#95

Braxton Hoyett

Senior defensive tackle for Mississippi State. 2018: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

DT · Mississippi State · Sr. · #95

6′3″ · 310 lb · Pelham, AL

Mississippi State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1872 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Mississippi State. 2018: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Mississippi State, 58 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Mississippi State3-star out of Pelham

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1872 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016–2017

Dan Mullen

Mississippi State

2018

Joe Moorhead

Mississippi State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Mississippi State6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

2017Mississippi State9-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Mississippi State8-5HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (16th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1212 / 2662 · 52nd pct

2.5

Tackles#1796 / 2662 · 32nd pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2165 / 2662 · 16th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.5	0.1	0.1	0.0
Road6g	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Mississippi State	22	8	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Mississippi State	21	5	2.5	0.5	--	1	--
2016	Mississippi State	15	7	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		58	20	7.0	1.5	--	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 63-6vs Stephen F. Austin	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 31-10@ Kansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 56-10vs Louisiana	4	1	0.5	0.5	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 4	L 7-28@ Kentucky	3	1	2.0	0.5	—
Wk 5	L 6-13vs Florida	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 3-19@ LSU	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 0-24@ Alabama	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 35-3@ Ole Miss	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 22-27@ Iowa	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
Total		22	8	2.5	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays