Brandon Dorlus: DE · Oregon · #3.
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Brandon Dorlus
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Played for three head coaches at Oregon: Mario Cristobal, Bryan McClendon and Dan Lanning. All-Pac-12 in 2023 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 2 tackles against Oregon State — Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| 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 No. 19 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@ No. 7 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@ No. 13 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 No. 15 Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-34vs No. 3 Washington | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 14 | 6.5 | 5.0 | — | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
20%5 sacksTFL rate
26%6 TFLHurry rate
28%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
42%5 of 12 pressures25 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
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
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
54.8%
513 pass / 423 run
Plays / game
66.9
14 games
Team sack rate
1.0%
524 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #30 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Oregon, 12 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #109 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
A stat line in 49 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mario Cristobal → Dan Lanning. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Atlanta FalconsEntering 3rd NFL season
Atlanta FalconsEntering 3rd NFL season
