Brylan Lanier

Senior safety for Mississippi State. 2025: 4 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 67 tackles.

S · Mississippi State · Sr. · #3

6′1″ · 190 lb · Tuscaloosa, AL

CFB Index 80 · #41 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Mississippi State for 2026

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Interceptions: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

2 PBU · 67 tackles · 2.5 TFL

Best game: 2 INT, 1 PBU, 8 tackles, at Florida

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Mississippi State. 2025: 4 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 67 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2024.

His career, year by year

Brylan Lanier

S · Mississippi State · Sr · #3

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Brylan Lanier has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Ole Miss — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

2024Mississippi State2-10HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

2025Mississippi State5-8HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

80All-Conference level #41 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (90th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#23 / 817 · 95th pct

Tackles#303 / 2975 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#303 / 2975 · 90th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.1
Road5g	6.2	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	0.1	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	0.3	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #41 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #41 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #2 of 28 SEC Ss

How the All-SEC 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	Mississippi State	67	37	2.5	1.0	2	4	--
2024	Mississippi State	53	35	2.0	0.0	--	1	--
2022	Indiana	12	8	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		132	80	5.5	2.0	2	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025

W 38–35

at Arkansas

7 TOT · 3 SOLO

Edged out Arkansas on the road in a shootout.

With B. Shapen — 242 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.2 · 16 rush yds (10 car) · A. Evans III — 16 rush yds (1 car)

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	W 34-17@ Southern Miss	6	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	W 24-20vs Arizona State	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 63-0vs Alcorn State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-10vs Northern Illinois	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 34-41vs Tennessee	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 9-31@ Texas A&M	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 21-23@ Florida	8	7	1.0	1.0	2	1
Wk 9	L 38-45vs Texas	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 38-35@ Arkansas	7	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-41vs Georgia	7	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-49@ Missouri	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 19-38vs Ole Miss	9	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Bowl	L 29-43vs Wake Forest	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Total		67	37	2.5	1.0	4	2

How he plays

Play style

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

67Tackles

37Solo

2.5TFL

1Sacks

2Pass def.

4INT

67 tackles. 2 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 11 INT
Week 11 INT
Week 51 PD
Week 81 sack · 1 PD · 2 INT

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

Mississippi State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Mississippi State

Returning around him

2 Mississippi State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -12 net (28 in / 40 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Mississippi State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #20 · 2026 recruiting class #23

DNA match

Player DNA

Rover

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Terry Jones Jr.’s 2021 season.

Terry Jones Jr.

86%match

Old Dominion · 2021

Mysonne Pollard

Delaware · 2025

All-Conference USA

85%

Cam Allen

Purdue · 2021

84%

Shilo Sanders

Colorado · 2024

83%

Keyshawn Swanson

Western Kentucky · 2024

82%

Matches Terry on

Weight

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Differs from Terry on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Malcolm Lee's junior season at Ball State (2022).

Malcolm Lee

88%match

Ball State · 2022

Anthony Cook

Texas · 2022

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 3

87%

Alijah Clark

Syracuse · 2023

86%

Trevon Gola-Callard

Cincinnati · 2025

86%

Chamarri Conner

Virginia Tech · 2022

NFL Rd 4

86%

Matches Malcolm on

Class year

Weight

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Brylan Lanier

Elijah Rikard

Central Michigan · 2024

94%

Sheldon Arnold Jr.

UCF · 2024

93%

Mysonne Pollard

Delaware · 2025

85%

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

Brylan Lanier

2021

20226 games

2023

202412 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

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