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2023 Football

27 Finn Brandon

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Position LB
  • Major Finance
  • Hometown Dixon, Ill.
  • Prev School Dixon

Biography

  • Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete (2022)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022)
  • 2x MSFA All-Academic Team (2020 & 2022) 

2021

NAIA Rankings

  • Blocked Kicks - T-21st (1)

MSFA Rankings

  • Blocked Kicks - T-3rd (1)
  • Assisted Tackles - T-22 (25)

Played in all 10 of the team's games with one start at linebacker ... made 37 tackles (12 solos) with two tackles for loss (TFL) for 28 yards ... posted two quarterback hurries ... recorded a season-high eight tackles (two solos) vs. No. 13 Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) and had a TFL for four yards on Oct. 9 ... blocked a kick, along with a solo tackle at Missouri Bapstist University on Oct. 16 ... registered six stops (one solo) vs. Trinity International Univresity (Ill.) on Oct. 23 ... made three tackles, along with a TFL for 24 yards that resulted in a safety vs. Judson University (Ill.) on Oct. 30 ... had six tackles (three solos) and a quarterback hurry at No. 8 Concordia University (Mich.) in the NAIA Football Championship Series First Round on Nov. 20.

2020

MSFA Rankings

  • Forced Fumbles per game - T-8th (0.1)
  • Tackles for Loss - T-8th (8.0)
  • Tackles for Loss per game - T-12th (1.0)
  • Tackles per game - T-13th (6.6)
  • Sacks per game - T-17th (0.3)
  • Total Sacks - T-19th (2.0)

Played in all eight of the team's games with six starts ... was third on the team with 53 tackles and was second in solo stops with 31 ... posted a career-high 10 tackles at Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) on April 3, 2021 ... tied for second for SXU in tackles for loss with 8.0 and racked up 29 yards for loss ... made 2.0 sacks for nine yards ... made his first collegiate sack at St. Francis (Ill.) on Feb. 6, 2021 and another on March 13 vs. Missouri Baptist ... recorded two pass break-ups and had a quarterback hurry ... forced a fumble against USF in the season opener.

2019

Redshirted during his freshman season.

Career Defensive Stats
Year GP Solo Ast. Tackles TFL-Yds Sacks-Yds Int-Yds Breakup PD QBH FR-Yds FF Blks Safety Def. TD
2020 8 31 22 53 8-29 2-9 0-0 2 2 1 0-0 1 0 0 0
2021 10 12 25 37 2-28 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0-0 0 1 1 0
Career 18 43 47 90 10-57 2-9 0-0 2 2 3 0-0 1 1 1 0

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2022Junior

    LB
    6'2" 215 lbs
    27
  • 27
    C

    2023Senior

    LB
    6'2" 215 lbs
    27
    C