Brandon Pili

Defensive Tackle, Seattle Seahawks · #95.

Player facts

Team: Seattle Seahawks
Position: Defensive Tackle
Number: 95
Born: Apr 2, 1999 (age 27)
Birthplace: Anchorage, AK, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 334 lbs
College: USC
Experience: 4 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
Career	17	3	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	vs SF	L 32-29	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ ARI	W 31-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Wed, Sep 9	vs NE	W 13-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 3 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Brandon Pili (born April 2, 1999) is an American professional football nose tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans and was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2023.

From Wikipedia’s article on Brandon Pili, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life and education

Pili was born on April 2, 1999, the eldest of seven children. His father had moved to Alaska from Hawaii in 1990 and his mother grew up in Utqiagvik, Alaska, the northernmost settlement in the United States. He lived the first few years of his life in Utqiagvik, later moving to Anchorage. He played several sports growing up and attended Dimond High School in Anchorage, where he played football until the first game of his senior season. Pili transferred to Westview High School in Portland, Oregon, to finish his high school career. He had received little attention from college football teams while at Dimond but began receiving a significant amount of offers after transferring to Westview; he ultimately committed to play for the USC Trojans.

College career

Pili, a defensive tackle, weighed 345 pounds in his freshman year at USC and saw significant playing time that year, appearing in nine games, two as a starter, and posting 14 tackles as well as a blocked field goal. The following year, he played in all 12 games and had two starts, posting 12 tackles and a sack. In 2019, he had 18 tackles, three pass breakups and a fumble forced in 13 games played. Pili posted five tackles in four games played during the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season.

Pili was expected to see significant action in the 2021 season, but tore his achilles tendon prior to the start of the season and missed the entire year. In his final year, 2022, he brought his weight down to 315 pounds, played 14 games and had a career-high 25 tackles in addition to one sack and a pass breakup. He finished his collegiate career with 74 tackles, 10 of which were for a loss, and four sacks in 52 games played.