Breckyn Hager: DL · Texas · #44.
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Breckyn Hager
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Texas. On tape: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Oklahoma State, Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.
Yahoo Sports Oct 31
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 29-34vs Maryland | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-21vs Tulsa | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-14vs No. 22 USC | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-16vs No. 17 TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 19-14@ Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-45vs No. 7 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-17vs Baylor | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-38@ Oklahoma State | 9 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 41-42vs No. 12 West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-34@ Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-10vs No. 18 Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-17@ Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 27-39vs No. 5 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 23 | 8.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
26%8 TFLSack rate
10%3 sacksHurry rate
19%6 hurries31 tackles · 8 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tom Herman
Pass share
46.1%
475 pass / 556 run
Plays / game
73.6
14 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
509 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Texas, 13 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Tom Herman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
