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Brodarius Lewis

DT · Southern Miss · Sr · #36

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

57 TACKLES · 0.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Southern Miss for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Southern Miss for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Southern Miss

Returning around him

  • 52% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +9 net (37 in / 28 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #83 · 2026 recruiting class #105

DT · SOUTHERN MISS · SUN BELT

Brodarius Lewis

  • 4
  • #36
  • 6-2 | 295 lb
  • Prattville, AL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

69

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 86th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#15156

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2022

Southern Miss · DT

2023

Southern Miss · DT

2025

Southern Miss · DT

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#87 national
CFB
College
Southern Miss
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionDT
Class4
Jersey36
Measurements6-2 | 295 lb
HometownPrattville, AL
Primary teamSouthern Miss

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 87 recruit
Composite rating 0.8333 JUCO
Signed with Southern Miss 2022
Origin Jones College Prattville, AL, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8333 No. 87 recruit | JUCO | Southern Miss

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#15156Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#15323Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Southern Miss

Composite

0.8333

#87 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Brodarius Lewis

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Brodarius Lewis

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

final
Through 13g
57Tackles
3Tackles for loss
0.5Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Final
57Tackles
3Tackles for loss
0.5Sacks

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Brodarius Lewis is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Southern Miss's defense, with 0.5 sacks, 3.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #15156 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Honors spine 1 honors loaded

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 57 15 solo | #449/4942 (91st pct)
TFL 3.0 Backfield disruption | #1006/4972 (80th pct)
Sacks 0.5 Pass-rush finish | #1501/4972 (70th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defenderCoverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
57 91st
SOLO
15 69th
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
0.5 70th
QBH
4 85th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
4 84th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 17-34vs Mississippi State200.00.00
Wk 2W 38-20vs Jackson State500.00.01
Wk 3W 38-22vs App State100.00.02
Wk 4L 20-30@ Louisiana Tech400.00.00
Wk 5W 42-25vs Jacksonville State510.00.00
Wk 7W 38-35@ Georgia Southern220.00.00
Wk 8W 22-10@ Louisiana651.50.00
Wk 9W 49-21vs UL Monroe400.00.00
Wk 11W 27-21@ Arkansas State310.00.00
Wk 12L 14-41vs Texas State400.50.00
Wk 13L 35-42@ South Alabama1120.00.01Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 14L 18-28vs Troy640.00.00
BowlL 16-27vs Western Kentucky401.00.50
Total57153.00.54
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Southern Miss7-6HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning
2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning
2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Southern Miss57153.00.54----
2023Southern Miss3192.01.0------
2022Southern Miss942.51.52----
Career3 loaded seasons97287.53.06----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 4 Coverage disruption | #340/2184 (84th pct)
QB pressures 4 Quarterback hurries | #291/1878 (85th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 57 #449/4942 91st pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 3.0 #1006/4972 80th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.5 #1501/4972 70th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 4 #340/2184 84th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 4 #291/1878 85th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 15 #1434/4584 69th pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

ALL-CONF HM

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16

Why he’s here

All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.

What moves him up

A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.

What moves him down

A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home8g3.90.20.10.4
Road5g5.20.30.00.2

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins7g3.70.20.00.4
Losses6g5.20.20.10.2

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-77g3.30.10.10.4
Weeks 8+6g5.70.30.00.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DT cohort

69Solid starter
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (87th). Strength: passes defended (85th).

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct
4defe
Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct
4defe
Tackles#449 / 2975 · 85th pct
57defe
Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct
3.0defe
Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct
0.5defe
Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct
15defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DT · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Brodarius LewisSouthern MissAndon ThomasArmy· 78% simBryce BoettcherOregon· 77% simEli BlakeyMiami (OH)· 77% sim
QB hurries
88
Lewis
82
Thomas
92
Boettcher
82
Blakey
Passes defended
86
Lewis
91
Thomas
91
Boettcher
98
Blakey
Tackles
85
Lewis
99
Thomas
100
Boettcher
99
Blakey
Tackles for loss
63
Lewis
73
Thomas
83
Boettcher
77
Blakey
Sacks
51
Lewis
51
Thomas
63
Boettcher
63
Blakey
Solo tackles
50
Lewis
100
Thomas
99
Boettcher
99
Blakey

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack; controls his gap and stacks blocks.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to John Taumoepeau’s 2025 season.

John Taumoepeau

92%match

BYU · 2025

#2

Mason Narcisse

Louisiana · 2023

91%
#3

Darius Richardson

Army · 2023

91%
#4

Caleb Robinson

Wyoming · 2021

91%
#5

D'Anta Johnson

East Carolina · 2022

90%

Matches John on

Class year
Height
TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Darius Richardson's senior season at Army (2023).

Darius Richardson

95%match

Army · 2023

#2

Mason Narcisse

Louisiana · 2023

92%
#3

Austin Ertl

Miami (OH) · 2023

90%
#4

Mosiah Nasili-Kite

Auburn · 2023

89%
#5

Tyler Bentley

Pittsburgh · 2023

89%

Matches Darius on

Class year
Height
Weight

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

49.9%

454 pass / 456 run

Plays / game

70.0

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.3%

315 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Will Hall
Southern Miss
2023
Will Hall
Southern Miss
2025
Charles Huff
Southern Miss
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownPrattville, AL
Height6'2"
Weight295 lb
Class4
PositionDT
Jersey36

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-Sun Belt

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2025 All-Sun Belt all_conference Southern Miss | Sun Belt DL

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Southern Miss DT4 #15156 #15323 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt
2023 Southern Miss DT4 #13788 #14220 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt
2022 Southern Miss DT4 #9518 #9847 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Southern Miss Sun Belt DT 4 No. 36 | 6-2 | 295 lb | Prattville, AL
2024 Southern Miss Sun Belt DT 4 No. 36 | 6-2 | 295 lb | Prattville, AL
2023 Southern Miss Sun Belt DT 4 No. 36 | 6-2 | 295 lb | Prattville, AL
2022 Southern Miss Sun Belt DT 4 No. 36 | 6-2 | 295 lb | Prattville, AL