Player Dossier

2014-2017

Virginia

Andrew Brown

DE • 6'4" • 285 lbs • Chesapeake, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Andrew Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

88

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

Andrew Brown built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive end from Chesapeake, VA wearing No. 9, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Andrew Brown's career was his defensive production:...

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5★

Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.9941

Oscar Smith · Chesapeake, VA

Committed To
Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2018
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 21
Overall
No. 158
NFL Team
Cincinnati Bengals

Andrew Brown, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Virginia. Andrew Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
84
TFL
23.5
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Andrew Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia · DE
Career Tackles
84
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Virginia
Top game
UConn
Recruit profile
5-star · Oscar Smith · Virginia
High school pipeline
Oscar Smith · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2018 · Round 5 · Pick 21 · Cincinnati Bengals
Latest roster
No. 9 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
46 tackles · DE 45th (top 13%) · ACC 90th (top 16%) · National 795th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia1138136-2074.2
2017 PostseasonVirginia1241.50.5--060.3
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia1242933-060.3

Related Context

Andrew Brown played DE for Virginia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Andrew Brown recorded 84 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Virginia paired 21 primary output with 33 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 30.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Virginia

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

30.1

Usage

9.5

Consistency

50.8

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Navy: 2. Indiana: 2. UConn: 0. Boise State: 2. Duke: 0. North Carolina: 2. Boston College: 0. Pittsburgh: 5. Georgia Tech: 2. Louisville: 1. Miami: 1. Virginia Tech: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Navy: 4 by 36.7. Indiana: 6 by 45. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Boise State: 2 by 28.3. Duke: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 4 by 36.7. Boston College: 3 by 12.5. Pittsburgh: 5 by 70.8. Georgia Tech: 8 by 53.3. Louisville: 3 by 22.5. Miami: 3 by 22.5. Virginia Tech: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Thu 12/28@ NavySplash gameL 7-49421.500.500
Sat 11/25vs Virginia TechL 0-1052000
Sat 11/18@ MiamiL 28-44300.500.500
Sat 11/11@ LouisvilleL 21-3831000
Sat 11/4vs Georgia TechSplash gameW 40-36821.500.500
Sat 10/28@ PittsburghSplash gameL 14-3155310
Sat 10/21vs Boston CollegeL 10-4131000
Sat 10/14@ North CarolinaSplash gameW 20-1441100
Sat 10/7vs DukeW 28-2121000
Sat 9/23@ Boise StateSplash gameW 42-2321110
Sat 9/16vs UConnW 38-1810000
Sat 9/9vs IndianaSplash gameL 17-3462200

Player Story

Andrew Brown story

Andrew Brown built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive end from Chesapeake, VA wearing No. 9, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Andrew Brown's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Virginia. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Andrew Brown's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: Andrew Brown moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Virginia

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia0
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia00
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia213315.521
2017 PostseasonVirginia1730.19.5-4
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia1730.19.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UConn

Week 3 · L 10-13

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Pittsburgh

Week 9 · L 14-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Miami

Week 11 · L 14-34 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Georgia Tech

Week 10 · W 40-36 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Indiana

Week 2 · L 17-34

2

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Virginia

21 primary output · 33 efficiency · 15.5 usage

74.2

#2

2017 Postseason · Virginia

60.3

17 primary · 30.1 efficiency · 9.5 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Virginia

60.3

17 primary · 30.1 efficiency · 9.5 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

14

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games