Former defensive lineman at Massachusetts. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′5″ · 301 lb · Pasadena, CA
The story
Former defensive lineman at Massachusetts. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Brandon McElroy
Wins his gap play after play. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Charles Huff and Shane Montgomery. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Missouri — Week 7, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Massachusetts, 0 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Don Brown → Shane Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (1st 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
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 12 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Marshall | 11 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 23 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 3-34@ Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-23@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-45vs Missouri | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 35-7vs Wagner | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 34-35vs Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-59@ Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 42-47vs UConn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Sokoya McDuffie’s 2023 season.
Matches Sokoya on
Differs from Sokoya on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Alex Huntley's sophomore season at South Carolina (2021).
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Player DNA