Player Dossier

2023-2025

Stanford

Braden Marceau-Olayinka

DL • 6'3" • 300 lbs • Melrose, MA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Braden Marceau-Olayinka shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.6

Efficiency

6.2

Consistency

3

Season Value

3.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Stanford

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Stanford
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

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.

Braden Marceau-Olayinka, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Stanford. Braden Marceau-Olayinka shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Stanford paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Stanford

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.0

Efficiency

6.2

Usage

1.6

Consistency

3

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 0. BYU: 0. Boston College: 0. Virginia: 0. San José State: 0. SMU: 0. Florida State: 0. Miami: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. North Carolina: 0. Notre Dame: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 0 by 0. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 3 by 12.5. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Notre Dame: 1 by 9.2

Split Comparison

Wins0 · n=3 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · n=8 · +0.1 vs Wins
First Half0 · n=6 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.1 · n=5 · +0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs North Carolina

Result
Sun 11/30vs Notre DameL 20-49100.5000
Sat 11/8@ North CarolinaL 15-2032000
Sat 11/1vs PittsburghL 20-3511000
Sat 10/25@ MiamiL 7-4210000
Sun 10/19vs Florida StateW 20-1331000
Sat 10/11@ SMUL 10-3410000
Sat 9/27vs San José StateW 30-2911000
Sat 9/20@ VirginiaL 20-4810000
Sun 9/14vs Boston CollegeW 30-2000000
Sun 9/7@ BYUL 3-2721000
Sat 8/23@ Hawai'iL 20-2311000

Career Arc

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

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    Stanford

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonStanford04.20.7
2024 Regular SeasonStanford04.20.80
2025 Regular SeasonStanford0.56.21.60.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Notre Dame

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5

Primary metric

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22 takeover score.

#2

North Carolina

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.

#3

Florida State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.8 takeover score.

#4

BYU

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.2 takeover score.

#5

Notre Dame

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Stanford

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Stanford

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Stanford

3.5

0.5 primary · 6.2 efficiency · 1.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8517

Melrose · Melrose, MA

Committed To
Stanford
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

19

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 15 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Braden Marceau-Olayinka quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
19