Brandon Tucker

Prior to UTSA Consensus All-America linebacker at East Texas A&M (formerly Texas A&M-Commerce) … named first-team All-America by the Associated Press and AFCA, second team All-America by Stats Perform FCS and Phil Steele and third-team All-America by FCS Football Central in 2024 … Buck Buchanan Award finalist … Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference selection … posted 141 total tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, six quarterback hurries and a pair of pass breakups in 2024 … logged double-digit tackles in 11 games including a season-high 19 against SFA … saw action in a combined 13 contests across the 2022 and 2023 seasons … played one season at Myrtle Beach Prep … starred for head coach Claude Mathis at DeSoto High School near Dallas … racked up 38 tackles, three sacks, two hurries and a fumble recovery as a senior … began his prep career at John Paul II High School, where he was tabbed first-team all-district in 2019 … had nine tackles and two sacks in the 2019 TAPPS state semifinal game against Antonian Prep. Personal Born Aug. 23, 2002 … multidisciplinary studies major.