Brock Higdon: DL · South Alabama · #95.
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Brock Higdon
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Three seasons in the South Alabama defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UL Monroe — Week 6, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | South Alabama | 18 | 6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | South Alabama | 18 | 12 | 8.0 | 4.0 | -- |
| 2021 | South Alabama | 22 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 58 | 27 | 13.5 | 7.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-37@ No. 24 Tulane | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-17vs SE Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-7@ Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 23-31@ James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-7@ UL Monroe | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-3vs Southern Miss | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-33vs Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 21-14vs Arkansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-0vs Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 44-52@ Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 59-10@ Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Week 3 · 2023
W 33-7
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 26-point win on the road against Oklahoma State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
22%4 TFLSack rate
17%3 sacksHurry rate
28%5 hurries18 tackles · 4 for loss · 3 sacks.
3 seasons under Kane Wommack, all balanced offenses — 22-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kane Wommack
Pass share
47.9%
428 pass / 465 run
Plays / game
68.7
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #206 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Alabama, 7 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Campbell → Kane Wommack. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
