{{Short description|American football player (born 1984)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Brandon Bair | image = | image_size = | caption = | number = 75, 93 | position = Defensive end | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1984|11|24}} | birth_place = Rexburg, Idaho, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lbs = 290 | high_school = South Fremont {{nowrap|(St. Anthony, Idaho)}} | college = Oregon | undraftedyear = 2011 | pastteams = * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2011}}) * Oakland Raiders ({{NFL Year|2012}}) * Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2013}}–{{NFL Year|2015}}) |highlights = * Second-team All-Pac-10 (2010) | status = | statweek = | statseason = | statlabel1 = Total tackles | statvalue1 = 28 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 1.5 | statlabel3 = Forced fumbles | statvalue3 = | statlabel4 = Pass deflections | statvalue4 = 4 | pfr = BairBr00 }} '''Brandon Jake Bair'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://goducks.com/sports/football/roster/brandon-bair/3513 |title=Brandon Bair - Football - University of Oregon Athletics |website=goducks.com |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> (born November 24, 1984) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks. Bair was first signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He later played for the Oakland Raiders and the Philadelphia Eagles before retiring after five years in the NFL.
==Early life== Brandon Jake Bair was born on November 24, 1984, in Rexburg, Idaho.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://goducks.com/sports/football/roster/brandon-bair/3513 |title=Brandon Bair - Football - University of Oregon Athletics |website=goducks.com |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref><ref name="pfr">{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BairBr00.htm | title=Brandon Bair | publisher=Pro Football Reference | accessdate=19 March 2026}}</ref> He attended South Fremont High School in St. Anthony, Idaho.<ref name="pfr"/>
==College career== Bair played for the Ducks at the University of Oregon from 2007 to 2010. He was a backup his first two seasons and a starter for the final two. He finished his college career with totals of 106 tackles, five sacks, 12 pass breakups, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery.
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 5+7/8 | weight = 276 | dash = 4.92 | ten split = 1.75 | twenty split = 2.77 | shuttle = 4.37 | cone drill = 7.07 | vertical = 28.0 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 6 | bench = 26 | arm span = 33 | hand span = 10+3/8 | wonderlic = | note = All values from NFL Combine<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=6220 |title=Brandon Bair Combine Results DE - Oregon |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> }}
==Career statistics==
===NFL===
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="5"| Tackles ! colspan="4"| Fumbles ! colspan="6"| Interceptions ! colspan="1"| Other |- ! GP !! GS !! Comb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sack !! TFL !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD !! Int !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! PD !! QBHits |- ! 2011 || KC | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! 2012 || OAK | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! 2014 || PHI | 16 || 0 || '''17''' || '''14''' || 3 || '''1.5''' || '''3''' || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || '''2''' |- ! 2015 || PHI | 5 || 2 || 11 || 6 || '''5''' || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || '''3''' || — |- ! colspan="2"| Career || 21 || 2 || 28 || 20 || 8 || 1.5 || 3 || || || || || || || || || || 4 || 2 |}
===College===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+Oregon Ducks statistics |- align="center" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Team ! rowspan="2"| Class ! rowspan="2"| Position ! rowspan="2"| GP ! colspan="5"| Tackles ! colspan="5"| Interceptions ! colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! Solo !! Ast !! Total !! Loss !! Sack !! Int !! Yards !! Avg !! TD !! PD !! FR !! Yards !! TD !! FF |- ! 2007 !! Oregon | Freshman || DT | 13 || 5 || 1 || 6 || 1.0 || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — |- ! 2008 !! Oregon | Sophomore || DT | 13 || 5 || 3 || 8 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || 1 || 24 || — || 1 |- ! 2009 !! Oregon | Junior || DT | 13 || 21 || 24 || 45 || 8.5 || 2.0 || — || — || — || — || 2 || — || — || — || — |- ! 2010 || Oregon | Senior || DT | 13 || 25 || 22 || 47 || 16.0 || 3.0 || — || — || — || — || 8 || — || — || — || — |- ! colspan="4"|Career || 52 || 56 || 50 || 106 || 25.5 || 5.0 || || || || || 12 || 1 || 24 || || 1 |}
==Personal life== His younger brother, Stetzon Bair, played football for the University of Oregon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID%3D500%26ATCLID%3D205504142 |title=Stetzon Bair Bio - GoDucks.com - the University of Oregon Official Athletics Web Site |accessdate=2015-01-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114200159/http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205504142 |archivedate=2015-01-14 }}</ref> He currently lives in St. Anthony, Idaho with his wife and four daughters and is the general manager of Henry's Fork Homes.<ref name="'The Lord wanted him alive.' Former NFL player saves man in fiery train crash.">{{Cite web |url=https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/05/the-lord-wanted-him-alive-former-nfl-player-saves-man-in-fiery-train-crash/ |title='The Lord wanted him alive.' Former NFL player saves man in fiery train crash. - East Idaho News |website=eastidahonews.com |date=7 May 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> He often hosts football camps for kids and teens.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://brandonbair.life/football-camp/ |title=FOOTBALL CAMPS - Brandon Bair |website=brandonbair.life |date=18 March 2016 |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/brandonbairfootballcamp/ |title=Brandon Bair Football Camp - Home |website=facebook.com |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref>
On May 6, 2021, he rescued a man from a burning semi-truck after it was struck by a train in St. Anthony, Idaho.<ref name="'The Lord wanted him alive.' Former NFL player saves man in fiery train crash." /> For those actions, he received a Carnegie Medal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Phraner |first=Jewels |date=2022-06-27 |title=Brandon Bair |url=https://www.carnegiehero.org/brandon-bair/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Carnegie Hero Fund Commission |language=en-US}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130803140106/http://www.raiders.com/team/roster/brandon-bair/720684e1-4eeb-4aaa-9a95-e58bd556bd81/ Oakland Raiders bio] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110926022404/http://www.kcchiefs.com/team/roster/Brandon-Bair/68e9d408-da4c-4cfe-a1ec-56e7d6386075 Kansas City Chiefs bio] *[http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=529193 Oregon Ducks bio] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140920202228/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/index.html Philadelphia Eagles bio]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bair, Brandon}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Players of American football from Idaho Category:American football defensive ends Category:Oregon Ducks football players Category:Kansas City Chiefs players Category:Oakland Raiders players Category:Philadelphia Eagles players Category:People from Rexburg, Idaho