Senior linebacker for Ball State. 2021: 20 tackles.
6′0″ · 232 lb · Indianapolis, IN
The story
4 linebacker for Ball State. 2021: 20 tackles.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 2247 nationally · Signed with Ball State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonBrandon Martin
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has five seasons of production at Ball State behind him. In 2020 the league put his name on paper for the first time: MAC Defensive Player of the Year. The receipt: 10 tackles, 1 INT against Northern Illinois — Week 11, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Ball State, 237 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Neu.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Mike Neu — 24-33 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road1g | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Uremovich
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ball State | 20 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Ball State | 90 | 46 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Ball State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Ball State | 66 | 37 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Ball State | 55 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 237 | 124 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 31–21
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-21vs Western Illinois | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 29-30@ Northern Illinois | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 17-37vs Central Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Lamin Touray’s 2021 season.
Matches Lamin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Phoenix Jackson's senior season at Fresno State (2022).
Matches Phoenix on
Differs from Phoenix on
Player DNA