2024 Football Roster
Roster
Lanier, Brylan

Jersey Number 3
Brylan Lanier
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- High School/Previous School:
- Paul W. Bryant HS (East Mississippi CC)
Bio
Career Notes
Played in 23 career games with 10 career starts … At Mississippi State he has played in 12 games with 10 starts … Following the 2024 season, Lanier has 64 career tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, one interception and one sack … Started his career at Alabama before transferring to Indiana.
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
Born Nov. 28, 2002 ... Son of Cassius Lanier and Myesha Rickey ... Nickname is Brylo
Social Media
X/Twitter – @BrylanLanier
Instagram – 1gsbrylo
Career-Highs Entering 2025
Tackles: 9, vs. Toledo (09/14/2024)
Tackles For Loss: 1.0, 3x, last at Georgia (10/12/2024)
Sacks: 1.0, vs. Maryland (10/15/2022)
Interceptions: 1, vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
Played in 23 career games with 10 career starts … At Mississippi State he has played in 12 games with 10 starts … Following the 2024 season, Lanier has 64 career tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, one interception and one sack … Started his career at Alabama before transferring to Indiana.
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
Born Nov. 28, 2002 ... Son of Cassius Lanier and Myesha Rickey ... Nickname is Brylo
Social Media
X/Twitter – @BrylanLanier
Instagram – 1gsbrylo
Career-Highs Entering 2025
Tackles: 9, vs. Toledo (09/14/2024)
Tackles For Loss: 1.0, 3x, last at Georgia (10/12/2024)
Sacks: 1.0, vs. Maryland (10/15/2022)
Interceptions: 1, vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
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