#44

Brandon Barlow

Senior defensive lineman for Boston College. 2020: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DL · Boston College · Sr. · #44

6′4″ · 258 lb · Cohoes, NY

Boston College 2020 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Boston College. 2020: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Boston College, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Boston College

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017–2019

Steve Addazio

Boston College

2020

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jeff Hafley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Boston College7-5HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2019Boston College6-7HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2020Boston College6-5HC: Jeff Hafley · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (21st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#487 / 2211 · 76th pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#501 / 2211 · 75th pct

4.0

Tackles#632 / 2211 · 71st pct

QB hurries#468 / 2211 · 69th pct

Solo tackles#798 / 2211 · 62nd pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1276 / 2211 · 21st pct

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

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.7	0.2	0.0
Road4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.5	0.8	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Boston College	34	18	4.0	1.5	--	--	--
2019	Boston College	34	17	6.5	2.5	--	--	--
2018	Boston College	15	7	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Boston College	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		84	42	12.5	4.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2020

W 34–27

vs Louisville

5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With T. Levy — 23 rush yds (12 car) · P. Jurkovec — 203 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 20 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 4	W 24-21vs Texas State	3	1	1.0	0.5	—
Wk 5	L 22-26vs North Carolina	3	3	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	W 31-30vs Pittsburgh	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 14-40@ Virginia Tech	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 48-27vs Georgia Tech	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 28-34@ Clemson	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 16-13@ Syracuse	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 31-45vs Notre Dame	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 34-27vs Louisville	5	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 32-43@ Virginia	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Total		34	18	4.0	1.5	—

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

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays