Player Dossier

2014-2019

Southern Miss

Torrence Brown

DE • 6'4" • 255 lbs • Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Torrence Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

23

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Penn State • Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Player Story

Torrence Brown built his college career from 2014 through 2019 as a defensive end from Tuscaloosa, AL wearing No. 16, spending time with Penn State and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Torrence Brown's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8203

Tuscaloosa Academy · Tuscaloosa, AL

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Torrence Brown, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Penn State. Torrence Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
49
TFL
7.5
Sacks
0.5
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Torrence Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · DE
Career Tackles
49
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Penn State
Top game
Pittsburgh
Recruit profile
3-star · Tuscaloosa Academy · Penn State
High school pipeline
Tuscaloosa Academy · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DE 208th (top 69%) · Conference USA 286th (top 46%) · National 2,819th (top 48%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonPenn State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonPenn State132-0--040.2
2016 Regular SeasonPenn State133060.5--040.2
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State3810-1027.2
2019 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss590.50-1016.7

Related Context

Torrence Brown played DE for Penn State and Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Torrence Brown recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Penn State paired 6.5 primary output with 15.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, Southern Miss.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

10.5

Usage

2.4

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alcorn State: 1. Alabama: 0. UTEP: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0.5. Rice: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alcorn State: 1 by 14.2. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 17.5. Rice: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

Best efficiency game

17.5 vs Louisiana Tech

Result
Sat 10/26@ RiceW 20-610000
Sat 10/19@ Louisiana TechL 30-45310.5000
Sat 9/28vs UTEPW 31-1320000
Sat 9/21@ AlabamaL 7-4921000
Sat 8/31vs Alcorn StateW 38-1011001

Player Story

Torrence Brown story

Torrence Brown built his college career from 2014 through 2019 as a defensive end from Tuscaloosa, AL wearing No. 16, spending time with Penn State and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Torrence Brown's career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Torrence Brown's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Penn State

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Southern Miss

    2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201620172019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State00
2016 PostseasonPenn State6.515.33.66.5
2016 Regular SeasonPenn State6.515.33.60
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State217.82.6-4.5
2019 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1.510.52.4-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Pittsburgh

Week 2 · L 39-42

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Temple

Week 3 · W 34-27

1.5

Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Pittsburgh

Week 2 · W 33-14

1.5

Havoc Plays

51.9 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Michigan

Week 4 · L 10-49 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

45 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

#5

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 8 · L 30-45 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

41.1 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Penn State

6.5 primary output · 15.3 efficiency · 3.6 usage

40.2

#2

2016 Regular Season · Penn State

40.2

6.5 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 3.6 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Penn State

27.2

2 primary · 17.8 efficiency · 2.6 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games