Brendan Radley-Hiles

Junior defensive back for Washington. 2021: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 46 tackles.

DB · Washington · Jr. · #4

5′9″ · 180 lb · Inglewood, CA

CFB Index 75 · #66 of 509 safetiesLow confidenceWashington 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 38 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive back for Washington. 2021: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 46 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2018.
Transferred from Oklahoma to Washington in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Washington, 161 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201811 games

Signed with Oklahoma4-star out of IMG Academy

202111 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#38 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2019

Chris Petersen

Washington

2020–2021

Jimmy Lake

Washington

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chris Petersen → Jimmy Lake. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2019Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2020Oklahoma9-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Washington4-8HC: Jimmy Lake · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

75Quality starter #66 of 509?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (84th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#310 / 2743 · 86th pct

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#437 / 2743 · 83rd pct

Sacks#529 / 2743 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#592 / 2743 · 77th pct

5.0

Tackles#703 / 2743 · 74th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st 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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.4	0.6	0.3	0.4
Road4g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.6	0.6	0.4	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

75 · #66 of 509 safeties

Former four-star. Now #66 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Washington	46	34	5.0	2.0	4	1	--
2020	Oklahoma	30	20	4.0	1.0	5	1	1
2019	Oklahoma	46	33	4.0	0.0	1	2	--
2018	Oklahoma	39	21	1.0	0.0	5	--	--
Career		161	108	14.0	3.0	15	4	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 31–24

vs California

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 4 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With R. Porter — 55 AVG · 67 LONG · 4 NO · D. Morris — 234 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.5 · 7 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-13vs Montana	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 10-31@ Michigan	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 52-3vs Arkansas State	9	7	2.0	1.0	—	1	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 4	W 31-24vs California	5	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-24vs UCLA	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 21-16@ Arizona	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 20-13@ Stanford	3	3	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 10	L 16-26vs Oregon	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 30-35vs Arizona State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 17-20@ Colorado	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 13-40vs Washington State	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		46	34	5.0	2.0	1	4

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