Brendon Harris

Senior safety on Middle Tennessee's 2025 roster.

S · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #7

6′0″ · 215 lb · Chattanooga, TN

CFB Index 26 · #469 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Middle Tennessee for 2026

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 371 nationally · Signed with Vanderbilt

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Middle Tennessee's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Vanderbilt in 2018.
Transferred from Wake Forest to Middle Tennessee in 2024.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

The full scouting read

Brendon Harris

S · Middle Tennessee · Sr · #7

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Three head coaches in 8 seasons, at three different programs. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Sam Houston — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Vanderbilt6-7HC: Derek Mason · Balanced

2019Vanderbilt3-9HC: Derek Mason · Balanced, slow tempo

2020Vanderbilt0-9HC: Derek Mason · Balanced

2021Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced

2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2024Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

2025Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

26Below cohort / limited sample #469 of 544?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#1029 / 2975 · 64th pct

Tackles#1060 / 2975 · 64th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #469 of 544 safeties

Former four-star. Now #469 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #22 of 25 Conference USA Ss

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Middle Tennessee	36	20	2.5	--	--	--
2024	Middle Tennessee	18	9	1.0	1	--	--
2023	Wake Forest	1	--	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Wake Forest	20	13	0.0	--	1	--
2021	Vanderbilt	34	23	0.5	2	--	--
2020	Vanderbilt	42	26	1.0	3	--	--
2019	Vanderbilt	51	32	1.0	2	--	--
2018	Vanderbilt	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		203	124	6.0	8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 14–13

at Nevada

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With A. Logan — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 59 LONG · N. Vattiato — 247 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 40.4 · 8 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 14-34vs Austin Peay	4	0	1.0	—
Wk 2	L 10-42@ Wisconsin	4	3	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 14-13@ Nevada	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 28-42vs Marshall	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 16-24@ Kennesaw State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 20-22vs Missouri State	5	4	1.0	—
Wk 9	L 28-31@ Delaware	5	2	0.5	—
Wk 11	L 30-56vs Florida International	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 26-42@ Western Kentucky	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 31-17vs Sam Houston	9	5	0.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 14	W 31-24@ New Mexico State	1	0	0.0	—
Total		36	20	2.5	—

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

Brendon Harris

2018

20228 games

2024

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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