Brian Nance

Defensive end for Baylor. 2017: 2.5 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DE · Baylor · #5

6′3″ · 250 lb · Euless, TX

Baylor 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 255 nationally · Signed with Baylor

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive end for Baylor. 2017: 2.5 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Baylor in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Baylor, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with Baylor4-star out of Trinity

2013

Signed with Baylor4-star out of Hargrave Military Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#255 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Baylor1-11HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (90th percentile). Strength: sacks (84th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#238 / 2682 · 90th pct

8.5

Sacks#401 / 2682 · 84th pct

2.5

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1036 / 2682 · 60th pct

Tackles#1218 / 2682 · 54th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th 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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.2
Road5g	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.9	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Baylor	33	22	8.5	2.5	2	--	--
Career		33	22	8.5	2.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2017

W 38–9

at Kansas

3 TOT · 3 SOLO

Dominant 29-point win on the road against Kansas.

With C. Brewer — 315 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 22 rush yds (8 car) · C. Martin — 38 LONG · 50 PCT · 8 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week