Brylan Lanier is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Mississippi State.
Lanier hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Ole Miss — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 2 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 2.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| 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 No. 12 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 No. 15 Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 9-31@ No. 6 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 No. 22 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 No. 5 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 No. 6 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
67tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL67 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.9 | 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
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Pass share
41.8%
390 pass / 543 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
413 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
67 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #41 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #2 of 28 SEC Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
Played for two programs.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Tom Allen and Jeff Lebby.
