Brandon Harris

Senior linebacker for Bowling Green. 2018: 112 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Bowling Green · Sr. · #1

6′4″ · 220 lb · East Cleveland, OH

Bowling Green 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 2127 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green

Statement game20 tackles · 1 TFLvs Western Michigan (FBS) · L 35-42

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Bowling Green. 2018: 112 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Bowling Green in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Bowling Green, 263 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2015

Signed with Bowling Green3-star out of Shaw

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2127 national

CFB

College

Bowling Green

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

3 coaches

2015

Dino Babers

Bowling Green

2016–2017

Mike Jinks

Bowling Green

era →

2018

Carl Pelini

Bowling Green

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Mike Jinks, and Carl Pelini. Multi-era developmental context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Bowling Green10-4HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2016Bowling Green4-8HC: Mike Jinks · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Bowling Green2-10HC: Mike Jinks · Balanced

2018Bowling Green3-9HC: Carl Pelini · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#30 / 2662 · 99th pct

Tackles#34 / 2662 · 99th pct

112

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#906 / 2662 · 64th pct

3.5

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	13.6	0.5	0.0	0.2
Road6g	7.3	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	10.9	0.3	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	9.0	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Bowling Green	112	63	3.5	1.0	1	--	--
2017	Bowling Green	92	57	3.5	0.0	6	--	--
2016	Bowling Green	59	34	3.0	1.0	4	2	--
2015	Bowling Green	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		263	154	10.0	2.0	11	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2018

W 42–35

vs Eastern Kentucky

13 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 PD

Edged out Eastern Kentucky at home in a shootout.

With J. Doege — 258 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · -12 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · G. Tinnerman — 39 AVG · 52 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-58@ Oregon	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 14-45vs Maryland	11	7	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 42-35vs Eastern Kentucky	13	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 23-38vs Miami (OH)	9	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-63@ Georgia Tech	7	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 36-52@ Toledo	9	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 35-42vs Western Michigan	20	13	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 20 tackles
Wk 8	L 14-49@ Ohio	9	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 28-35vs Kent State	15	9	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 24-13@ Central Michigan	8	7	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 21-6@ Akron	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		112	63	3.5	1.0	—	1

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

Brandon Harris

2015

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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