Player Dossier

2023-2025

Arkansas State

Bryan Whitehead

DE • 6'1" • 265 lbs • Bartlett, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bryan Whitehead shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

64

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Liberty • Arkansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Player Story

Bryan Whitehead built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive end from Bartlett, TN wearing No. 4, spending time with Arkansas State and Liberty. The clearest part of Bryan Whitehead's career was his...

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Bryan Whitehead, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Arkansas State. Bryan Whitehead shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
58
TFL
21.5
Sacks
8.5
QB hurries
17
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Bryan Whitehead quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas State · DE
Career Tackles
58
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Arkansas State
Top game
Georgia State
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
21 tackles · DE 101st (top 36%) · Sun Belt 222nd (top 35%) · National 1,950th (top 32%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonLiberty81320.52-030
2024 PostseasonArkansas State1220.501-068.8
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas State122210414-068.8
2025 PostseasonArkansas State1220.50.5--044.8
2025 Regular SeasonArkansas State12198.53.5-2044.8

Related Context

Bryan Whitehead played DE for Liberty and Arkansas State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Bryan Whitehead recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Arkansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Arkansas State paired 29.5 primary output with 31.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.8 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Liberty, Arkansas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Arkansas State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

19.8

Usage

5.9

Consistency

59.8

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Missouri State: 1. Southeast Missouri State: 0.5. Arkansas: 0. Iowa State: 1. Kennesaw State: 2. UL Monroe: 1. South Alabama: 0. Georgia Southern: 1. Troy: 2. Southern Miss: 3.5. Louisiana: 2. App State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri State: 2 by 18.3. Southeast Missouri State: 1 by 9.2. Arkansas: 2 by 8.3. Iowa State: 1 by 14.2. Kennesaw State: 1 by 24.2. UL Monroe: 2 by 18.3. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Southern: 1 by 14.2. Troy: 3 by 32.5. Southern Miss: 4 by 51.7. Louisiana: 3 by 32.5. App State: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 6 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Southern Miss

Best efficiency game

51.7 vs Southern Miss

Result
Fri 12/19vs Missouri StateW 34-28210.500.500
Sat 11/29@ App StateW 30-2900001
Fri 11/21vs LouisianaSplash gameL 30-3432110
Sat 11/8vs Southern MissSplash gameL 21-274220.501
Sun 11/2@ TroySplash gameW 23-10321.500.500
Sat 10/25vs Georgia SouthernW 34-2411100
Tue 10/14@ South AlabamaW 15-1410000
Sat 9/27@ UL MonroeL 16-2822100
Sat 9/20@ Kennesaw StateSplash gameL 21-2811110
Sat 9/13vs Iowa StateL 16-24100.500.500
Sat 9/6@ ArkansasL 14-5621000
Sat 8/30vs Southeast Missouri StateW 42-24100.5000

Player Story

Bryan Whitehead story

Bryan Whitehead built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive end from Bartlett, TN wearing No. 4, spending time with Arkansas State and Liberty. The clearest part of Bryan Whitehead's career was his defensive production: 58 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Arkansas State. 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 Bryan Whitehead's production has multiple signals. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas State and Liberty.

The arc is straightforward: Bryan Whitehead 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

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

  1. 1

    Liberty

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arkansas State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonLiberty4.512.45.5
2024 PostseasonArkansas State29.531.312.625
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas State29.531.312.60
2025 PostseasonArkansas State1519.85.9-14.5
2025 Regular SeasonArkansas State1519.85.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia State

Week 12 · W 27-20 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6.5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 94 Southern Miss

Week 11 · L 21-27 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Tulsa

Week 2 · W 28-24

5.5

Havoc Plays

81 takeover

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81 takeover score.

#4

vs UL Monroe

Week 13 · W 28-21 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

79.8 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Massachusetts

Week 12 · W 49-25

1.5

Havoc Plays

72 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Arkansas State

29.5 primary output · 31.3 efficiency · 12.6 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Arkansas State

68.8

29.5 primary · 31.3 efficiency · 12.6 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Arkansas State

44.8

15 primary · 19.8 efficiency · 5.9 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

10

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games