Braden Siders is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at West Virginia.
Siders is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Ohio — Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | 24 | 11 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Wyoming | 20 | 10 | 3.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Wyoming | 24 | 15 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 2022 | Wyoming | 40 | 31 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 1 |
| Career | 108 | 67 | 21.5 | 13.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Robert Morris | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-17@ Ohio | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 31-24vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-41@ Kansas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-48vs Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-45@ UCF | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-23vs TCU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-35@ No. 22 Houston | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-22vs Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-25@ Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-49vs No. 7 Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 11 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackPD rate
4%1 pass breakups24 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
38.7%
327 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
70.3
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #485 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #62 of 73 Big 12 LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 3,396 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Big 12 as a senior.
A stat line in 39 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Craig Bohl, Jay Sawvel and Rich Rodriguez.
