 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: Missouri

Loss with 3.5 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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2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

40.5

Usage

11.4

Consistency

47.6

Best Game by takeover score

Missouri

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 1. Virginia Tech: 1.5. Alcorn State: 0.5. Georgia State: 2. Missouri: 3.5. Alabama: 0.5. Kentucky: 0. Ball State: 1. Texas: 0.5. Auburn: 0. South Carolina: 2.5. LSU: 0. Tennessee: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 9 by 47.5. Virginia Tech: 9 by 52.5. Alcorn State: 2 by 13.3. Georgia State: 4 by 36.7. Missouri: 12 by 85. Alabama: 8 by 38.3. Kentucky: 6 by 25. Ball State: 4 by 26.7. Texas: 11 by 50.8. Auburn: 4 by 16.7. South Carolina: 3 by 37.5. LSU: 6 by 25. Tennessee: 10 by 71.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 6 · +1.3 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

Missouri

Best efficiency game

85 vs Missouri

Result
Fri 12/27vs Georgia TechW 35-2794000
Sat 11/30vs Tennessee10+ tackles · Splash gameL 23-36105002
Sun 11/24@ LSUL 17-2463000
Sat 11/9vs South CarolinaSplash gameL 7-28321.5001
Sat 11/2@ AuburnW 17-744000
Sat 10/26vs Texas10+ tacklesL 24-271160.5000
Sat 10/19vs Ball StateW 24-1442100
Sat 10/12@ KentuckyW 20-1361000
Sat 10/5vs AlabamaW 40-35850.5000
Sat 9/21@ Missouri10+ tackles · Splash gameL 27-301262.5010
Sat 9/14@ Georgia StateSplash gameL 32-36410.500.5010
Sat 9/7vs Alcorn StateW 55-0200.5000
Sat 8/31vs Virginia TechW 34-27920.5001

Player Story

Bryan Longwell story

Bryan Longwell built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Nashville, TN wearing No. 11, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Bryan Longwell's career was his defensive production: 194 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 19 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Bryan Longwell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Vanderbilt

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0.514.12.5
2024 PostseasonVanderbilt1640.511.415.5
2024 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1640.511.40
2025 PostseasonVanderbilt16.534.88.50.5
2025 Regular SeasonVanderbilt16.534.88.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Missouri

Week 4 · L 27-30 · Conference game

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

95 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95 takeover score.

#2

vs Tennessee

Week 14 · L 23-36 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 49 South Carolina

Week 3 · W 31-7 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 133 Georgia State

Week 4 · W 70-21

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Havoc Plays

74.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 74.1 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 19 Tennessee

Week 14 · W 45-24 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

2.5

Havoc Plays

73.8 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt

16 primary output · 40.5 efficiency · 11.4 usage

69.9

#2

2024 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

69.9

16 primary · 40.5 efficiency · 11.4 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt

61.6

16.5 primary · 34.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

8

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games