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Brenden Schooler

Senior defensive back on Texas's 2021 roster.

DB · Texas · Sr. · #14

6′2″ · 201 lb · Dana Point, CA

CFB Index 53 · #226 of 509 safetiesLow confidenceTexas 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1851 nationally · Signed with Oregon

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Texas's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oregon in 2016.
Transferred from Arizona to Texas in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Texas, 143 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 61 yds vs Washington State.Washington State · L 10-332017

201612 games

Signed with Oregon3-star out of Mission Viejo

202111 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1851 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

3 coaches

2016

Charlie Strong

Texas

2017–2020

Tom Herman

Texas

era →

2021

Steve Sarkisian

Texas

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Charlie Strong, Tom Herman, and Steve Sarkisian. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Oregon4-8HC: Mark Helfrich · Run-leaning

2017Oregon7-6HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2018Oregon9-4HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning

2019Oregon12-2HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Texas5-7HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

53Rotational starter #226 of 509?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#384 / 2743 · 86th pct

Tackles#604 / 2743 · 78th pct

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

Sacks#1293 / 2743 · 50th pct

0.5

Tackles for loss#1640 / 2743 · 37th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th 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	3.4	0.2	0.1	0.1
Road4g	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	7.4	0.3	0.1	0.4

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 · 2021

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #226 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #226 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Texas	50	36	1.5	0.5	2	--	--
2020	Texas	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Oregon	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Oregon	9	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Oregon	7	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Oregon	74	47	1.0	0.5	--	4	--
Career		143	96	2.5	1.0	2	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2021

W 22–17

vs Kansas State

5 TOT · 5 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With C. Dicker — 2 SOLO · 2 TOT · 39 LONG · R. Johnson — 2 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.7 · 179 rush yds (31 car) · 1 TD

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	W 38-18vs Louisiana	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 21-40@ Arkansas	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 58-0vs Rice	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 70-35vs Texas Tech	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 48-55vs Oklahoma	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 24-32vs Oklahoma State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-31@ Baylor	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 7-30@ Iowa State	12	12	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 11	L 56-57vs Kansas	9	5	1.5	0.5	—	1
Wk 12	L 23-31@ West Virginia	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 22-17vs Kansas State	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		50	36	1.5	0.5	—	2

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

Brenden Schooler

201612 games

202111 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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