Brandon George

Position:
LB
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
245
Hometown:
Reading, PA
High School:
Berks Catholic

2024: Started all 13 games at middle linebacker…selected a team captain…compiled 80 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, three forced fumbles, one interception and one fumble recovery on the year…twice named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week (Kent State and North Carolina)…had seven tackles, two TFLs, a nine-yard sack, a forced fumble and fumble recovery against the Golden Flashes…had six stops against the Tar Heels…twice logged a career-high 11 tackles (California and Toledo in the GameAbove Sports Bowl)…had a highlight-reel finger-tip interception against Syracuse…played in a Pitt-record 65 career games…selected to play in the Tropical Bowl all-star game.

2023: Played in all 12 games as the primary reserve at middle linebacker and also contributed on special teams...compiled 49 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, a sack and an interception...had a season-high 10 tackles and career-best 2.5 TFLs against Florida State...had nine stops at West Virginia...had a 14-yard sack against Louisville...had the first interception of his career when he caught his own deflection of Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman's pass and returned it three yards to the Pitt 16...named to the All-ACC Academic Football Team.

2022: Limited to three regular-season games (Tennessee, Western Michigan and Rhode Island) and the Sun Bowl against UCLA due to injury…served on special teams and as a reserve middle linebacker…totaled 13 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one pass breakup on the year…had a season-high five stops, 1.5 TFLs and his first career sack against Tennessee…had four tackles and a pass breakup at Western Michigan…after missing the final eight regular-season games due to injury, returned for the Sun Bowl and made three stops against the Bruins.

2021: Played in all 14 games, serving on special teams and as a reserve middle linebacker…totaled 34 tackles and five TFLs…achieved season highs with eight tackles and two TFLs against New Hampshire…had four stops against Michigan State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

2020: Played in all 11 games, serving on special teams and as a reserve middle linebacker…totaled 16 tackles on the year…had a season-high four stops (all solo) against Virginia Tech…logged a 14-yard punt return against Austin Peay.

2019: Played in the season’s final 11 games as a true freshman, serving on special teams…totaled five tackles (all solo) on the year…had a season-high two stops (both coming on the kickoff coverage unit) against North Carolina.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year standout on both sides of the ball for perennial Pennsylvania Class 4A power Berks Catholic…compiled 347 career tackles at linebacker, while rushing for 2,753 yards and 41 touchdowns at fullback…as a senior middle linebacker, compiled 108 tackles, eight tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and an interception…rushed for 959 yards and 13 TDs on 123 carries (7.8 avg.)…led the Saints to an 11-3 record and fourth consecutive berth in the PIAA Class 4A playoffs…during his four-year varsity career, Berks Catholic went a combined 48-8 (.857)…Pennsylvania Football Writers All-Class 4A defensive selection…Berks Football League Section 2 Linebacker of the Year…rated Pennsylvania’s No. 15 overall prospect by 247Sports, No. 20 by Rivals and No. 21 by ESPN…played under Coach Rick Keeley…selected to play in the Big 33 Football Classic…state runner-up in the discus and bronze medalist in the shot put…also a starter for the basketball team…his exploits in three sports earned him Reading Eagle Athlete of the Year.

PERSONAL: Is the son of Neil and Stacie George…earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration and is now enrolled in Pitt's Katz Graduate School of Business.