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Brylan Green

S · Liberty · Sr · #15

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

39 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Liberty for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Liberty for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Liberty

Returning around him

  • 100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +7 net (26 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Liberty · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #84 · 2026 recruiting class #86

S · LIBERTY · CONFERENCE USA

Brylan Green

  • 4
  • #15
  • 5-9 | 180 lb
  • Opelousas, LA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

46

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 91st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#10627

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DB AWARD

Jim Thorpe

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2023

2022

Liberty · S

2023

Liberty · S

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2024

Liberty · S

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2025

Liberty · S

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1254 national
CFB
College
Liberty
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionS
Class4
Jersey15
Measurements5-9 | 180 lb
HometownOpelousas, LA
Primary teamLiberty

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1254 recruit
Composite rating 0.8500 HighSchool
Signed with Liberty 2022
Origin Lafayette Christian Academy Lafayette, LA, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8500 No. 1254 recruit | HighSchool | Liberty

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#10627Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#10592Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Liberty

Composite

0.8500

#1254 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Brylan Green

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Brylan Green

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 10g
39Tackles
1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
51Tackles
1.3Tackles for loss
0Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 39): needs 13.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 39): needs 20.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 2/game over remaining 3.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 3.3/game over remaining 3.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Brylan Green is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Liberty's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.0 tackles for loss, and 1 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #10627 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Honors spine 2 honors loaded

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 39 32 solo | #937/4942 (81st pct)
TFL 1.0 Backfield disruption | #2051/4972 (59th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

Coverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
39 81st
SOLO
32 90th
TFL
1.0 59th
SACK
0.0 65th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
5 90th
INT
1 65th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 28-7vs Maine220.00.00
Wk 2L 24-34@ Jacksonville State651.00.00
Wk 3L 13-23@ Bowling Green540.00.02
Wk 4L 13-31vs James Madison770.00.010Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 5L 7-21@ Old Dominion200.00.00
Wk 10W 59-30vs Delaware220.00.01
Wk 11L 17-21vs Missouri State220.00.01
Wk 12L 27-34@ Florida International660.00.00
Wk 13L 28-34@ Louisiana Tech210.00.01
Wk 14L 42-48vs Kennesaw State530.00.00
Total39321.00.015
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning
2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2024Liberty8-4HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2025Liberty4-8HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Liberty39321.00.051--
2024Liberty32210.00.02--1
2023Liberty35252.01.0751
2022Liberty24140.50.01----
Career4 loaded seasons130923.51.01562
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT 1 0 pick-six TD | #308/869 (65th pct)
Pass breakups 5 Coverage disruption | #218/2184 (90th pct)
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 39 #937/4942 81st pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 1.0 #2051/4972 59th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Interceptions 1 #308/869 65th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 5 #218/2184 90th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 32 #448/4584 90th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense Fumbles recovered 1 #103/736 86th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/773 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Thorpe award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g3.60.00.00.4
Road5g4.20.20.00.6

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins2g2.00.00.00.5
Losses8g4.40.10.00.5

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-75g4.40.20.00.4
Weeks 8+5g3.40.00.00.6

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort

46Mid-pack
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (90th). Strength: solo tackles (84th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct
5defe
Solo tackles#448 / 2975 · 84th pct
32defe
Tackles#937 / 2975 · 68th pct
39defe
Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct
0fumb
Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct
1inte
Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct
1.0defe
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · S · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Brylan GreenLibertyTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 83% simTyler MartinMassachusetts· 82% simBrevin HamblinUtah State· 76% sim
Passes defended
91
Green
91
Ra-El
67
Martin
98
Hamblin
Solo tackles
84
Green
100
Ra-El
87
Martin
99
Hamblin
Tackles
68
Green
99
Ra-El
98
Martin
99
Hamblin
Forced fumbles
47
Green
47
Ra-El
47
Martin
47
Hamblin
Interceptions
31
Green
31
Martin
31
Hamblin
Tackles for loss
28
Green
56
Ra-El
63
Martin
56
Hamblin
Sacks
24
Green
24
Ra-El
24
Martin
74
Hamblin
QB hurries
22
Green
22
Ra-El
22
Martin
22
Hamblin

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

S

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Malcolm Hartzog’s 2023 season.

Malcolm Hartzog

88%match

Nebraska · 2023

#2

Mbiti Williams Jr.

Navy · 2022

85%
#3

Brandon Johnson

Oregon · 2024

83%
#4

Dylan Flowers

Western Kentucky · 2025

81%
#5

Datrone Young

Duke · 2022

82%

Matches Malcolm on

Height
Tackle volume
PD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Michael Anyanwu's senior season at Utah State (2023).

Michael Anyanwu

95%match

Utah State · 2023

#2

Brandon Johnson

Oregon · 2024

88%
#3

Malachi Ruffin

West Virginia · 2023

86%
#4

Jaden Davis

Miami · 2023

NFL Rd 7
82%
#5

Matthew McDoom

Cincinnati · 2025

All-Sun Belt
83%

Matches Michael on

Class year
Height
Weight

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

Pass share

38.7%

314 pass / 498 run

Plays / game

67.7

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

8.4%

249 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Hugh Freeze
Liberty
2023
Jamey Chadwell
Liberty
era →
2024
Jamey Chadwell
Liberty
2025
Jamey Chadwell
Liberty

Coaching transition mid-career: Hugh Freeze → Jamey Chadwell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownOpelousas, LA
Height5'9"
Weight180 lb
Class4
PositionS
Jersey15

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2024)

All-Conference USA

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

2 all-conference honors

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2024 All-Conference USA all_conference Liberty | Conference USA DB
2023 All-Conference USA all_conference Liberty | Conference USA DB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Liberty S4 #10627 #10592 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Conference USA
2023 Liberty S4 #6344 #6862 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Conference USA
2022 Liberty S4 #9838 #9693 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | FBS Independents

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Liberty Conference USA S 4 No. 15 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Opelousas, LA
2024 Liberty Conference USA S 4 No. 15 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Opelousas, LA
2023 Liberty Conference USA S 4 No. 15 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Opelousas, LA
2022 Liberty FBS Independents S 4 No. 15 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Opelousas, LA