Brian Dillard is a safety at South Alabama who has not played in South Alabama's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
South Alabama lists 34 defensive backs this season.
South Alabama is 4-4. Next: at Louisiana, Sat Nov 7.
Played for two head coaches in three seasons at South Alabama. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Southern Miss — Week 13, 2025.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
| 2024 | South Alabama | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2023 | South Alabama | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 18 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 31-33vs Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 15-31@ No. 24 Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 22-36@ North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-15vs Arkansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 22-31vs Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-35vs Southern Miss | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 26-49@ Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Week 13 · 2025
W 42-35
5 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 4 solo tackles
Edged out Southern Miss at home in a shootout.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Pass share
37.0%
310 pass / 527 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
353 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kane Wommack → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In the portal · 2026
In transfer portal
