Cornerback, Georgia, 2008–11
Brandon Boykin
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 5′10″
- Hometown
- Fayetteville, GA
- Born
- Jul 13, 1990
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Brandon Boykin played cornerback at Georgia (2008–11). He won the 2011 Paul Hornung Award. The Philadelphia Eagles took Boykin in round 4, No. 123 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
80rushing yards, career highvs. Boise State, 2011Honors
Returns
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008N | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 2009 | 13 | 40 | 14 | 54 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 6.5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 14 | 35 | 20 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| On file | 106 | 53 | 159 | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2011 Georgia 14 games, 70 returns, 1,030 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Boise State | L 21–35 | 5 | 110 | – | – | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. South Carolina | L 42–45 | 7 | 184 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Coastal Carolina | W 59–0 | 1 | 47 | – | – | – |
| Sep 24 | at Ole Miss | W 27–13 | 2 | 33 | 2 | −2 | – |
| Oct 1 | vs. Mississippi State | W 24–10 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 45 | – |
| Oct 8 | at Tennessee | W 20–12 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Oct 15 | at Vanderbilt | W 33–28 | 4 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Florida | W 24–20 | 4 | 73 | 2 | 0 | – |
| Nov 5 | vs. New Mexico State | W 63–16 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 19 | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. Auburn | W 45–7 | 2 | 43 | 4 | 0 | – |
| Nov 19 | vs. Kentucky | W 19–10 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | at Georgia Tech | W 31–17 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 4 | – |
| Dec 3 | vs. LSU | L 10–42 | 3 | 49 | 6 | 0 | – |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Michigan State | L 30–33 | 4 | 70 | 2 | 92 | – |
2010 Georgia 13 games, 34 returns, 825 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Louisiana | W 55–7 | 1 | 31 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 11 | atSouth Carolina | L 6–17 | 2 | 40 | – | – | – |
| Sep 18 | vs. Arkansas | L 24–31 | 4 | 87 | – | – | – |
| Sep 25 | atMississippi State | L 12–24 | 3 | 71 | – | – | – |
| Oct 2 | at Colorado | L 27–29 | 2 | 97 | – | – | – |
| Oct 9 | vs.Tennessee | W 41–14 | 2 | 47 | – | – | – |
| Oct 16 | vs.Vanderbilt | W 43–0 | 2 | 23 | – | – | – |
| Oct 23 | atKentucky | W 44–31 | 2 | 123 | – | – | – |
| Oct 30 | vs.Florida | L 31–34 | 4 | 111 | – | – | – |
| Nov 6 | vs. Idaho State | W 55–7 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 13 | atAuburn | L 31–49 | 6 | 90 | – | – | – |
| Nov 27 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 42–34 | 3 | 67 | – | – | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. UCF | L 6–10 | 3 | 38 | – | – | 1 |
2009 Georgia 12 games, 38 returns, 985 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Oklahoma State | L 10–24 | 1 | 23 | – | – | – |
| Sep 12 | vs.South Carolina | W 41–37 | 4 | 187 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 19 | atArkansas | W 52–41 | 6 | 146 | – | – | – |
| Sep 26 | vs. Arizona State | W 20–17 | 2 | 25 | – | – | – |
| Oct 3 | vs.LSU | L 13–20 | 2 | 20 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 10 | atTennessee | L 19–45 | 4 | 128 | – | – | – |
| Oct 17 | atVanderbilt | W 34–10 | 3 | 71 | – | – | – |
| Oct 31 | vs.Florida | L 17–41 | 6 | 114 | – | – | – |
| Nov 14 | vs.Auburn | W 31–24 | 3 | 52 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 21 | vs.Kentucky | L 27–34 | 4 | 103 | – | – | – |
| Nov 28 | atGeorgia Tech | W 30–24 | 1 | 9 | – | – | – |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Texas A&M | W 44–20 | 2 | 107 | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2012 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–23).
| Drill | Combine 2012 | Combine or pro day 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′9½″ | |
| Weight | 182 lb | |
| Arm length | 31½″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.44 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 57 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Philadelphia Eagles | 15 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Eagles | 15 | 46 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| NFL career | 57 | 142 | 2 | 8 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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