#90

Justin Brandon

Senior defensive lineman for Buffalo. 2018: 3 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

DL · Buffalo · Sr. · #90

6′1″ · 305 lb · Indianapolis, IN

Buffalo 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Buffalo. 2018: 3 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Buffalo in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 3245 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Buffalo, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Buffalo2-star out of Ben Davis

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3245 national

CFB

College

Buffalo

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Lance Leipold

Buffalo

Played his entire career under Lance Leipold.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Lance Leipold — 18-20 over that span.

2016Buffalo2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

2017Buffalo6-6HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

2018Buffalo10-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#308 / 2662 · 86th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#607 / 2662 · 76th pct

5.0

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Solo tackles#1487 / 2662 · 43rd pct

Tackles#1504 / 2662 · 42nd pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.4	0.4	0.0
Road6g	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	0.3	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Buffalo	27	15	5.0	3.0	--	--	--
2017	Buffalo	37	18	4.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Buffalo	15	9	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		79	42	9.0	3.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 48–10

vs Delaware State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 38-point win at home against Delaware State.

With E. Finegan — 37 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG · T. Jackson — 189 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week