Brandon Pili: DL · USC · #91.
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Brandon Pili
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at USC: Clay Helton and Lincoln Riley. On tape: 3 tackles against UCLA, Week 12, 2022.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-14vs Rice | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-28@ Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-17vs Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 17-14@ Oregon State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 42-25vs Arizona State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 42-43@ No. 20 Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-37@ Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-35vs California | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-17vs Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-45@ No. 16 UCLA | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-27vs No. 13 Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 3 · 2022
W 45-17
vs Fresno State
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
Dominant 28-point win at home against Fresno State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
5%1 hurry21 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
52.6%
513 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
69.6
14 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
559 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #131 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at USC, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 34 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.
