AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his fifth football season with the Spartans... Competing for playing time at a running back position... Has seen action in 31 games either at running back and in various special teams roles... A two-sport San José State University student-athlete who also was a member of the 2018-19 track and field team... A three-time Academic All-Mountain West award recipient and 2021 San José State University Dean's Scholar.
2020 FOOTBALL: Appeared in all eight games as a special teams player... Was in on three special teams tackles - one vs. New Mexico (10/31) and a single-game career best two vs. Boise State in the Mountain West championship game (12/19).
2019 FOOTBALL: Saw action in all 12 contests as a special teams player... Credited with two special teams tackles - one each vs. San Diego State (10/19) and in the Army West Point road win (10/26).
2018 FOOTBALL: Played in 11 games as a reserve running back and special teams player... Fourth on the team in rushing with 38 yards on 18 carries... Had rushing attempts in the Oregon (9/15), Hawaii (9/29), Colorado State (10/6) and Army West Point (10/13) games... Season-high 17 yards on seven carries vs. Hawai'i... Was in on a special teams tackle at Utah State (11/10).
2017 FOOTBALL: Completed a redshirt season.
2018-19 TRACK & FIELD: A sprinter on the men's track and field team... 12th in the 60 and 13th in the 200 at the 2019 Mountain West Indoor Championships... 16th in the 100 and 14th in the 200 at the 2019 Mountain West Outdoor Championships... Ran the opening leg of the 4x100 meter relay team that placed sixth at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships... Legal team-best 11.24 in the 100 at the Cardinal Classic (4/20) and 22.63 in the 200 meters at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Mike Janda) and track and field at Bellarmine Prep... Was a sprinter in track and field.
MORE ON BRENDAN: An engineering major... Younger brother of former San Jose State linebacker Alex Manigo...He is a native of San Jose, Calif.
CAREER FOOTBALL STATISTICS
| Rushing | G | No. | Yds. | Avg, | TD | LG |
| 2017...Redshirt | ||||||
| 2018...FR | 11 | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 0 | 14 |
| 2019...SO | 12 | 0 | 0 | ----- | 0 | --- |
| 2020...JR | 8 | 0 | 0 | ----- | 0 | --- |
| Career | 31 | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 0 | 14 |
| Defense | UT | AT | Total | |||
| 2018...FR | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2019...SO | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2020...JR | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Career | 2 | 4 | 6 |