#44

Breckyn Hager

Former defensive lineman at Texas. 2018: 3 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

DL · Texas · Sr. · #44

6′3″ · 255 lb · Austin, TX

Philadelphia — drafted 1989, Rd 3, Pick 25, #81 overall

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 1540 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Texas. 2018: 3 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas in 2015.
Drafted round 3 by the Philadelphia in 1989.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas, 13 sacks — drafted at #81 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

1989

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 3, pick 81

2015

Signed with Texas3-star out of Westlake

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1540 national

CFB

College

Texas

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #81

Philadelphia · 1989

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

Charlie Strong

Texas

2017–2018

Tom Herman

Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Tom Herman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 38th NFL season

#81Rd 3 · Pick 25

PhiladelphiaEntering 38th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Texas5-7HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy

2016Texas5-7HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Texas7-6HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas10-4HC: Tom Herman · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (89th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#60 / 2662 · 97th pct

Tackles for loss#269 / 2662 · 89th pct

8.0

Sacks#308 / 2662 · 86th pct

3.0

Solo tackles#953 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1302 / 2662 · 50th pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.0
Road7g	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.1

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Texas	31	23	8.0	3.0	1	--	--
2017	Texas	23	21	9.0	4.0	4	--	--
2016	Texas	65	41	14.0	6.0	2	--	--
2015	Texas	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		119	85	31.0	13.0	7	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 29-34@ 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 USC	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 31-16vs 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 48-45@ 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 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 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 27-39@ Oklahoma	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		31	23	8.0	3.0	—	1

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

1989

2015

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays