#13

Brandon Wellington

Senior linebacker for Washington. 2019: 67 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Washington · Sr. · #13

6′0″ · 226 lb · Kent, WA

Washington 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 224 nationally · Signed with Washington

Statement game16 tacklesvs Washington State (FBS) · W 31-13

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Washington. 2019: 67 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Washington in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Washington, 116 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20165 games

Signed with Washington4-star out of Eastside Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#224 national

CFB

College

Washington

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Chris Petersen

Washington

Played his entire career under Chris Petersen.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Chris Petersen — 40-14 over that span.

2016Washington12-2HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2017Washington10-3HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2018Washington10-4HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2019Washington8-5HC: Chris Petersen · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (89th percentile). Strength: tackles (87th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#290 / 2688 · 89th pct

Tackles#339 / 2688 · 87th pct

Sacks#1258 / 2688 · 50th pct

0.5

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Tackles for loss#1809 / 2688 · 27th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	7.3	0.1	0.1	0.0
Road5g	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.5	0.1	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	7.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Washington	67	42	1.0	0.5	1	--	--
2018	Washington	27	16	2.0	0.0	1	--	--
2017	Washington	15	6	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Washington	7	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		116	70	4.0	1.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2019

W 28–14

vs USC

5 TOT · 2 SOLO

With J. Whitford — 44 AVG · 56 LONG · 6 NO · S. Ahmed — 153 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week