#42

Brady Anderson

Senior linebacker for San Diego State. 2025: 21 tackles.

LB · San Diego State · Sr. · #42

6′2″ · 230 lb · Bakersfield, CA

CFB Index 6 · #578 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to San Diego State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 10 pm ETvs James MadisonSnapdragon StadiumSan Diego State by 2.5

The numbers

tackles · 2025

Best game: 4 tackles, vs North Texas

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for San Diego State. 2025: 21 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San Diego State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Solo tackles: 40th percentile.

The full scouting read

Brady Anderson

LB · San Diego State · Sr · #42

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Brady Anderson has been at San Diego State through two head coaches in five seasons. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Stony Brook, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2022San Diego State7-6HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023San Diego State4-8HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning

2024San Diego State3-9HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning

2025San Diego State9-4HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6Below cohort / limited sample #578 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

Tackles#1929 / 2975 · 34th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road3g	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

6 · #578 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #578 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #44 of 45 Mountain West LBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	San Diego State	21	12	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2024	San Diego State	13	9	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2023	San Diego State	12	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	San Diego State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	San Diego State	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		48	27	2.0	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 17–7

vs Boise State

3 SOLO · 3 TOT

With H. Green — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG · L. Sutton — 150 rush yds (25 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 42-0vs Stony Brook	4	1	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 2	L 13-36@ Washington State	1	0	—
Wk 4	W 34-0vs California	3	2	—
Wk 6	W 45-24vs Colorado State	2	1	—
Wk 9	W 23-0@ Fresno State	1	1	—
Wk 10	W 24-7vs Wyoming	1	1	—
Wk 12	W 17-7vs Boise State	3	3	—
Wk 14	L 17-23@ New Mexico	2	2	—
Bowl	L 47-49vs North Texas	4	1	—
Total		21	12	—

The linebacker corps · San Diego State

#41Mister WilliamsLB · Sr.44 tackles · 2025
#21Tano LetuliLB · Sr.27 tackles · 2025
#42Brady AndersonLB · Sr.21 tackles · 2025
#32Tanner WilliamsLB · Fr.6 tackles · 2025
#34Dean HarringtonLB · So.3 tackles · 2025

10 more on the roster · San Diego State team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Brady Anderson

2021

20259 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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