Georgia Southern University Athletics

2023 - Freshman FCS All-American Second Team (Phil Steele)

2024-25: Played in seven games at Elon, starting three … A Phil Steele Preseason Third-Team All-CAA selection … Tallied 25 tackles, including 3.0 for loss and a sack … Had one interception and one quarterback hurry … Entered the NCAA Transfer Portal in December and enrolled at Georgia Southern in January … Made the President’s List in the spring for making a perfect 4.00 GPA.

2023-24: A Second-Team Freshman All-American by Phil Steele after starting all 11 games for Elon … Was third on the team with 73 tackles, second with 9.0 tackles for loss, and added 1.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and two quarterback hurries … Had a career-best 14 tackles at Villanova, including 2.0 tackles for loss … Added 11 tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss, against Hampton, as well as forcing a fumble … Named CAA Defensive Player of the Week after his performance against Hampton … Had a forced fumble against William & Mary to go with nine tackles … Recovered a fumble at Gardner-Webb … Had at least three tackles in every game on the season.

2022-23: Played in three games and redshirted … Recorded no stats.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years, earning three varsity letters, at Whiteville High for Coach Joey Price … Team went 11-1 as a senior … Posted 102 tackles on defense and rushed for 1,240 yards and 32 touchdowns as well … Earned his conference’s Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior and named all-conference as a junior … Tallied 345 tackles for his career … Two-year team captain … Member of the honor roll.

PERSONAL: Born Brandon Lee Tyson on December 30 in Dillon, SC … Son of Meishelle Tyson … Has one sister, Kali.

MAJOR: Interdisciplinary Studies