Brandin Echols

CB

#26

Experience: 6 years

Height: 5-10

Age: 28

Weight: 179 lbs

College: Kentucky

2025 SEASON

Solo
34
SCK
1
FF
1
INT
2

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Year

Season

Defense

Field Position

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	7	7	4	3	0	2	0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	10	18	12	6	1	1	0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	5	4	4	0	0	2	1
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	11	18	14	4	0	1	1

Game Halves

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT
1st Half	10	21	14	7	1	4	2
Last Two Minutes of Half	8	12	9	3	0	1	1
2nd Half	12	26	20	6	0	2	0

Home vs Road

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Home Games	9	25	17	8	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
Road Games	7	22	17	5	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0

Margin of Victory

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT
Margin 0-7	7	22	18	4	1	3	1
Margin 15+	1	7	3	4	0	0	0
Margin 8-14	2	4	4	0	0	0	0

Point Differential

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT
Ahead	13	33	25	8	1	2	1
Ahead by 1-8 Points	10	19	13	6	1	1	1
Ahead by 9-16 Points	8	9	8	1	0	1	0
Behind	6	8	4	4	0	1	0
Behind by 1-8 Points	5	7	4	3	0	1	0
Behind by 9-16 Points	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tied	16	6	5	1	0	3	1

Quarters

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT
1st Quarter	7	9	6	3	1	3	1
4th Quarter	10	17	14	3	0	1	0
4th Quarter within 7	3	5	5	0	0	1	0
2nd Quarter	8	12	8	4	0	1	1
3rd Quarter	6	9	6	3	0	1	0

Stadium Surfaces

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Grass	11	31	21	10	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
Turf	5	16	13	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Field Position

	G	FF	OPP FR
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	7	0	0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	10	1	0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	5	0	0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	11	0	1

Game Halves

	G	FF	OPP FR
1st Half	10	0	1
Last Two Minutes of Half	8	0	0
2nd Half	12	1	0

Home vs Road

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Home Games	9	0	0	1	0	1	0
Road Games	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Margin of Victory

	G	FF	OPP FR
Margin 0-7	7	0	1
Margin 15+	1	1	0
Margin 8-14	2	0	0

Point Differential

	G	FF	OPP FR
Ahead	13	1	0
Ahead by 1-8 Points	10	0	0
Ahead by 9-16 Points	8	1	0
Behind	6	0	1
Behind by 1-8 Points	5	0	1
Behind by 9-16 Points	1	0	0
Tied	16	0	0

Quarters

	G	FF	OPP FR
1st Quarter	7	0	1
4th Quarter	10	1	0
4th Quarter within 7	3	0	0
2nd Quarter	8	0	0
3rd Quarter	6	0	0

Stadium Surfaces

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Grass	11	0	0	1	0	1	0
Turf	5	0	0	0	0	0	0

Biography

PRO CAREER

Has played in 57 regular-season games (19 starts) over his four-year NFL career (N.Y. Jets 2021-24)
Has registered 113 tackles (88 solo), 16 passes defensed, five interceptions, three tackles for loss, two interceptions returned for TD and one fumble recovery
Voted Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week in Week 15 of 2021 at Miami after he finished with an interception return for TD, only the second defensive TD by a Jets rookie (Jonathan Vilma) since 2000
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2021 (at Carolina)
Made NFL starting debut in Week 1 of 2021 (at Carolina)

PRO CAREER

Has played in 57 regular-season games (19 starts) over his four-year NFL career (N.Y. Jets 2021-24)
Has registered 113 tackles (88 solo), 16 passes defensed, five interceptions, three tackles for loss, two interceptions returned for TD and one fumble recovery
Voted Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week in Week 15 of 2021 at Miami after he finished with an interception return for TD, only the second defensive TD by a Jets rookie (Jonathan Vilma) since 2000
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2021 (at Carolina)
Made NFL starting debut in Week 1 of 2021 (at Carolina)

2024 (JETS)

Played in 16 regular-season games (four starts)
Registered 36 tackles (28 solo), four on special teams, three passes defensed, two interceptions, one tackle for loss and one fumble recovery
Recorded a career-high 10 tackles and one pass defensed in Week 14 at Miami

2023 (JETS)

Played in 14 regular-season games (one start)
Placed on the Commissioner Exempt List prior to the start of the season, forcing him to miss Week 1
Registered nine tackles (six solo), one interception returned for TD and two passes defensed
Recorded a 30-yard interception return for TD in Week 12 vs. Miami

2022 (JETS)

Played in 13 regular-season games (no starts)
Registered five tackles (four solo) and two passes defensed
Recorded three tackles on special teams

2021 (JETS)

Played in 14 regular-season games (14 starts)
Missed three games on the Injured/Reserved List
Joined Hamsah Nasirildeen as the first Jets rookies selected in the sixth round or later to start on Kickoff Weekend since Gerald Nichols (1987) and was one of just 12 non-offensive or defensive line rookies drafted in the sixth round or later to start at least 14 games since 2012
Registered 63 tackles (50 solo), nine passes defensed, one tackle for loss, two interceptions, one of which was returned for a 20-yard TD
Tied for the sixth-most passes defensed among rookies, the only rookie with nine or more passes defensed not selected in the first or second round
Voted Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week in Week 15 at Miami after he finished with an interception return for TD, only the second defensive TD by a Jets rookie (Jonathan Vilma) since 2000

COLLEGE

Played in 24 games (22 starts) in his two-year career at Kentucky (2019-20)
Registered 108 tackles (82 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss, 11 pass breakups, two forced fumbles and one interception
Recorded a career-high 10 tackles vs. Mississippi State on Sept. 21, 2019
First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll and SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019)
Named to Dean's List (Spring 2019)
Graduated in December of 2020 with a degree in community and leadership development
Went to Northwest Mississippi C.C. as a receiver but switched to defense back in his freshman season
A three-star recruit who ranked as the fifth-best cornerback among junior college recruits by Rivals
Earned NJCAA second-team All-America honors
Named first-team All-MACJC and All-Region 23 NJCAA in 2018 after leading the MACJC and ranking second in the NJCAA with six interceptions
His 12 pass breakups ranked fourth in the country
Added 49 tackles, one forced fumble and blocked kick in helping lead Northwest to an 8-2 record and a No. 8 national ranking in the NJCAA

PERSONAL

Attended Southaven H.S. (Miss.), where he also played basketball and ran track as a senior, earning a spot on Clarion-Ledger's all-state team after winning the state championship in the long jump
Despite a senior year at Southaven H.S. (Miss.) that saw him record 29 receptions for 406 yards, rush for 906 yards, and score 16 TDs (rushing, receiving and returning), Echols was a zero-star recruit and enrolled at Northwest Mississippi C.C. as a wide receiver before the coaching staff convinced him to play cornerback
Born in Memphis, Tennessee
Son of Antonio and Ecstacy Williams
Has three sisters, Desiree Williams, Taylor Williams and Victoria Williams

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