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Brian Dillard

Senior safety on South Alabama's 2026 roster.

S · South Alabama · Sr. · #16

6′2″ · 199 lb · Ocala, FL

In transfer portal — destination TBD (from South Alabama)

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs OhioHancock Whitney StadiumSouth Alabama by 4.5

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1024 nationally · Signed with Lake Weir

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on South Alabama's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Lake Weir in 2019.

His career, year by year

Brian Dillard

S · South Alabama · Sr · #16

Brian Dillard has played for two head coaches in three seasons at South Alabama. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Southern Miss — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2024South Alabama7-6HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#2127 / 2975 · 26th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles#2476 / 2975 · 16th pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	South Alabama	14	9	5	--	--
2024	South Alabama	1	--	--	--	--
2023	South Alabama	3	3	--	--	--
Career		18	12	5	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 31-33vs Tulane	2	2	—	1
Wk 3	L 15-31@ Auburn	2	2	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina	0	0	—	1
Wk 5	L 22-36@ North Texas	1	0	—	0
Wk 6	L 24-31@ Troy	1	0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-15vs Arkansas State	1	0	—	1
Wk 10	L 22-31vs Louisiana	0	0	—	1
Wk 13	W 42-35vs Southern Miss	5	4	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 14	L 26-49@ Texas State	2	1	—	0
Total		14	9	—	5

The secondary · South Alabama

Christopher Wallace Jr.S · Sr.73 tackles · 2025
#8Mike HarrisS · Sr.31 tackles · 2025
#2Jayvon HendersonS · Sr.27 tackles · 2025
#8Dallas YoungS · Sr.17 tackles · 2025
#16Brian DillardS · Sr.14 tackles · 2025

29 more on the roster · South Alabama team page

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

Brian Dillard

2019

20233 games

20259 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

The secondary · South Alabama