Brendan Schlittler

2022 (R-Jr.):

Phil Steele Preseason All-Independent first team
Outland Trophy Watch List (Best College Football Interior Lineman)
Started all 13 games at right guard
Helped the Flames to two of the program’s biggest wins against BYU and Arkansas (first-ever win over an SEC program)
PFF Snap Count: 786-of-932 snaps (84.3 percent)
Third highest snap count on the team
PFF pass block grade: 74.6 percent
Helped the Flames to their fourth-straight bowl game appearance

2021 (R-So.):

Phil Steele Postseason All-Independent second team
Started all 13 games at right guard
Liberty ranked No. 8 in passing yards per completion (14.69)
Liberty ranked No. 25 in scoring offense (33.6 points per game)
Liberty ranked No. 35 in first down offense (297)
Liberty ranked No. 35 in total offense (436.2 yards per game)
Helped block for quarterback Malik Willis, who was selected in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans
Willis finished the 2021 season ranked No. 8 in the country in points responsible for (242/18.6 per game), No. 18 in passing touchdowns (27), No. 20 total offense (287.7 yards per game), and No. 20 in passing yards per competition (13.83)

2020 (R-So.):

Started 10 games at right guard
VaSID All-State second team honoree
Phil Steele Postseason All-Independent second team
Helped the Flames finish the year ranked No. 9 nationally in rushing offense (252.4 yards per game), No. 15 in total offense (482.7 yards per game) and No. 16 in scoring offense (38.2 points per game)

Liberty ranked No. 12 in the country in first down offense (273)
Liberty ranked No. 15 in the nation in time of possession (32:58)
Liberty ranked No. 22 in the country in team passing efficiency (154.51)
Liberty ranked No. 8 in fourth-down conversion percent (77.3 percent)
Liberty ranked No. 17 in third-down conversion percent (48.0 percent)
Helped block for Malik Willis, who led all FBS quarterbacks with 944 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns

2019 (R-Fr.):

Saw playing time in all 13 games
Served as a backup at right guard
Helped the Flames record 39 pancake blocks during the season
Was part of an offensive line that helped quarterback Stephen Calvert finish his career as Liberty’s all-time leader in career passing yards (12,025) and touchdowns (93)
Liberty’s offensive line allowed Calvert to post the longest streak in the country among FBS quarterbacks by completing 295 passing attempts without an interception in 2019
Liberty finished the 2019 season ranked No. 21 nationally in passing yards per game (288.9)
Liberty finished the 2019 season ranked No. 32 in total offensive yards per game (439.4)
Protected a pair of 1,000-yard performers in running back Frankie Hickson (1,041 yards rushing) and wide receiver Antonio Gandy-Golden (1,396 receiving yards)

2018 (Fr.):

Prep:

Graduate of Eureka High School in Eureka, Mo.
Signed with the Flames during the December signing period
Named a two-star recruit by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com
Received offers from Army, Columbia, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Michigan, NIU and Tennessee-Martin
All-conference and all-district honoree as a junior
Finished his senior year with 76 pancake blocks and no sacks allowed
Named first-team all-conference, all-district and all-state as a senior
Played baseball at Eureka High School

Personal: