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Player Dossier
2024-2025New 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.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Memphis • New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Player Story
Brett Karhu built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive end from Frisco, TX wearing No. 45, spending time with Memphis and New Mexico. The clearest part of Brett Karhu's career was his defensive...
Read the storyBrett 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 30
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Brett Karhu quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · DE
- Career Tackles
- 30
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · New Mexico
- Top game
- Nevada
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · DE 65th (top 23%) · Mountain West 115th (top 22%) · National 1,425th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Memphis | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 18.9 |
| 2025 Postseason | New Mexico | 12 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 75.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico | 12 | 26 | 10.5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 75.6 |
Related Context
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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.
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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 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.
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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 game | L 17-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs San Diego StateSplash game | W 23-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ Air ForceSplash game | W 20-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Colorado StateSplash game | W 20-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ UNLVSplash game | W 40-35 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Utah State | W 33-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | vs NevadaSplash game | W 24-22 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | @ Boise State | L 25-41 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ San José State | L 28-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs New Mexico StateSplash game | W 38-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Idaho State | W 32-22 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ MichiganSplash game | L 17-34 | 5 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brett Karhu story
Brett Karhu built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive end from Frisco, TX wearing No. 45, spending time with Memphis and New Mexico. The clearest part of Brett Karhu's career was his defensive production: 30 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with New Mexico. 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 Brett Karhu's production has multiple signals. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Memphis and New Mexico.
The arc is straightforward: Brett Karhu 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
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Memphis
2024
Opening stop
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New Mexico
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Memphis | 1 | 7.1 | 1.8 | — |
| 2025 Postseason | New Mexico | 25.5 | 31.3 | 12.4 | 24.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico | 25.5 | 31.3 | 12.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 116 Nevada
Week 8 · W 24-22 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 57 UNLV
Week 10 · W 40-35 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 25 Michigan
Week 1 · L 17-34 · Ranked opponent
2.5
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 80 Air Force
Week 13 · W 20-3 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
64.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 124 Colorado State
Week 12 · W 20-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · New Mexico
25.5 primary output · 31.3 efficiency · 12.4 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · New Mexico
75.6
25.5 primary · 31.3 efficiency · 12.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Memphis
18.9
1 primary · 7.1 efficiency · 1.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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