Brendan Flakes
Northwestern Wildcats
88
Great

Brendan Flakes

Northwestern WildcatsContender
LDTDefenseGreat
Projected Starter

Is Brendan Flakes starting?

Brendan Flakes is the projected starter at LDT for Northwestern Wildcats.

Redshirt senior · #15 · 6'4", 295 lbs

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Depth at LDT · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 11588Brendan FlakesStarter
  2. 25579Dylan Roberts
  3. 35373Tanner Jumpp

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of West Orange, ranked #1,404 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 18 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 88 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,404 Natl3-Yr Total44 tackles · 0 sacksTeam Share2%
Winter Garden, FL
Jersey
#15
Class
RS SR
Height
6'4"
Weight
295 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025180.50
20241100
20231510

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8456
National Rank
#1404
High School
West Orange
Hometown
Winter Garden, FL

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 56th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them +0 vs unit starters → 88.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 56% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
+0 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 10WBALLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-14

Oct 3WPSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 34-13

Sep 26LIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-23

Sep 19WCOLOTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 6WSDSTTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 34-18

Brendan Flakes's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

18 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.