Carson Bruener, who is the son of former Steelers tight end and current scout Mark Bruener, appeared in 52 games at Washington. He finished with 306 tackles, 180 of them solo stops, 10 tackles for a loss, one and a half sacks, 14 passes defensed and four forced fumbles.
2024: Voted a captain for the 2024 season ... started all 13 games ... led the team with 103 tackles and with three interceptions ... one fo only two Big Ten players with 100-plus tackles and three-plus interception in 2024 ... named third-team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and the media ... also named to the Fall Academic All-Big Ten team ... five tackles in the win over Weber State ... six tackles, one for a loss, vs. Eastern Michigan ... four tackles, one of them for a loss, and a pass break-up, vs. Washington State ... had six tackles, plus an interception he returned 24 yards, in the win over Northwestern ... led the Huskies with nine tackles and two pass break-ups at Rutgers ... six tackles in the win over No. 10 Michigan ... led UW with eight tackles at Iowa ... notched 11 tackles at Indiana ... 12 tackles and two interceptions in the win over USC ... named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following the USC game ... 11 tackles and a forced fumble at Penn State ... eight tackles in the win over UCLA ... made seven tackles at Oregon ... led all players with 11 tackles in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl vs. Louisville ... won the UW's defensive most valuable player award at the team's postseason banquet.
2023: Honorable mention All-Pac-12 ... also CSC Academic All-District ... played in all 15 games, starting one ... UW's third-leading tackler, with 86 total tackles ... had three tackles and a 33-yard interception in the UW's season-opening win over Boise State... named the coaches' special teams player of the week for the Boise State game ... wo tackles in the win over Tulsa ... six tackles, including half of a tackle for loss, in the win at Michigan State ... made three stops in the win over California ... five tackles in the win at Arizona ... five tackles in the win over No. 8 Oregon ... three tackles and a pass break-up in the win over Arizona State ... had eight tackles, including half of a tackle for loss, and a pass break-up in the win at Stanford ... made five tackles in the win at USC, when he earned the UW coaches' special teams player of the week ... five tackles, including half of a tackle for loss (which resulted in a safety) in the win over No. 18 Utah ... named the UW coaches' special teams player of the week follow the game vs. the Utes ... made 14 tackles – most of the year by a Husky in a single game – and a forced fumble in a start at Oregon State ... named the UW coaches' defensive power co-player of the week after the OSU win ... won that same award for the second week in a row following the win over Washington State ... notched 14 tackles for the second week in a row vs. the Cougars ... two tackles in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over No. 5 Oregon ... named the Special Teams Most Valuable Player at the team's postseason awards banquet.
2022: Played in all 13 games ... fifth on the team with 45 tackles despite not starting ... made four tackles in the season opener vs. Kent State ... two tackles vs. Portland State ... three tackles in the win over No. 11 Michigan State ... had five stops in the win over Stanford ... four tackles, including half a tackle for loss, at UCLA ... had six stops, one for a loss, at Arizona State ... one tackle in the win over Arizona and in the win at California ... five tackles in the win over Oregon State ... had two tackles in the win at Oregon ... notched five stops in the win over Colorado ... made four tackles in the win at Washington State .. four stops in the Alamo Bowl win over Texas ... named the UW coaches' defensive skill player of the week after the wins over Colorado, and the special teams player of the week after the Portland State victory.
2021: Played in 11 games, starting five ... saw his first UW action in the Montana game ... made eight tackles and forced a fumble in the win over Arkansas State ... one stop in the win over Cal ... made seven tackles in the win at Arizona ... made his first college start in the win at Stanford, when he notched 16 tackles, including one-and-a-half sacks and a forced fumble ... named the Pac-12's Defensive Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week following the Stanford game ... also named the UW coaches' defensive player of hte game ... nine tackles and an interception, which he returned 50 yards, vs. Oregon ... made 14 tackles in a start vs. Arizona State ... six tackles in a start at Colorado ... made 11 tackles, one for a loss, vs. Washington State ... won the Travis Spring Most Outstanding Freshman Award at the team's postseason banquet.
2020: Did not see any game action during the 2020 season.
