2016 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Brandon Mullins
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Coppell, Texas
- High School:
- Coppell
Senior Year (2016): Named second team USILA/Nike All-American… Nominated for the Tewaaraton Award... Earned All-ACC Team honors... Named to ACC All-Tournament Team... Recognized as Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American... Named to All-ACC Preseason Team... Started all 17 games, picking up a career high 41 ground balls, which ranked second on the team... Led the team with a career high 31 caused turnovers... Caused 1.82 turnovers per game, which ranked 13th in the nation... Picked up two ground balls and caused a turnover versus Siena [2/13] … Collected a ground ball and caused two turnovers against Albany[2/21] … Notched four ground balls and caused three turnovers against Army [2/28] … Tallied another four ground balls and caused three turnovers against Virginia [3/4] … Picked up two ground balls and caused a turnover versus Johns Hopkins [3/19] … Posted three groundballs and caused a turnover against Duke [3/26] … Recorded one ground ball and caused a turnover against Notre Dame [4/2] … Scooped up two ground balls and caused two turnovers against Hobart [4/6] … Picked up a ground ball and caused a turnover against Cornell [4/12] … Tallied four ground balls and caused three turnovers versus North Carolina [4/16] … Recorded four ground balls and caused four turnovers against Binghamton [4/20] … Grabbed five groundballs and caused four turnovers against Duke [5/1] … Picked up two ground balls against Colgate [5/7] … Notched two ground balls and caused two turnovers, while adding his third career shot versus Albany [5/15] … Recorded three ground balls and caused three turnovers against Maryland [/21].
Junior Year (2015): Tewaaraton Award Nominee ... USILA First Team All-American ... All-ACC Team (second-straight season) ... ECAC First Team All-Star ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... Inside Lacrosse Preseason First Team All-American ... Finished the year ranked fifth in program history in caused turnovers (45) ... Led the team with 14 caused turnovers in 2015 ... Started all-16 games on close defense, bringing his streak to 32-straight starts entering 2016 ... Caused two turnovers and picked up a pair of ground balls against Cornell (2/15) ... Caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball against Army (2/22) ... Caused a turnover for the third-straight game against Virginia (3/1) ... Caused three turnovers and picked up four ground balls against Duke (3/22) ... Caused two turnovers and collected a ground ball at Notre Dame ... Ran his caused-turnover streak to five games at North Carolina (4/11) ... Shutout North Carolina's Jimmy Bitter in the ACC Championship game, ending his scoring streak at 55-games, which was the second-longest active streak at the time ... Picked up a pair of ground balls in the NCAA Tournament opener against Marist (5/10).
Sophomore Year (2014): USILA Second Team All-American … Named to the All-ACC Team and ACC All-Tournament Team … Started all 16 games on close defense … Second on the team in caused turnovers (17) and third in ground balls (36) … Picked up three ground balls and recorded his first career point with an assist in the fourth quarter against Albany (2/16) … Set career highs for ground balls (6) and caused turnovers (4) versus St. John’s at the Cobb County Lacrosse Classic … Against Notre Dame (3/29), held All-American Matt Kavanagh without a goal and forced him to commit a turnover on the Irish’s last possession, sealing an 11-10 Orange win … Named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week for his performances in wins against Cornell (4/8) and North Carolina (4/12). Shut out Big Red leading scorer Matt Donovan and limited North Carolina star Joey Sankey to one goal on four shots … Had five ground balls and three caused turnovers against Bryant (5/11) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … ACC All-Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring.
2013: Played in three games, starting two on close defense ... Received a medical redshirt after suffering a season-ending knee injury in the fourth quarter against Virginia (3/1) ... Forced a turnover and was named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll after helping hold Virginia attackman Nick O'Reilly without a point ... Picked up two ground balls in the season opener against Albany (2/17) ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Named to the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall and spring.
Freshman Year (2012): Played in all 17 games … Started the last 10 games of the season on close defense ... Member of an SU unit that ranked eighth nationally in caused turnovers per game (8.59) … Fourth on the team in caused turnovers (13) … Had two caused turnovers in a game five times … Recovered 27 ground balls … Made his Orange debut in the season opener against Albany (2/19) … Picked up the first ground ball of his career versus Army (2/26) … Earned his first start against at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic against Duke (4/1) … Against Cornell (4/10), Mullins teamed with Brian Megill to hold Big Red star attackman Steve Mock scoreless. Also collected four ground balls and tied his season best with two caused turnovers against the Big Red ... Scooped up a season-high five ground balls and equaled his season best with two caused turnovers in the BIG EAST title game versus St. John's (5/5) … BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
High School: Ranked No. 10 among defenseman and 38th overall in the Class of 2011 by Inside Lacrosse … 2011 Under Armour and U.S. Lacrosse All-American … Led the Coppell Cowboys to three state championships, including a 16-4 record and the Division I state title as a senior … Recorded one goal, 12 assists and 66 ground balls in his senior season ... Two-time all-state and all-district selection … Defensive MVP of the 2009 state championship game … Three-time Coppell team captain and defensive MVP … Also competed in football and track … As an outside linebacker for the football team, Mullins was named the 2010 Associated Press 5A Defensive Player of the Year and earned second-team All-America honors … First-team all-state selection in football … Selected to play in the annual Oil Bowl, an all-star game between Texas and Oklahoma high school football standouts.
Personal: Brandon Oliver Mullins ... Born in March 1993 in Dallas, Texas ... Son of David and Karen Mullins ... One brother, one sister … Father, David, played football at Texas State … Information management major.
