Braelen Oliver

Senior linebacker for Georgia Tech. 2023: 26 tackles, 4 tackles for loss.

LB · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 217 lb · Douglasville, GA

CFB Index 23 · #502 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceGeorgia Tech 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1048 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Georgia Tech. 2023: 26 tackles, 4 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2018.
Transferred from Minnesota to Georgia Tech in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia Tech, 105 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Signed with Minnesota3-star out of Douglas County

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1048 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019

Geoff Collins

Georgia Tech

2021

Geoff Collins

Georgia Tech

2022–2023

Brent Key

Georgia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Geoff Collins → Brent Key. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Minnesota11-2HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2021Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2023Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

23Below cohort / limited sample #502 of 577?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#752 / 2842 · 71st pct

4.0

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

Tackles#1524 / 2842 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#2046 / 2842 · 25th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.0
Road4g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.5	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

23 · #502 of 577 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #502 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Georgia Tech	26	9	4.0	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Minnesota	33	14	1.5	0.5	1	--	--
2021	Minnesota	24	20	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Minnesota	22	14	3.5	3.0	1	--	--
Career		105	57	9.5	3.5	4	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 48-13vs South Carolina State	5	3	1.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 3	L 23-48@ Ole Miss	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 30-16@ Wake Forest	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 27-38vs Bowling Green	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 23-38vs Boston College	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 46-42vs North Carolina	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 45-17@ Virginia	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 21-42@ Clemson	2	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-22vs Syracuse	4	2	2.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 23-31vs Georgia	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		26	9	4.0	—	1

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

Braelen Oliver

2018

202310 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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