Braydon Brus
Northwestern Wildcats
91
Elite

Braydon Brus

Northwestern WildcatsContender
WLBDefenseElite
Projected Starter

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Braydon Brus is the projected starter at WLB for Northwestern Wildcats.

Redshirt senior · #33 · 6'1", 230 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 13391Braydon BrusStarter
  2. 25171Miles Crutchley
  3. 33271Matthew Smith

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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Top linebackers in the Big Ten

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Up next for Northwestern

Northwestern plays Iowa at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 3-star recruit out of Glendora, ranked #633 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 81 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks. That's 11% of the team's production at his spot and 91th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit3★ · #633 Natl3-Yr Total97 tackles · 2.5 sacksTeam Share11%Percentile91th
Glendora, CA
Jersey
#33
Class
RS SR
Height
6'1"
Weight
230 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025814.52.5
20241210
202340.50

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8763
National Rank
#633
High School
Glendora
Hometown
Glendora, CA

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 91th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 91% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LORETKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-26

Oct 24WRUTGTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
7
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-14

Oct 17WMSUTKL 15
TKL
15
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-21

Oct 10WBALLTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-14

Oct 3WPSUTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 34-13

Sep 26LIUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-23

Sep 19WCOLOTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 6WSDSTTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 34-18

Braydon Brus's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

81 tkl · 4.5 TFL · 2.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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