Brandon Berger: LB · Ball State · #13.
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Brandon Berger
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Ball State. The first one came in 2024: All-MAC. On tape: 5 tackles against Ohio, Week 14, 2024.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 9.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ball State | 38 | 22 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | Ball State | 11 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ball State | 10 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Ball State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 59 | 29 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-34vs Missouri State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-62@ No. 10 Miami | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-37@ Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-63@ James Madison | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 42-45vs Western Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-35@ Kent State | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 8 | L 14-24@ Vanderbilt | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 25-23vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27vs Miami (OH) | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 48-51@ Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-38vs Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-42@ Ohio | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 38 | 22 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 7 · 2024
W 37-35
at Kent State
3 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Kent State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
25%10 TFLSack rate
13%5 sacksPD rate
11%4 pass breakups38 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Mike Neu — 18-31 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road7g | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
54.3%
439 pass / 369 run
Plays / game
67.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
468 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #33 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Ball State, 59 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Neu.
