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Brodarius Lewis

Senior defensive tackle for Southern Miss. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 57 tackles.

DT · Southern Miss · Sr. · #36

6′2″ · 295 lb · Prattville, AL

CFB Index 74 · #56 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Southern Miss for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs UConnM. M. Roberts StadiumUConn by 3

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

0.5

sacks · 2025

3 TFL · 57 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 1 TFL, 4 tackles, vs Western Kentucky

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Southern Miss. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 57 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Southern Miss in 2022.

His career, year by year

Brodarius Lewis

DT · Southern Miss · Sr · #36

Wins his gap play after play. Brodarius Lewis has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Southern Miss. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 11 tackles against South Alabama — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Southern Miss7-6HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

2024Southern Miss1-11HC: Reed Stringer · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

74Quality starter #56 of 330?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Strength: passes defended (86th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles#449 / 2975 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.9	0.2	0.1	0.4
Road5g	5.2	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	0.1	0.1	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	5.7	0.3	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #56 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #56 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #3 of 15 Sun Belt DTs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Southern Miss	57	15	3.0	0.5	4	--	--
2024	Southern Miss	39	19	8.0	4.0	--	--	--
2023	Southern Miss	31	9	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Southern Miss	9	4	2.5	1.5	2	--	--
Career		136	47	15.5	7.0	6	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Jackson State

1 QB HUR · 1 PD · 5 TOT

With B. Braxton — 214 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.5 · 20 rush yds (10 car) · J. Murley — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-34vs Mississippi State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-20vs Jackson State	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 38-22vs App State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 4	L 20-30@ Louisiana Tech	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-25vs Jacksonville State	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 38-35@ Georgia Southern	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 22-10@ Louisiana	6	5	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 49-21vs UL Monroe	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 27-21@ Arkansas State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 14-41vs Texas State	4	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 35-42@ South Alabama	11	2	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 14	L 18-28vs Troy	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 16-27vs Western Kentucky	4	0	1.0	0.5	—	0
Total		57	15	3.0	0.5	—	4

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

57Tackles

15Solo

3TFL

0.5Sacks

4Pass def.

0INT

57 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 10.5 sacks
Week 21 PD
Week 32 PD
Week 131 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Southern Miss

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Southern Miss

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +10 net (38 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 #94 · 2026 recruiting class #108

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to D'Anta Johnson’s 2022 season.

D'Anta Johnson

90%match

East Carolina · 2022

Bryce Santana

New Mexico · 2024

All-Mountain West

90%

Grady Kelly

Colorado State · 2022

90%

Lama Lavea

Akron · 2023

86%

Kyler Baugh

Minnesota · 2022

86%

Matches D'Anta on

Hurry rate

Sack rate

Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jalil Rivera-Harvey's senior season at Marshall (2025).

Jalil Rivera-Harvey

85%match

Marshall · 2025

Na'im Rodman

Washington State · 2023

85%

Mason Narcisse

Louisiana · 2023

85%

Jason Moore

Georgia Tech · 2025

84%

Gavin Meyer

USC · 2024

84%

Matches Jalil on

Hurry rate

Weight

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Brodarius Lewis

Tyler Bentley

Pittsburgh · 2023

90%

Allen Henry

Coastal Carolina · 2023

86%

Dion Washington

Hawai'i · 2024

85%

Jason Hammond

Virginia · 2024

80%

Kevin Allen

SMU · 2025

79%

The defensive line · Southern Miss

#5JJ HawkinsDL · Jr.5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#16Jameer LewisDL · Sr.4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#36Brodarius LewisDT · Sr.3 tackles for loss · 2025
#7Isaiah Gibson Sr.DL · Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#52Xavier McIverDL · Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025

26 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Brodarius Lewis

20227 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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The defensive line · Southern Miss