Player file
Blake Brandel
C Center · official depth C1 · Oregon State · #64 · PRO
6' 6" · 315 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 29 · born 1997-01-23 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
MIN · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 5 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
stat row carries no counting column at this position2026 C
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T05:21:04.072Z2026Signed through
APY $3,166,667 · cap hit $4,466,668
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · MIN · C · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this positionnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T05:21:04.072Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$3,166,667Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$4,466,668Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2027 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2026 · MIN · C · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this position
- 2025 · MIN · OT · 6 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this position
- 2024 · MIN · OT · 9 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this position
- 2023 · MIN · OT · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this position
- 2022 · MIN · OT · 3 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this position
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · MIN at NYGStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · BAL at MINDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · MIN at DENDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · GB at MINStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2016 · Oregon State · defensive1 tkl · 0 sackHC Gary AndersenCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id BranBl00: no recorded combine row in the covered dataset; invitation status is not established (a pro-day-only workout is not in this table and stays unknown) (asOf 2026-09-20)
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
Injuries
Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 2 seasons started · career through 2026
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present