2025 SEASON
- Solo7
- SCK0
- FF0
- INT--
Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TOTAL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
PRO CAREER
- Has yet to make NFL debut
PRO CAREER
- Has yet to make NFL debut
COLLEGE
- Played five seasons as a linebacker at Washington (2020-24), where he played in 52 games (19 starts) and registered 305 tackles (180 solo), 10.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, seven quarterback hits, five interceptions, nine passes defensed and four forced fumbles
- Voted a captain for the Huskies in 2024
- Started all 13 games in 2024 and led the team with 103 tackles and three interceptions
- One of only two Big Ten players with 100+ tackles and 3+ interceptions in 2024
- Named third-team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and the media
- Named to the Fall Academic All-Big Ten team
- Four tackles, one of them for a loss, and a pass breakup, vs. Washington State
- Led the Huskies with nine tackles and two pass breakups at Rutgers
- Registered 12 tackles and two interceptions in the win over USC
- Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following the USC game
- Recorded 11 tackles and a forced fumble at Penn State
- Led all players with 11 tackles in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl vs. Louisville
- Won the UW's defensive most valuable player award at the team's postseason banquet
PERSONAL
- Attended Redmond H.S. (Redmond, Wash.), where he was rated the No. 51 inside linebacker in the nation and No. 16 recruit in the state by 247Sports
- Recorded 122 tackles and 13 tackles for loss as a senior for the Redmond Mustangs
- Named defensive MVP of the 4A KingCo Crown Division as a senior
- Named to the Seattle Times' "Star Times" all-area team and to the Times' all-state team (for all levels)
- First-team All-KingCo Crown Division at linebacker and second-team at tight end as a junior in 2018
- Rated as the No. 8 recruit in the state, according to Rivals.com
- Ranked the No. 28 inside linebacker in the nation by ESPN
- Father, Mark Bruener, was a standout tight end at Washington, who was one of two true freshmen to play for the 1991 National Championship team
- Mark, who is currently a scout for the Steelers, was a first-round NFL Draft pick and played nine seasons for Pittsburgh and five more for the Houston Texans
- Also played on the Mustangs' basketball team