Brody Hoying: DB · Eastern Michigan · #24.
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Brody Hoying
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Fourth year in the same secondary at Eastern Michigan. The first career honor came in 2019: All-MAC. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Western Michigan — Week 8, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 6 passes defended. 4 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Eastern Michigan | 69 | 32 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | Eastern Michigan | 62 | 24 | 10.0 | 0.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Eastern Michigan | 78 | 44 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2016 | Eastern Michigan | 25 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 234 | 110 | 18.0 | 3.0 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-23@ Coastal Carolina | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-38@ Kentucky | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 34-31@ Illinois | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-29vs Central Connecticut | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-42@ Central Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-29vs Ball State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27vs Western Michigan | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-37@ Toledo | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-43vs Buffalo | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-14@ Akron | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17@ Northern Illinois | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 26-34vs Kent State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Bowl | L 30-34vs Pittsburgh | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 69 | 32 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 4 | 6 |
Week 3 · 2019
W 34-31
at Illinois
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 7 tackles
Edged out Illinois on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL69 tackles · 4 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 6 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 25-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road7g | 5.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
52.7%
454 pass / 408 run
Plays / game
66.3
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 234 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 45 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chris Creighton.
