Usage / Role
33%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2016UTEP
Brendan Royal
DB • 6'0" • Oakland, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brendan Royal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
21
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UTEP
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Player Story
Brendan Royal built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a defensive back from Oakland, CA wearing No. 24, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Brendan Royal's career was his defensive production: 33...
Read the storyBrendan Royal, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UTEP. Brendan Royal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 33
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Brendan Royal quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · DB
- Career Tackles
- 33
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · UTEP
- Top game
- New Mexico State
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DB 270th (top 33%) · Conference USA 136th (top 24%) · National 1,277th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | UTEP | 12 | 33 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 37.8 |
Related Context
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Brendan Royal played DB for UTEP. Across 2 tracked seasons, Brendan Royal recorded 33 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
UTEP paired 5.5 primary output with 16.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.1
Usage
3.2
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. New Mexico State: 3.5. Texas: 0. Army: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Florida International: 0. UTSA: 1. Old Dominion: 0. Houston Christian: 0. Florida Atlantic: 1. Rice: 0. North Texas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 4 by 51.7. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Army: 4 by 16.7. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 3 by 12.5. UTSA: 6 by 35. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3. Houston Christian: 1 by 4.2. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 26.7. Rice: 2 by 8.3. North Texas: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.1 · Games = 4 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 8 · -1 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
New Mexico State
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs New Mexico State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs North Texas | W 52-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Rice | L 24-44 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 31-35 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/6 | vs Houston Christian | W 42-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/30 | vs Old Dominion | L 21-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ UTSA | W 52-49 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | vs Florida International | L 21-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 7-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Southern Miss | L 7-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Army | L 14-66 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Texas | L 7-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | vs New Mexico StateSplash game | W 38-22 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
Player Story
Brendan Royal story
Brendan Royal built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a defensive back from Oakland, CA wearing No. 24, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Brendan Royal's career was his defensive production: 33 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 3 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Brendan Royal's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
UTEP
2015-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | UTEP | 5.5 | 16.1 | 3.2 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs New Mexico State
Week 1 · W 38-22
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 11 · L 31-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
50.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.7 takeover score.
#3
@ UTSA
Week 8 · W 52-49 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
42.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.6 takeover score.
#4
vs North Texas
Week 13 · W 52-24 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
13.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Army
Week 3 · L 14-66
0
Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · UTEP
5.5 primary output · 16.1 efficiency · 3.2 usage
37.8
#2
2015 Regular Season · UTEP
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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