2025 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 3
Brylan Lanier
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- High School/Previous School:
- Paul W. Bryant HS (East Mississippi CC)
Career Notes
Played in 36 career games with 21 career starts … At Mississippi State he has played in 25 games with 21 starts … Concluded his collegiate career with 131 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, five interception and two sacks … Started his career at Alabama before transferring to Indiana and then EMCC.
2025 (Redshirt Senior Season)
Played all 13 games with 11 starts … Tied for the first in the SEC, while leading Mississippi State, in interceptions with four … His four INTs were the most by a Bulldog in a single season since Emmanuel Forbes had six in 2022 … Earned his first career multi-interception game at Florida with two picks … Registered a career-high 67 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, two pass breakups, four interceptions and had a sack … at Southern Miss (8/30): Opened the season with six tackles and his second career interception against Southern Miss ... vs Tennessee (9/27): earned his first Pass breakup of the season ... at Florida (10/18): Led the team in tackles with 8 ... first two interception game in his career .. recorded his first sack of his career ... Just the second State player since 1995 to record two interceptions and have a sack in the same game, since Jett Johnson in 2023 ... vs Texas (10/25): Earned his 100th tackle ... vs Georgia (11/8): tied his career high in tackles for loss ... at Missouri (11/15): started his sixth game in a row this season ... vs Ole Miss (11/28): tied for second on the team in tackles ... started his seventh game in a row … vs. Wake Forest (1/02): Made 8th straight start … Grabbed his four INT of the season … Had two tackles.
2024 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with 10 starts … Ended the season with 53 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and one interception … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his first career start … Recorded five tackles, four solo and one assisted tackle ... at Arizona State (9/7): Recorded four tackles, three solo and one assisted ... Toledo (9/14): Recorded nine tackles, three solo and six assisted ... Set a new career high in tackles ... Florida (9/21): Recorded seven tackles, six solo and one assisted ... at Texas (9/28): Recorded six tackles, five solo and one assisted … had one tackle for loss for two yards ... at Georgia (10/12): Recorded six solo tackles … earned one tackle for loss for three yards … Second straight game with TFL ... vs. Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded two assisted tackles ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded four tackles, two solo and two assisted ... UMass (11/2): Recorded one solo tackle … Earned his first career interception ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded one assisted tackle ... vs. Missouri (11/23): Recorded three tackles, two solo and one assisted … at Ole Miss (11/29): Recorded five tackles.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore Season - East Mississippi CC)
No. 27 ranked JUCO prospect according to 247Sports … Ranked as the No. 3 JUCO cornerback in the country by 247Sports … Committed to Mississippi State on Jan. 1, 2024 … 2023 All-MACCC Second Team … Helped lead EMCC to the 2023 national championship game … Tallied 60 tackles on the season, including 3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception … Helped EMCC win the MACCC Conference Title.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman Season - Indiana)
Appeared in 11 games ... one of 16 transfer student-athletes to make IU debut in 2022 ... one of 33 student-athletes to make collegiate debut in 2022 ... made four tackles in first career collegiate appearance against Illinois (9/2) ... had one tackle against No. 4 Michigan (10/8) ... recorded three tackles against Maryland (10/15) ... logged first career sack at the end of the first half to force a Maryland punt ... tallied two tackles against No. 16 Penn State (11/5) ... posted one tackle at Michigan State (11/19).
2021 (True Freshman Season - Alabama)
Redshirted the 2021 season at the University of Alabama.
High School
Prepped at Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Personal
Son of Cassius Lanier and Myesha Rickey ... Nickname is Brylo
Career-Highs
Tackles: 9, 2x, last vs. Ole Miss (11/28/2025)
Tackles For Loss: 1.0, 3x, last at Georgia (10/12/2024)
Sacks: 1.0, 2x, last at Florida (10/18/2025)
Interceptions: 2, at Florida (10/18/2025)
Played in 36 career games with 21 career starts … At Mississippi State he has played in 25 games with 21 starts … Concluded his collegiate career with 131 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, five interception and two sacks … Started his career at Alabama before transferring to Indiana and then EMCC.
2025 (Redshirt Senior Season)
Played all 13 games with 11 starts … Tied for the first in the SEC, while leading Mississippi State, in interceptions with four … His four INTs were the most by a Bulldog in a single season since Emmanuel Forbes had six in 2022 … Earned his first career multi-interception game at Florida with two picks … Registered a career-high 67 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, two pass breakups, four interceptions and had a sack … at Southern Miss (8/30): Opened the season with six tackles and his second career interception against Southern Miss ... vs Tennessee (9/27): earned his first Pass breakup of the season ... at Florida (10/18): Led the team in tackles with 8 ... first two interception game in his career .. recorded his first sack of his career ... Just the second State player since 1995 to record two interceptions and have a sack in the same game, since Jett Johnson in 2023 ... vs Texas (10/25): Earned his 100th tackle ... vs Georgia (11/8): tied his career high in tackles for loss ... at Missouri (11/15): started his sixth game in a row this season ... vs Ole Miss (11/28): tied for second on the team in tackles ... started his seventh game in a row … vs. Wake Forest (1/02): Made 8th straight start … Grabbed his four INT of the season … Had two tackles.
2024 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with 10 starts … Ended the season with 53 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and one interception … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his first career start … Recorded five tackles, four solo and one assisted tackle ... at Arizona State (9/7): Recorded four tackles, three solo and one assisted ... Toledo (9/14): Recorded nine tackles, three solo and six assisted ... Set a new career high in tackles ... Florida (9/21): Recorded seven tackles, six solo and one assisted ... at Texas (9/28): Recorded six tackles, five solo and one assisted … had one tackle for loss for two yards ... at Georgia (10/12): Recorded six solo tackles … earned one tackle for loss for three yards … Second straight game with TFL ... vs. Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded two assisted tackles ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded four tackles, two solo and two assisted ... UMass (11/2): Recorded one solo tackle … Earned his first career interception ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded one assisted tackle ... vs. Missouri (11/23): Recorded three tackles, two solo and one assisted … at Ole Miss (11/29): Recorded five tackles.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore Season - East Mississippi CC)
No. 27 ranked JUCO prospect according to 247Sports … Ranked as the No. 3 JUCO cornerback in the country by 247Sports … Committed to Mississippi State on Jan. 1, 2024 … 2023 All-MACCC Second Team … Helped lead EMCC to the 2023 national championship game … Tallied 60 tackles on the season, including 3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception … Helped EMCC win the MACCC Conference Title.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman Season - Indiana)
Appeared in 11 games ... one of 16 transfer student-athletes to make IU debut in 2022 ... one of 33 student-athletes to make collegiate debut in 2022 ... made four tackles in first career collegiate appearance against Illinois (9/2) ... had one tackle against No. 4 Michigan (10/8) ... recorded three tackles against Maryland (10/15) ... logged first career sack at the end of the first half to force a Maryland punt ... tallied two tackles against No. 16 Penn State (11/5) ... posted one tackle at Michigan State (11/19).
2021 (True Freshman Season - Alabama)
Redshirted the 2021 season at the University of Alabama.
High School
Prepped at Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Personal
Son of Cassius Lanier and Myesha Rickey ... Nickname is Brylo
Career-Highs
Tackles: 9, 2x, last vs. Ole Miss (11/28/2025)
Tackles For Loss: 1.0, 3x, last at Georgia (10/12/2024)
Sacks: 1.0, 2x, last at Florida (10/18/2025)
Interceptions: 2, at Florida (10/18/2025)
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