Brandon George: LB · Pittsburgh · #30.
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Brandon George
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Six seasons in the Pittsburgh linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 11 tackles against California — Week 7, 2024.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
80 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 5.5 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.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 80 | 29 | 5.5 | 2.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 50 | 24 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 31 | 19 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 18 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 193 | 90 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-24vs Kent State | 7 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-27@ Cincinnati | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-34vs West Virginia | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 73-17vs Youngstown State | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-24@ North Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-15vs California | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 41-13vs Syracuse | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 25-48@ No. 20 SMU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-24vs Virginia | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-24vs No. 17 Clemson | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-37@ Louisville | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-34@ Boston College | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 46-48vs Toledo | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 29 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
Week 9 · 2024
W 41-13
vs Syracuse
1 interception · 0.5 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against Syracuse.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
80tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups80 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
6 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 44-32 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
54.5%
499 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
70.5
13 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
535 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
80 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Six seasons at Pittsburgh, 193 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
