Overview
Brinson is the best version of himself when he’s allowed to get up the field and make things happen. He gets upfield with purpose and pad level. He can get skinny, swim and rip his way into gaps to disturb the run design and compromise the quarterback’s pocket. He has adequate strength at the point but won’t control blockers or beat back double teams at a high enough rate when runs come downhill at him. Brinson’s rush talent and disruptive qualities should fit one-gapping defenses looking for a rotational piece to create chaos inside.

Strengths

• One-gapper with ideal bend and first-step quickness.
• Stays low into first contact and under blockers’ pads.
• Able to win laterally and squeeze down the line.
• Effective use of swipe-swim and swipe-rip as a rusher.
• Upper-body turn allows him to slide into B-gap
• Able to push and club interior blockers with his bull rush.

Weaknesses

• Average power to sit and squeeze the gap.
• Attempts to swim run blocks can get him dropped.
• Inconsistent in controlling the blocker.
• Well-timed punches stall out his rush plans.
• Needs to get to his rush counters more quickly.

2020: Played in 7 games as a reserve (3 tackles).
2021: Played in 12 games as a reserve for the national champions (9 tackles, 2 TFLs with 1 sack).
2022: Played in all 15 games as a reserve for the national champions (12 tackles, 3 TFLs with 1 sack).
2023: Played in 13 games with 4 starts (21 tackles, 3 TFLs with 2 sacks, PBU).
2024: Played in 12 games with 4 starts (26 tackles, 6 TFLs with 2 sacks).

Smooth on the mic.

Might be the new Jonathan Ford. Hopefully he can spell Clark every once in a while.