Bryan Longwell
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Vanderbilt. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Arkansas — Week 7, 2026.
51 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vanderbilt | 51 | 28 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 70 | 36 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 88 | 41 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 36 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 245 | 123 | 19.5 | 3.5 | 8 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 8): 1 tackle.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-9vs Austin Peay | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-26vs Delaware | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-31vs NC State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 15-21@ Auburn | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-38@ No. 2 Georgia | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-52vs No. 9 Ole Miss | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-31vs Arkansas | 13 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 17-34@ No. 12 Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 28 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Oct. 24 · L 17-34 at Kentucky, play by play
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 3 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Vanderbilt’s defense played that day
A big game: 13 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 2 passes broken up, tied for 10th-most passes broken up in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 14 for him; the box score credits 13.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
8 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 2-yard loss. Second quarter, down 14-3.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 8 for him; the box score credits 7.
6 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Ratings of the games shown run from -12 to +27 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
51tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%3 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
4%2 pass breakups51 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Clark Lea — 22-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
51.0%
253 pass / 243 run
Plays / game
62.0
8 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
281 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #188 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #21 of 76 SEC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,501 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the SEC as a senior.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 45 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Clark Lea.
