#20

Bryson Eason

Senior defensive lineman on Tennessee's 2025 roster.

DL · Tennessee · Sr. · #20

6′3″ · 315 lb · Memphis, TN

CFB Index 55 · #140 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Tennessee for 2026

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

Passes defended: 78th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

4.5 TFL · 31 tackles

Best game: 1 TFL, 6 tackles, vs Illinois

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on Tennessee's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2020.

His career, year by year

Bryson Eason

DL · Tennessee · Sr · #20

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Bryson Eason has been at Tennessee through two head coaches in six seasons. The receipt: 6 tackles against Georgia — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2023Tennessee9-4HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2024Tennessee10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy

2025Tennessee8-5HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Quality starter #140 of 330?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (21st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#648 / 2975 · 77th pct

4.5

Tackles#1302 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Solo tackles#2282 / 2975 · 21st 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.1
Road3g	3.7	0.8	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	0.5	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #140 of 330 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #140 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #19 of 60 SEC DLs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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	Tennessee	31	8	4.5	0.0	3	--	--
2024	Tennessee	24	16	7.0	1.5	1	--	--
2023	Tennessee	27	8	5.0	1.5	1	--	--
2022	Tennessee	16	9	3.5	1.5	--	--	--
2021	Tennessee	3	2	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Tennessee	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		103	43	22.0	4.5	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 72–17

vs East Tennessee State

1 TFL · 1 SOLO · 4 TOT

Dominant 55-point win at home against East Tennessee State.

With J. Aguilar — 288 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.4 · J. Merklinger — 118 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.8 · 17 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-26vs Syracuse	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 72-17vs East Tennessee State	4	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 41-44vs Georgia	6	0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4	W 56-24vs UAB	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 41-34@ Mississippi State	3	0	0.5	—	1
Wk 7	W 34-31vs Arkansas	2	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 20-37@ Alabama	2	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 27-33vs Oklahoma	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 42-9vs New Mexico State	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 24-45vs Vanderbilt	4	1	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 28-30@ Illinois	6	3	1.0	—	1
Total		31	8	4.5	—	3

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

Bryson Eason

2020

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Nose Anchor

Players who play like Bryson Eason