Brandon Tucker Jr.
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the UTSA linebacker corps. First career honor, 2024: All-America (NCAA). One game to point at: 13 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Texas State — Week 2, 2026.
56 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Last game (Wk 8): 3 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-16vs UT Rio Grande Valley | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-26@ Texas State | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 6-30@ No. 1 Texas | 11 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-45vs Colorado State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 16-14@ Rice | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs South Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-34vs Navy | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-19@ Tulane | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 25 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Oct. 24 · W 42-19 at Tulane, play by play
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
How UTSA’s defense played that day
Tulane’s 12 drives: 9 stopped (5 takeaways) · 3 scored. While the game was within a score they held 5 of 5.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 8 for him; the box score credits 7.
8 tackles, including 1 pass broken up. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
11 tackles, including 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 12 for him; the box score credits 11.
A big game: 13 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles, including 1 pass broken up. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 6 for him; the box score credits 5.
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +20 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
56tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
4%2 pass breakups56 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Jeff Traylor — 14-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 8.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Pass share
46.7%
247 pass / 282 run
Plays / game
66.1
8 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
271 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
56 tackles in 8 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #52 of 61 American Athletic LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Selector Grid · 2024
2026 is in progress.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2024)
named by 1 selector
