Brandon Facyson: CB · Virginia Tech · #31.
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Brandon Facyson
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Two seasons in the Virginia Tech secondary to date. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Old Dominion — Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
The Roanoke Times Oct 23
TigerNet Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | 19 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | 48 | 32 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 11 |
| Career | 67 | 46 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 16 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-24vs No. 22 West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 64-17@ East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-0vs Old Dominion | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 17-31vs No. 2 Clemson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 23-10@ Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 59-7vs North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-3vs Duke | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-28@ No. 9 Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-28@ Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-14vs Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | L 21-30vs No. 17 Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Week 9 · 2017
W 24-3
vs Duke
1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 21-point win at home against Duke.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
26%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this season19 tackles · 2 for loss · 5 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Justin Fuente, all run-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 19-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Fuente
Pass share
41.7%
410 pass / 573 run
Plays / game
75.6
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
438 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Virginia Tech, 67 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Frank Beamer → Justin Fuente. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
