Brian Peavy: DB · Iowa State · #10.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Brian Peavy
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Iowa State. Named All-Big 12 two seasons running, most recently in 2018. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Kansas State — Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
57 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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.
FOX61 Oct 28
The Des Moines Register Oct 23
Arizona Daily Star Oct 22
Wide Right & Natty Lite Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Iowa State | 57 | 41 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2017 | Iowa State | 88 | 49 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2016 | Iowa State | 62 | 41 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2015 | Iowa State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 207 | 131 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 28 | 6 |
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
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 3-13@ Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 27-37vs No. 5 Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-13vs Akron | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-17@ TCU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-42@ No. 25 Oklahoma State | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-14vs No. 6 West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-31vs Texas Tech | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-3@ Kansas | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-14vs Baylor | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-24@ No. 13 Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-38vs Kansas State | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 27-24vs Drake | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 26-28vs No. 12 Washington State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 41 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 8 |
Week 6 · 2018
W 48-42
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Oklahoma State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
14%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
57tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFL57 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack · 8 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Pass share
44.3%
361 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
62.7
13 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
406 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Iowa State, 207 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Rhoads → Matt Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
