Tight end for Minnesota. 2017: 9 catches, 84 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′5″ · 254 lb · Wayzata, MN
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 1528 nationally · Signed with Minnesota
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 tight end for Minnesota. 2017: 9 catches, 84 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Brandon Lingen
Brandon Lingen has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Minnesota. One game to point at: 31 rec yds, 2 receptions against Maryland — Week 5, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Minnesota, 558 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys, and P.J. Fleck. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 18.3 | 10.0 | 0.3 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 29.0 | 7.3 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 21.0 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-7vs Buffalo | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-3vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31vs Maryland | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | 24 | Season-high 31 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 17-31@ Purdue | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 1 | 15 | |
| Total | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 2 | 24 |