| Brandon Boice |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Gold Beach, Ore.
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| High School:
Gold Beach High School
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 225
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| Position:
Weak Side Linebacker
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| Birthdate:
08/19/1976
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PERSONAL--Born 8/19/76 in Medford, OR...son of Court and Dawn Boice...his parents are self-employed...in the College of Liberal Arts and is a sociology major...has two brothers, Justin, 25, and Ty, 12...Brandon entered OSU with a 3.3 GPA out of high school...was a Rotary leadership scholarship winner out of Gold Beach High School and was on the school honor roll...favorite athlete in high school was Mike Singletary...walking on at Oregon State has been his biggest athletic thrill to date...selected OSU because, "of Coach Pettibone and the Beaver football program."
OSU--(1999--Senior)--Brandon enters his senior year having played in 33 games for OSU, all in a backup role...has produced a total of 150 defensive points, including 28 solo tackles, 18 assisted tackles, 3 tackles for loss, a fumble recovery for a touchdown (Stanford in 1998) and a pass interception (Nevada in 1998)...Brandon has been a solid backup linebacker for OSU...enjoyed his most productive spring and will report to fall camp as the No. 2 weak linebacker...as usual, is expected to be a major contributor on special teams...Brandon is the type of player who will do whatever is asked to help the team...in the weight room, Brandon has produced personal bests of 305 pounds in the hang clean; 350 in the bench press; 400 in the back squat and 290 in the incline...his vertical jump best is 28.50 inches.
(1998--Junior)--Brandon's stock has improved each year...entered his junior year having played in 22 games as a backup linebacker and special teams player...produced a total of 95 defensive points in two years, including 22 solo tackles, 11 assisted tackles and 3 tackles for loss...Brandon had an excellent spring practice and moved up the depth chart to No. 2 at middle linebacker behind Jonathan Jackson...a very intense player and understands the defensive system very well...Brandon played in all 11 games as a junior as a backup linebacker and on special teams...produced a total of 55 defensive points, coming on 6 solo tackles, 7 assisted tackles, 2 recovered fumbles and a pass interception...had three double-figure point production games with 17 vs. Nevada (9/5); 10 at Stanford (10/10) and 11 vs. California (10/31)...made his biggest play of the season when he recovered a kickoff in the end zone at Stanford to give the Beavers a 20-10 lead with 2:47 left in the first half and helped OSU produce a 30-23 road victory...against Nevada in the season opener, he had 3 tackles and a pass interception in the fourth quarter...played most of the season on a very painful foot injury.
(1997-Sophomore)--Brandon played in all 11 games for OSU as a backup weakside linebacker and a special teams player...produced 55 defensive points, based on 15 solo tackles, 7 assisted tackles and a pass broken up...his best game was against North Texas in the season opener when he produced 22 points on 6 solo tackles, an assisted tackle and a pass broken up...Brandon reported for spring drills listed as the No. 2 weak linebacker and that is where he finished the spring, No. 2 behind Bryan Jones...Brandon enjoyed a very good spring and his stock continues to rise...OSU defensive coordinator Greg Newhouse said, "Brandon is the type of player who brings his lunch pail to work with him."...Brandon had participated in a total of 306 plays in his OSU career to date.
(1996-Redshirt Freshman)--Brandon's work ethic from the 1995 season carried over into the winter conditioning program...Brandon was one of the biggest surprises, if not the biggest, to come out of spring drills...his never say die attitude and play earned him a scholarship at the conclusion of spring drills and the No. 3 spot at middle linebacker on the depth chart at the conclusion of Spring drills...in addition, he was given No. 17, the number worn by OSU's all-Pac-10 linebacker Kane Rogers the previous five years...when Brandon reported to fall camp, his weight was up to 220 and he quickly moved up the ladder to No. 2 at Sam linebacker, plus Brandon participated on most of OSU's special team units...Brandon proved to be a real success story and may very well prove to be one of the better walk-on finds to attend OSU in many years...played in all 11 games, participating in 306 plays...produced a total of 40 defensive points during the year and his best game was against Montana when he totaled 16 defensive points...he is also an outstanding student and was rewarded at the conclusion of the season by being named honorable mention on the Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic team.
(1995-Freshman)--Brandon entered OSU in 1995 as a walk-on linebacker and he weighed 208 pounds...Brandon redshirted during the 1995 season and played on the scout team all fall...he worked extremely hard on the scout team and his work ethic and attitude impressed the Beaver coaching staff.
GOLD BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, Gold Beach, OR (1992-94)--Brandon earned three letters in football, three in track and three in basketball at Gold Beach...played outside linebacker and quarterback in football under Coach Roger Van DeZande...as a senior, Brandon was an all-league (Far West League) linebacker pick at the 3A level...he also served as football team captain his senior year.
OSU STATISTICS
Tackles Tackles Fumbles Pass Pass Pass TOTAL
YEAR UT-3 AT-1 TT SACK-5 FOR LOSS-5 CF-5 RC-10 BrUp-3 INT-10 KB-10 RUSH-3 PTS
1996 7 4 11 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 (17)
1997 15 7 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 55 (17)
1998 6 7 13 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 55 (18)
TOT 28 18 46 0 3-3 0 2 1 1 0 0 150
1996 GAME-BY-GAME
OPP
Mont 2 0 2 - 2-2 - - - - - - 16
USC 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Bay 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Cal 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - 3
WSU 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Stan 1 1 2 - 1-1 - - - - - - 9
Ariz 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - 3
ASU 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Wash 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1
NIU 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - 5
UO 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - 3
1997 GAME-BY-GAME
OPP
N.Texas 6 1 7 - - - - 1 - - - 22
Stan 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - 4
ASU 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - 4
SJS 2 0 2 - - - - - - - - 6
Utah St. 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
UCLA 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - 4
Wash 2 0 2 - - - - - - - - 6
Cal 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - 4
Arizona 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1
USC 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Oregon 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - 4
*Indicates High Point Player
1998 GAME-BY-GAME
OPP
Nevada 2 1 3 - - - - - 1 - - 17
Baylor 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - 4
USC 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
ASU 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1
Utah St. 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1
Stanford 0 0 0 - - - 1 - - - - 10
Arizona 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - 7
Wash 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - 3
Cal 0 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - 11
UCLA 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
UO 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1
