Player Dossier

2014-2017

Mississippi State

Brandon Bryant

DB • 6'0" • 215 lbs • Tunica, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Bryant shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Mississippi State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Player Story

Brandon Bryant built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Tunica, MS wearing No. 1, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Brandon Bryant's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8848

Spring Valley · Huntington, WV

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Brandon Bryant, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Mississippi State. Brandon Bryant shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
94
TFL
1.5
Passes defended
4
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Brandon Bryant quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · DB
Career Tackles
94
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · Mississippi State
Top game
BYU
Recruit profile
3-star · Spring Valley · West Virginia
High school pipeline
Spring Valley · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 1 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
32 tackles · DB 283rd (top 36%) · SEC 145th (top 24%) · National 1,300th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonMississippi State00-0--0-
2015 PostseasonMississippi State30-0--065
2015 Regular SeasonMississippi State30-0--165
2016 PostseasonMississippi State136-0--040.1
2016 Regular SeasonMississippi State135610-2040.1
2017 Regular SeasonMississippi State11320.50-2034.7

Related Context

Brandon Bryant played DB for Mississippi State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Bryant recorded 94 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Mississippi State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

Mississippi State paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Postseason · Mississippi State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. NC State: 1. Louisiana Tech: 1. Alabama: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

20 vs NC State

Result
Wed 12/30vs NC StateW 51-281
Sat 11/14vs AlabamaL 6-311
Sat 10/17vs Louisiana TechW 45-201

Player Story

Brandon Bryant story

Brandon Bryant built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Tunica, MS wearing No. 1, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Brandon Bryant's career was his defensive production: 94 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 4 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Mississippi 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 Brandon Bryant's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State.

The arc is straightforward: Brandon Bryant 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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    Mississippi State

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonMississippi State0
2015 PostseasonMississippi State3203
2015 Regular SeasonMississippi State3200
2016 PostseasonMississippi State422.93.61
2016 Regular SeasonMississippi State422.93.60
2017 Regular SeasonMississippi State3.515.33.2-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs BYU

Week 7 · W 35-10

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Samford

Week 9 · W 56-41

2

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#3

vs NC State

Week 1 · W 51-28 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Alabama

Week 11 · L 6-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 7 · W 45-20

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Mississippi State

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

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#2

2015 Regular Season · Mississippi State

65

3 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Mississippi State

40.1

4 primary · 22.9 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

2

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games