Brian Nance: DE · Baylor · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Brian Nance
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Iowa State — Week 12, 2017.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Baylor | 33 | 22 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
| Career | 33 | 22 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 45-48vs Liberty | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-34@ Duke | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 41-49vs No. 3 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-33@ Kansas State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-59@ No. 14 Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 36-38vs No. 23 West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-38vs Texas | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-9@ Kansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-38vs Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-23vs Iowa State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-45@ No. 10 TCU | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Total | 33 | 22 | 8.5 | 2.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
8%2 sacksTFL rate
26%8 TFL33 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 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
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Pass share
53.0%
462 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
72.6
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
508 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Baylor, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Art Briles, Jim Grobe, and Matt Rhule. Multi-era developmental context.
