{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1989)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Brandon Lindsey | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | current_team = | number = 56 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|1|10|mf=y}} | birth_place = Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = 250 | high_school = Aliquippa (PA) Senior | college = Pittsburgh | undraftedyear = 2012 | pastteams = * Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|2012}})* * Toronto Argonauts ({{CFL Year|2013}})* * Sioux Falls Storm ({{IFL Year|2015}}) | status = | highlights = * United Bowl champion (2015) * Second-team All-Big East (2010) }} '''Brandon Anthony Lindsey''' (born January 10, 1989) is an American former football linebacker.
==Early years== Lindsey attended Aliquippa Senior High School in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, where he played both linebacker and running back.<ref>{{cite web | last=Bires | first=Mike | title=NFL Draft: Lindsey latest in Quips' NFL pipeline | website=Beaver County Times | date=2012-04-24 | url=https://www.timesonline.com/story/sports/nfl/2012/04/24/nfl-draft-lindsey-latest-in/18422803007/ | access-date=2025-08-27}}</ref> As a senior, he had 115 tackles on defense and rushed for 743 yards on offense.
==College career== Lindsey played collegiate football at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was redshirted as a true freshman in 2007. In 2008, he played special teams and was a backup linebacker. In 2009, as a defensive end, he had 18 tackles and four sacks. He moved back to linebacker in 2010 and was named to the second-team all-Big East squad after recording 51 tackles and 10 sacks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/217502/BIG-EAST-Announces-2010-Postseason-Football-Honors.aspx |title=BIG EAST Announces 2010 Postseason Football Honors |access-date=September 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121125152/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/217502/BIG-EAST-Announces-2010-Postseason-Football-Honors.aspx |archive-date=January 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 2 | weight = 254 | dash = 4.93 | ten split = 1.67 | twenty split = 2.82 | shuttle = 4.28 | cone drill = 7.36 | vertical = 33 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 9 | bench = 23 | note = All values from NFL Combine<ref name="draft">{{cite web | url=http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=70675&draftyear=2012&genpos=OLB | title=Brandon Lindsey | publisher=nfldraftscout.com | accessdate=July 8, 2017}}</ref> }}
Although Lindsey was considered one of the best linebacker prospects in the 2012 NFL draft,<ref name="draft"/> he was not drafted. After the draft, he signed a free-agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. On June 28, 2012, Lindsey was released by the Steelers.
Lindsey signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League on July 15, 2013. He was released by the team on July 29, 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.argonauts.ca/transactions-2013/ | title=TRANSACTIONS – 2013 | publisher=argonauts.ca | accessdate=July 8, 2017 | url-status=bot: unknown | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709033356/https://www.argonauts.ca/transactions-2013/ | archivedate=July 9, 2017 }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/lindsey_brandon00.html Pittsburgh Panthers bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015232452/http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/lindsey_brandon00.html |date=October 15, 2011 }}
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