Braden Awls

Position:
Safety
Height:
6-0
Weight:
196
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sylvania, Ohio
High School:
Toledo Central Catholic
Prev School:
Toledo

Awards & Honors
First Team All-MAC (2025)

2025 (at Toledo)
Played and started in 12 games … First Team All-MAC selection … fourth on team with 52 tackles, including 6.5 for a loss … assisted on a sack … finished seventh nationally and led all MAC players with five interceptions … has nine career interceptions … also had nine pass breakups and a forced fumble … had two interceptions and a career-high tying 10 tackles against Jimmy Rogers’ Washington State squad … made four tackles and had an interception against Kent State … had an interception against Miami (Ohio) … made five stops with a pass breakup against Kentucky … finished with four tackles and first interception of season against Bowling Green.

2024 (at Toledo)
Played and started 12 games … led the team and tied for third in the MAC with four interceptions … was third on the team with 72 tackles and also broke up six passes … had five tackles and a 42-yard interception return against Pittsburgh in the GameAbove Sports Bowl … had a career-high 10 tackles with one TFL against Eastern Michigan … had nine tackles, an interception and a PBU against Duquesne … finished with eight tackles and a pass breakup against Mississippi State … made five stops and pulled in an interception against Miami (Ohio).

2023 (at Toledo)
Played in all 14 games … finished season with seven tackles, mostly on special teams … recorded two tackles against UMass.

High School
Prepped at Central Catholic and was a three-star prospect according to 247Sports while playing for Greg Dempsey … earned all-conference and all-district honors as a junior and senior … two-time first-team All-Blade … led Central Catholic to state championship in 2022.