Senior defensive back for Western Kentucky. 2022: 1 interception, 13 tackles.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Miami, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 1168 nationally · Signed with Western Kentucky
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Western Kentucky. 2022: 1 interception, 13 tackles.
AJ Brathwaite
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. AJ Brathwaite has been at Western Kentucky through two head coaches in five seasons. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Florida Atlantic — Week 13, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Western Kentucky, 96 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Tyson Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (12th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #77 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 64 | 39 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 96 | 62 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 38–27
vs Austin Peay
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-27vs Austin Peay | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-31@ UTSA | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-17@ Middle Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-40vs North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 32-31@ Florida Atlantic | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to George Hicks’s 2021 season.
Matches George on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon McKinney's senior season at Utah (2021).
Matches Brandon on
Player DNA