2018: Appeared in 15 games and was inactive for another…Recovered a fumble on kickoff coverage and registered four tackles on special teams…Played in both of the team’s postseason games…vs. Kansas City (Sept. 9): Inactive (healthy scratch)…at Buffalo (Sept. 16): Made his NFL debut, appearing on 13 special teams plays…Posted the first special teams tackle of his career…at Los Angeles Rams (Sept. 23): Contributed on six plays on special teams…vs. San Francisco (Sept. 30): Appeared on 16 special teams plays…vs. Oakland (Oct. 7): Played 12 snaps on special teams…at Cleveland (Oct. 14): Saw the first regular-season action on defense of his career, playing two snaps…Appeared on 15 plays on special teams…vs. Tennessee (Wembley Stadium, Oct. 21): Recorded the second tackle on special teams of his career…at Seattle (Nov. 4): Participated on 13 plays on special teams…at Oakland (Nov. 11): Played 14 special teams snaps…vs. Denver (Nov. 18): Posted a tackle on special teams…vs. Arizona (Nov. 25): Played four defensive snaps and 16 on special teams…at Pittsburgh (Dec. 2): Appeared on seven special teams snaps…vs. Cincinnati (Dec. 9): Posted a tackle on special teams…at Kansas City (Dec. 13): Participated on 16 plays on special teams…vs. Baltimore (Dec. 22): Played 19 special teams snaps…at Denver (Dec. 30): Dove to recover a fumble along the sideline on kickoff coverage that was forced by CB Desmond King II…Began the game by recovering a Denver onside kick attempt on the opening kickoff…at Baltimore (AFC Wild Card, Jan. 6): Played on five special teams plays before departing due to injury in the first postseason action of his career…Provided a block on WR/RS Chris Moore to spring Desmond King free on a 33-yard punt return, the longest in Chargers postseason history…at New England (AFC Divisional, Jan. 13): Saw action on 26 special teams plays.
COLLEGE: Played five seasons (2013-17) at Virginia Tech, receiving a medical hardship waiver for the 2014 season…Started 47 of 55 career games played for the Hokies, finishing with 131 tackles (91 solo), nine tackles for loss, five INTs, 44 passes defensed, three forced fumbles and a recovery…Named third-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference as a freshman in 2013, when he picked off five passes, forced a fumble, recovered a fumble and posted 13 passes defensed.
PERSONAL: Given name Brandon Lamar Facyson…Last name is pronounced FAY-sen…Born in Jacksonville, Fla. …Father, Frederick, is a retired Navy pilot…Cousin is former North Carolina QB Oscar Davenport…Grew up with San Francisco S Antone Exum and the Fuller brothers that have combined to play for five NFL franchises: Vincent II (Titans and Lions), Corey (Lions), Kyle (Bears) and Kendall (Redskins and Chiefs)…First job was as a lifeguard in the summers…Active in team community initiatives, including the presentation of bikes and helmets to 150 children in Long Beach, Calif., during the 2018 season…Honored his grandmother in 2018 by raising awareness for uterine cancer, as she had the disease, through the NFL’s My Cause, My Cleats initiative…Earned a degree in biology from Virginia Tech…High School: Named first-team All-Region 4B-AAAAA at CB as a senior at Northgate High in Newnan, Ga. …Earned All-County honors at WR in his senior season from the Newnan Times-Herald…Ranked by ESPN as the No. 26 cornerback in the nation…Lettered three years in football and one in track & field.
2018 Signed by Los Angeles Chargers as undrafted free agent, May 11.
