Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Iowa State
Cael Brezina
LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Downers Grove, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cael Brezina shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
33
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
43
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Player Story
Cael Brezina built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Downers Grove, IL wearing No. 9, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Cael Brezina's career was his defensive...
Read the storyCael Brezina, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State. Cael Brezina shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 51
- TFL
- 3
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Cael Brezina quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 51
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Houston
- High school pipeline
- Downers Grove North · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · LB 485th (top 39%) · Big 12 160th (top 22%) · National 1,430th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa State | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 9 | 29 | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Iowa State to Penn State | P4 to P4 | 80.5 | Jan 4, 2026 |
Cael Brezina played LB for Iowa State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Cael Brezina recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 4 primary output with 17.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.9 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: Arizona State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
17.9
Usage
9
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 0. Kansas State: 0. Iowa: 0. Arkansas State: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Arizona State: 2. TCU: 0. Kansas: 1. Oklahoma State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 4 by 16.7. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Arkansas State: 4 by 16.7. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 3 by 32.5. TCU: 8 by 33.3. Kansas: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma State: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arizona State
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs TCU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Oklahoma State | W 20-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Kansas | W 38-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ TCU | W 20-17 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Arizona StateSplash game | L 19-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Cincinnati | L 30-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Arkansas State | W 24-16 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Iowa | W 16-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs South Dakota | W 55-7 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Kansas State | W 24-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cael Brezina story
Cael Brezina built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Downers Grove, IL wearing No. 9, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Cael Brezina's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2 passes defended across 17 career games in the available record. That gives Cael Brezina's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa State | 5 | 17.7 | 5.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 5 | 17.7 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 4 | 17.9 | 9 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Houston
Week 5 · W 20-0 · Conference game
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
84.7 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 60 Arizona State
Week 10 · L 19-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 58 Kansas
Week 13 · W 38-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa
Week 2 · W 20-19
1.5
Havoc Plays
49.7 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 121 Oklahoma State
Week 14 · W 20-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
4 primary output · 17.9 efficiency · 9 usage
46
#2
2024 Postseason · Iowa State
43.7
5 primary · 17.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Iowa State
43.7
5 primary · 17.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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