Bam Brima: DL · Pittsburgh · #57.
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Bam Brima
Wins the gap play after play. Fourth year in the Pittsburgh defensive front. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against West Virginia — Week 3, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 31 | 14 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 43 | 22 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-7vs Wofford | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-27vs Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-17@ West Virginia | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 24-41vs No. 17 North Carolina | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-38@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | W 38-21vs No. 14 Louisville | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-21@ Wake Forest | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-58@ No. 14 Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-24vs No. 4 Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-28vs Syracuse | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-16vs Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-30@ Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 14 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%4 TFLSack rate
10%3 sacksHurry rate
13%4 hurries31 tackles · 4 for loss · 3 sacks.
4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 29-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
50.7%
358 pass / 348 run
Plays / game
58.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #163 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
