Brandon Berry: DL · Syracuse · #97.
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Brandon Berry
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Three seasons in the Syracuse defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 2.5 sacks against Holy Cross — Week 5, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-0@ Liberty | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-63@ Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-41vs No. 1 Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-3vs Holy Cross | 5 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 10-16@ NC State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-27vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-35@ Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-58vs Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-6@ Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 8 | 7.0 | 5.5 | — | 0 |
Week 5 · 2019
W 41-3
vs Holy Cross
2.5 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 38-point win at home against Holy Cross.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
37%7 TFLSack rate
29%6 sacksHurry rate
11%2 hurries19 tackles · 7 for loss · 5.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Dino Babers — 19-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dino Babers
Pass share
45.0%
408 pass / 499 run
Plays / game
75.6
12 games
Team sack rate
10.8%
463 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Syracuse, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dino Babers.
