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Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Brandon Dorlus #54 poses for a headshot at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Ga. On Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Photo by Jay Bendlin/Atlanta Falcons)

Brandon Dorlus

DL

#54

Experience: 3 years

Height: 6-3

Age: 25

Weight: 295 lbs

College: Oregon

2025 SEASON

  • Solo
    12
  • SCK
    8.5
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    --
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Preseason

WKGame DateOPPRESULTTotalSoloASTSCKSFTYPDEFINTYDSAVGLNGTDSFFFR
308/22/2025@CowboysL 13 - 31
208/15/2025TitansL 20 - 233300000
108/08/2025LionsL 10 - 172201001

Regular Season

WKGame DateOPPRESULTTotalSoloASTSCKSFTYPDEFINTYDSAVGLNGTDSFFFR
1801/04/2026SaintsW 19 - 17
1712/29/2025RamsW 27 - 241101000
1612/21/2025@CardinalsW 26 - 191010.5000
1512/11/2025@BuccaneersW 29 - 282111000
1412/07/2025SeahawksL 9 - 37
1311/30/2025@JetsL 24 - 271100000
1211/23/2025@SaintsW 24 - 104221.5000
1111/16/2025PanthersL 27 - 301010000
1011/09/2025@ColtsL 25 - 312111000
911/02/2025@PatriotsL 23 - 244312000
810/26/2025DolphinsL 10 - 343110000
710/19/2025@49ersL 10 - 202010000
610/13/2025BillsW 24 - 141010000
409/28/2025CommandersW 34 - 271000000
309/21/2025@PanthersL 0 - 301100000
209/14/2025@VikingsW 22 - 63121.5000
109/07/2025BuccaneersL 20 - 23

Biography

CAREER

  • Has played in 17 games (nine starts) for the Falcons (2024-25), totaling 30 tackles (16 solo), 11 quarterback hits, 8.5 sacks and 11 tackles for loss.
  • Started in nine-of-15 games played in 2025, totaling 27 tackles (15 solo), 11 tackles for loss, 11 quarterback hits and 8.5 sacks.
  • Posted one assisted tackle and one sack in Week 17, establishing a career-high 8.5 sacks, ranking second among all interior defensive linemen in the league and first in the NFC in 2025.
  • Recorded his seventh sack of the season in Week 15 and finished the game with two tackles, one tackle for loss and one sack.
  • Notched 1.5 sacks in Week 12, bringing his career and season total to six, the most recorded by a Falcon this season. His six sacks through 13-career games tie for the franchise record
  • Recorded one sack in Week 10, bringing his season total to a career-high 4.5. It was his second consecutive game with at least one sack, the first time he's recorded a sack in back-to-back games.
  • Recorded two sacks, the first multi-sack game of his career and finished the Week 9 game with four tackles (three solo).
  • Recorded his first career 0.5 sack in Week 2 of the 2025 season.
  • Appeared in two games for the Falcons in 2024, recording three tackles (one solo).

COLLEGE

  • Played five seasons (2019-23) at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore.
  • Played in 57 games, totaling 106 tackles (58 solo), 27 tackles for loss, 13 passes defensed, 12 sacks and one fumble recovery.
  • Played in all 14 games for the Ducks as a senior in 2023, leading the team with a career-high five sacks while adding 25 tackles (14 solo), eight passes defensed, seven tackles for loss and one fumble recovery.
  • Named first-team All-Pac-12 in 2023.
  • Played in 13 games in 2022 and totaled a career-high 39 tackles (19 solo) and 10 tackles for loss, in addition to 2.5 sacks and two passes defensed.
  • Named first-team Pac-12 All-Conference in 2020-21.
  • Recorded 25 tackles (14 solo), seven tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and two passes defensed in 14 games in 2021.
  • Played in seven games in 2020 and registered 12 tackles (seven solo), two tackles for loss, one sack and one pass defense as a sophomore.
  • Appeared in nine games as a true freshman in 2019 and tallied five tackles (four solo), two tackles for loss and one sack.

PERSONAL

  • Attended Deerfield Ridge (Fla.) HS as a junior and senior after spending his freshman and sophomore years at Calvary Christian (Ga.) HS.
  • As a senior, earned first-team All-Broward County honors after helping lead Deerfield Beach to a 12-2 record, a District 8-A 11 championship and a spot in the 8A FHSAA Football semifinals.
  • Finished his senior season with 74 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and an interception, which he returned for a touchdown.
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