Brandon Dorlus

Former defensive end at Oregon. 2023: 5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

DE · Oregon · Sr. · #3

6′3″ · 290 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 85 · #30 of 418 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamAtlanta — drafted 2024, Rd 4, Pick 9, #109 overall

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 835 nationally · Signed with Deerfield Beach

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Oregon. 2023: 5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Deerfield Beach in 2019.
Drafted round 4 by the Atlanta in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Oregon, 12 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #109 overall by Atlanta.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20195 games

Recruited3-star out of Deerfield Beach

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Pac-12First Team

202213 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

202313 games

All-Pac-12First Team

2024

Drafted by Atlantaround 4, pick 109

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#835 national

CFB

College

Oregon

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #109

Atlanta · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2020

Mario Cristobal

Oregon

2021

Bryan McClendon

Oregon

era →

2022–2023

Dan Lanning

Oregon

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mario Cristobal, Bryan McClendon, and Dan Lanning. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

AtlantaEntering 3rd NFL season

#109Rd 4 · Pick 9

AtlantaEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Oregon12-2HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2020Oregon4-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning

2021Oregon10-4HC: Bryan McClendon · Run-leaning

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

2023Oregon12-2HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

85All-Conference level #30 of 418?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th percentile). Strength: passes defended (96th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#70 / 2842 · 97th pct

Passes defended#95 / 2842 · 96th pct

Sacks#123 / 2842 · 95th pct

5.0

Tackles for loss#338 / 2842 · 87th pct

6.5

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#1508 / 2842 · 45th pct

Tackles#1598 / 2842 · 43rd 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.9	0.4	0.4	0.6
Road6g	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.6	0.5	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #30 of 418 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #30 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Oregon	25	14	6.5	5.0	7	--	--
2022	Oregon	35	16	9.5	2.5	2	--	--
2021	Oregon	25	14	7.0	2.5	2	--	--
2020	Oregon	12	7	2.0	1.0	1	--	--
2019	Oregon	5	4	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		102	55	27.0	12.0	12	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2023

W 31–7

vs Oregon State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 2 PD

Dominant 24-point win at home against Oregon State.

With B. Nix — 367 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.4 · 31 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · T. Johnson — 11 rec · 137 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 81-7vs Portland State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 38-30@ Texas Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 55-10vs Hawai'i	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 42-6vs Colorado	4	0	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-6@ Stanford	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 33-36@ Washington	5	3	1.5	1.0	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 8	W 38-24vs Washington State	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 35-6@ Utah	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 63-19vs California	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 36-27vs USC	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 49-13@ Arizona State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 31-7vs Oregon State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 14	L 31-34@ Washington	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		25	14	6.5	5.0	—	7

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

Brandon Dorlus

20195 games

202112 games

202213 games

202313 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Pressure Merchant

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