Player Dossier

2024-2025

New Mexico

Brett Karhu

DE • 6'0" • 226 lbs • Frisco, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brett Karhu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

12.4

Efficiency

31.3

Consistency

70.9

Season Value

53.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Memphis • New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Scouting Read

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Brett Karhu, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico. Brett Karhu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.3 disruption score.

Brett Karhu played DE for Memphis and New Mexico. Across 2 tracked seasons, Brett Karhu recorded 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

New Mexico paired 25.5 primary output with 31.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 31.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Memphis, New Mexico.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Win with 4 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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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · New Mexico

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.1

Efficiency

31.3

Usage

12.4

Consistency

70.9

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 2. Michigan: 2.5. Idaho State: 1.5. New Mexico State: 2. San José State: 1. Boise State: 1.5. Nevada: 4. Utah State: 0. UNLV: 3. Colorado State: 3. Air Force: 3. San Diego State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 3 by 32.5. Michigan: 5 by 45.8. Idaho State: 2 by 23.3. New Mexico State: 1 by 24.2. San José State: 1 by 14.2. Boise State: 3 by 27.5. Nevada: 2 by 48.3. Utah State: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 5 by 50.8. Colorado State: 2 by 38.3. Air Force: 1 by 34.2. San Diego State: 3 by 32.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.3 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

50.8 vs UNLV

Result
Fri 12/26@ MinnesotaSplash gameL 17-20320.500.501
Fri 11/28vs San Diego StateSplash gameW 23-1731110
Sun 11/23@ Air ForceSplash gameW 20-311110
Sat 11/15vs Colorado StateSplash gameW 20-1721111
Sat 11/1@ UNLVSplash gameW 40-3553110
Sat 10/25vs Utah StateW 33-1411000
Sun 10/19vs NevadaSplash gameW 24-2222210
Sun 10/12@ Boise StateL 25-41311.5000
Sat 10/4@ San José StateL 28-3511000
Sat 9/27vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 38-2011110
Sat 9/6vs Idaho StateW 32-22200.5000
Sat 8/30@ MichiganSplash gameL 17-34531.5010

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Memphis

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    New Mexico

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonMemphis17.11.8
2025 PostseasonNew Mexico25.531.312.424.5
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico25.531.312.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Nevada

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 58.4 takeover score.

#2

UNLV

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 46.8 takeover score.

#3

Michigan

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.7 takeover score.

#4

Colorado State

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

#5

Air Force

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 39.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · New Mexico

25.5 primary output · 31.3 efficiency · 12.4 usage

53.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · New Mexico

53.6

25.5 primary · 31.3 efficiency · 12.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Memphis

15.7

1 primary · 7.1 efficiency · 1.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

30

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 14 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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