2025 Football Roster
Roster
Brandon Tyson
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 220
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Whiteville, N.C.
- High School:
- Whiteville
- Prev School:
- Elon
- Major:
- Interdisciplinary Studies
2025 - College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023 - Freshman FCS All-American Second Team (Phil Steele)
2025-26: Played in all 13 games, starting 12 … Saw action on 894 plays (839 defense, 55 special teams) … Was second on the team in tackle with 87, including 2.5 for loss, along with six quarterback hurries, one fumble recovery and an interception on the seaosn … A College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection … Had eight tackles and an interception at Fresno State … Led the team with 11 tackles , including one for loss, at USC … Led the team with 11 tackles in the win over Jax State … Missed the first half of the Maine game after receiving a targeting call in the second half of the Jax State game … Had a tackle and a pass breakup … Recorded eight tackles at James Madison … Had seven stop and a fumble recovery against Southern Miss … Had eight tackles, including half a stop for loss, and a quarterback hurry in the win over Georgia State … Tallied four tackles at Arkansas State … Had three tackles, two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup in the win at App State … Had seven tackles and quarterback hurry in the win over Coastal Carolina … Led the team with nine tackles against Old Dominion … Had five tackles in the win at Marshall … Made five stops, including one for loss, in the Birmingham Bowl win over App State … Made the Honor Roll in
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
