Bralyn Lux

Former defensive back at Texas Tech. 2024: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 27 tackles.

DB · Texas Tech · Sr.

5′11″ · 185 lb · San Jose, CA

CFB Index 38 · #374 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceTexas Tech 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive back at Texas Tech. 2024: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 27 tackles.

Transferred from Fresno State to Texas Tech in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas Tech, 153 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

202311 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

2022–2024

Joey McGuire

Texas Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Wells → Joey McGuire. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Fresno State3-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Lee Marks · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2023Texas Tech7-6HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced

2024Texas Tech8-5HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

38Below cohort / limited sample #374 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#781 / 2892 · 72nd pct

Tackles#1544 / 2892 · 46th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

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QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Tackles for loss#2477 / 2892 · 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

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road5g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-73g	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #374 of 537 safeties

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas Tech	27	25	0.0	0.0	3	1	--
2023	Texas Tech	38	31	3.0	0.0	8	1	--
2022	Fresno State	34	29	3.0	2.0	6	1	--
2021	Fresno State	24	18	1.0	0.0	4	--	--
2020	Fresno State	30	27	1.0	0.0	4	1	--
Career		153	130	8.0	2.0	25	4	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 16-37@ Washington State	1	1	—	0
Wk 3	W 66-21vs North Texas	2	2	1	0
Wk 6	W 28-22@ Arizona	0	0	—	1
Wk 8	L 35-59vs Baylor	3	3	—	2
Wk 9	L 34-35@ TCU	5	5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 10	W 23-22@ Iowa State	4	3	—	0
Wk 11	L 27-41vs Colorado	3	3	—	0
Wk 13	W 56-48@ Oklahoma State	4	4	—	0
Wk 14	W 52-15vs West Virginia	5	4	—	0
Total		27	25	1	3

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

Bralyn Lux

202311 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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