Brendon Harris is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Middle Tennessee.
Harris plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for three head coaches at three programs in eight seasons: Derek Mason, Clark Lea and Dave Clawson. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Sam Houston — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Middle Tennessee | 36 | 20 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Middle Tennessee | 18 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 20 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 34 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 42 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 51 | 32 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 203 | 124 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-34vs Austin Peay | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-42@ Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 14-13@ Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-42vs Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-24@ Kennesaw State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-22vs Missouri State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-31@ Delaware | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 30-56vs Florida International | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 26-42@ Western Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-17vs Sam Houston | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 31-24@ New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 20 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
36tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFL36 tackles · 2.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
61.3%
495 pass / 313 run
Plays / game
67.3
12 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
547 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
The snaps went the other way.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Derek Mason, Clark Lea and Dave Clawson.
