Brandon Byner: DB · Arkansas State · #28.
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Brandon Byner
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Arkansas State since. On tape: 6 tackles against Alabama, Week 2, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-21vs Southeast Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-57@ No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 29-20@ Tulsa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-20vs UNLV | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-28@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-35vs App State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 51-35vs Georgia State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 43-47@ Louisiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-16@ Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-16vs Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 25 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
25tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL25 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Blake Anderson — 32-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
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
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Pass share
48.5%
479 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
76.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
508 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Arkansas State, 36 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 26 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Blake Anderson.
