Linebacker, Florida, 2006–09
Brandon Spikes
- Number
- No. 51
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Shelby, NC
- Born
- Sep 3, 1987, in Shelby, North Carolina
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Brandon Spikes played linebacker at Florida (2006–09). He was a consensus All‑American in 2008 and 2009. The New England Patriots took Spikes in round 2, No. 62 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006N | 10 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 2007N | 13 | 81 | 50 | 131 | 16 | 1.5 | – | 7 | 1 | – |
| 2008 | 13 | 52 | 41 | 93 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 11 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 6 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| On file | 177 | 130 | 307 | 31 | 6 | – | 14 | – | – | |
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
2009 Florida 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | vs. Georgia | W 41–17 | 1 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Florida International | W 62–3 | 1 |
2008 Florida 3 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 | vs. LSU | W 51–21 | 2 |
| Nov 15 | vs. South Carolina | W 56–6 | 1 |
| Nov 29 | at Florida State | W 45–15 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅞″ | |
| Weight | 249 lb | |
| Arm length | 33⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.05 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.75 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 29″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′3″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.97 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 70 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | New England Patriots | 12 | 47 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | New England Patriots | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | New England Patriots | 14 | 90 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | New England Patriots | 15 | 85 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | Buffalo Bills | 15 | 52 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | Buffalo Bills | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 70 | 318 | 2 | 2 | |
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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