#28

Brandon Byner

Senior defensive back for Arkansas State. 2018: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 25 tackles.

DB · Arkansas State · Sr. · #28

5′11″ · 177 lb · Bessemer, AL

Arkansas State 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back for Arkansas State. 2018: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Arkansas State in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 3336 nationally · Signed with Arkansas State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Arkansas State, 36 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

201410 games

Signed with Arkansas State2-star out of Bessemer City

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3336 national

CFB

College

Arkansas State

2014–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2018

1 coach

2014–2016

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

2018

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

Played his entire career under Blake Anderson.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Blake Anderson — 32-20 over that span.

2014Arkansas State7-6HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Arkansas State9-4HC: Blake Anderson · Run-heavy

2016Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2018Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#519 / 2662 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#1330 / 2662 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Tackles#1611 / 2662 · 38th pct

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

Tackles for loss#1758 / 2662 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Arkansas State	25	17	1.0	0.0	3	1	--
2016	Arkansas State	11	7	2.0	0.0	1	--	--
2015	Arkansas State	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Arkansas State	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		36	24	3.0	0.0	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 48–21

vs Southeast Missouri State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 27-point win at home against Southeast Missouri State.

With J. Hansen — 423 yds · 6 TD · 1 INT · 31 rush yds (5 car) · M. Murray — 54 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-21vs Southeast Missouri State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-57@ Alabama	6	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 3	W 29-20@ Tulsa	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 27-20vs UNLV	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 21-28@ Georgia Southern	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 9-35vs App State	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 51-35vs Georgia State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 43-47@ Louisiana	2	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 11	W 44-16@ Coastal Carolina	1	1	1.0	—	0
Bowl	L 13-16@ Nevada	1	1	0.0	—	2
Total		25	17	1.0	1	3

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

201410 games

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays