Norfolk State University Athletics

2018 (Junior)
Played in the first five games of the season … Missed the final six contests due to injury … Had 10 tackles, one tackle for loss and a fumble recovery for the season … Recorded half a tackle for loss in each of the first two games, against Virginia State and JMU … Made three tackles at S.C. State … Had a season-high four stops and recovered a fumble against Delaware State.

2017 (Redshirt)
Redshirted the season.

2016 (Sophomore)
Saw action in nine games and started once (vs. Richmond) … Amassed 20 total tackles, 4.5 for loss, with 1.5 sacks … Also forced one fumble, had one fumble recovery and broke up a pass – all in the win over Elizabeth City State … Added 1.5 tackles for loss, including half a sack, in the win over ECSU … Made a season-high five tackles against Bethune-Cookman … That came after missing two games due to an ankle injury … Had at least half a tackle for loss in the final three games of the season, beginning with a three-tackle (0.5 for loss) effort at Savannah State … Had 1.5 tackles for loss in the win at S.C. State … Had one sack in the victory at Hampton to close the season.

2015 (Freshman)
Played in every game and started seven times at nose tackle in his rookie season … Finished the year with 38 tackles, 7.5 for loss, and 2.5 sacks … Also broke up one pass and was credited with one quarterback hurry … Had a career-high seven tackles in a game on two occasions, at Old Dominion and against North Carolina A&T … Opened the year with five tackles, one for a loss, at Rutgers … Also had one TFL against ODU … Was credited with five assisted tackles at Marshall … Tallied five tackles, two for loss, and half a sack at Howard … Had one solo sack against both N.C. A&T and Morgan State … Recorded one tackle for loss and a pass breakup against S.C. State.

High School/Prep
Spent a post-graduate year playing for the FUMA prep football team … Rated a three-star recruit by 247 Sports and a two-star recruit by Scout.com coming out of Phoebus High … Was voted a first-team All-4A South Region offensive lineman and second-team defensive lineman as a senior in 2013 … Earned first-team all-conference honors on both sides of the ball that year … Helped Phoebus win state football championships his freshman and sophomore seasons … Played at FUMA for coach John Shuman and at Phoebus for Jeremy Blunt.

Personal
Walter Brantley IV was born on Aug. 11, 1996 … Son of Walter Brantley III and Nichole Brantley … Majoring in sociology.

Brantley’s Career Highs
Tackles: 7 (2x, last vs. N.C. A&T, 10-10-15)
TFL: 2.0 (at Howard, 10-3-15)
Sacks: 1.0 (3x, last vs. Hampton, 11-19-16)
PBU: 1 (2x, last vs. Elizabeth City State, 9-4-16)
FR: 1 (vs. Delaware State, 9-28-18)