Cael Brezina
Penn State Nittany Lions
78
Solid

Cael Brezina

Penn State Nittany LionsSolid
WLBDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Iowa State
2nd String / Backup

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Cael Brezina is listed 2nd string at WLB for Penn State Nittany Lions.

Junior · #9 · 6'3", 233 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Penn State Nittany Lions

  1. 11388Tony RojasStarter
  2. 2978Cael BrezinaYou

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Downers Grove North, ranked #1,220 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 29 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,220 NatlTeam Share3%
Downers Grove, IL
Jersey
#9
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
233 lbs
Transfer
Iowa State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—2900

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
0.8600
National Rank
#1220
High School
Downers Grove North
Hometown
Downers Grove, IL

Why this rating?

On a 87-rated defense; 64th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.89 for competition level) put them -3 vs unit starters → 78.

Team defense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 64% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 22% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.89)
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 for role; −6 depth penalty

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 10LUSCTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-23

Oct 3LNUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-13

Sep 19WBUFFTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-13

Sep 12WTEMTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-9

Sep 5WMRSHTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-0

Cael Brezina's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

29 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement33%
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