Brian Sanders: DL · Bowling Green · #58.
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Brian Sanders
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. A two-star recruit with two seasons on the field at Bowling Green since. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Northern Illinois — Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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 | Bowling Green | 24 | 14 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 33 | 21 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-35@ Michigan State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 27-35vs South Dakota | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-24@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-29@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-48vs Ohio | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-48vs Northern Illinois | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 44-16@ Kent State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-38@ Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 37-66vs Toledo | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 14 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 10 · 2017
W 44-16
at Kent State
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 28-point win on the road against Kent State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
12%3 hurries24 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Mike Jinks — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Jinks
Pass share
49.7%
417 pass / 422 run
Plays / game
69.9
12 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Bowling Green, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Mike Jinks, and Carl Pelini. Multi-era developmental context.
