Willie Breland III
Iowa State Cyclones
68
DepthProjected Starter
Is Willie Breland III starting?
Willie Breland III is the projected starter at SLB for Iowa State Cyclones.
Junior · #11
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Up next for Iowa State
Iowa State plays Baylor away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.
Why this rating?
On a 79-rated defense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 68.
Team defense (SP+)
79
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-11 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 24LARIZTKL 4
- TKL
- 4
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 39-3
Oct 10LBYUTKL 1
- TKL
- 1
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 24-10
Oct 3WWVUTKL 5
- TKL
- 5
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 45-42
Sep 26LUTAHTKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 31-17
Sep 19WBGSUTKL 3
- TKL
- 3
- SOLO
- 3
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
Final W 55-7
Sep 12LIOWATKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 16-13
Sep 5WSEMOTKL 4
- TKL
- 4
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 38-10
| OPP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | LARIZ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | LBYU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | WWVU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | LUTAH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | WBGSU | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 12 | LIOWA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 5 | WSEMO | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Breland III's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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