Georgia Tech · W 34-11
6 tackles
The other 8 games average 4 tackles. This one was 2 above.
Braylan Lovelace
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Pittsburgh. The first career honor came in 2025: ACC Linebacker Player of the Week. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Miami — Week 8, 2026.
40 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 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.
Fans first named Braylan Lovelace vs Syracuse.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pittsburgh | 40 | 17 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 79 | 41 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 53 | 23 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 24 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 196 | 91 | 19.5 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
Last game (Wk 9): 6 tackles, 1 pass breakup.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-14vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 12-7vs UCF | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-13vs Syracuse | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-0vs Bucknell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-33@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-21vs North Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-27@ Boston College | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 23-52@ No. 1 Miami | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-11vs Georgia Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | 17 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Oct. 31 · W 34-11 vs Georgia Tech, play by play
6 tackles, including 1 pass broken up. He hurried the quarterback twice.
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 9 games with play by play.
How Pittsburgh’s defense played that day
Georgia Tech’s 16 drives: 14 stopped (2 takeaways) · 2 scored.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
0 tackles.
Not drawn: there is no box score for this game yet.
2 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 4 of his 5, sacks included.
1 tackle.
4 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 interception. His interception on 3rd and 12 ended Syracuse’s drive (int).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 5 for him; the box score credits 4.
Intercepted on 3rd and 12. Fourth quarter, up 24-10. Ended Syracuse’s drive (int).
6 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Ratings of the games shown run from -4 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
2%1 pass breakups40 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 24-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
49.1%
315 pass / 326 run
Plays / game
71.2
9 games
Team sack rate
2.6%
345 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #124 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #11 of 74 ACC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
