Braxton Hoyett: DT · Mississippi State · #95.
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Braxton Hoyett
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at Mississippi State: Dan Mullen and Joe Moorhead. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Louisiana, Week 3, 2018.
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
22 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.
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| 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 · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-6vs Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-10@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-10vs Louisiana | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 7-28@ Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-13vs Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-19@ No. 5 LSU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-24@ No. 1 Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-3@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 22-27vs Iowa | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
5%1 hurry22 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.4 | 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
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
38.9%
323 pass / 507 run
Plays / game
63.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Mississippi State, 58 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 30 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
