Francis Brewu

Francis Brewu was a wrecking ball in high school and is now learning to be an anchor. A Rivals four-star out of Thomas Worthington in Columbus, Ohio, he collected 53 tackles for loss over his final two prep seasons, including 28 with 10 sacks as a senior, and chose Pittsburgh over a long list of offers. He grew into a dependable interior presence for the Panthers, and 2025 was the breakout: two sacks, 20 pressures and 18 run stops across 13 games with a forced fumble, playing a steady early-down role over 484 snaps without losing reps to fatigue. He anchored West Virginia with a sack and four run stops, punched out a fumble against Central Michigan, and stacked and shed single blocks reliably. After the season he transferred to Notre Dame. The development areas are clear and typical for his age. The pass-rush production is modest at two sacks, the 280-pound frame still needs mass to anchor against doubles, and the tackle finish is average, which leaves plays on the field. His disruption came in bursts rather than every week, and his hand counters are early-stage when the first move stalls. The arrow points up because the production arrived in his first year of heavy snaps, and the move to a bigger program adds a developmental variable worth tracking through 2026.