Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Western Kentucky
Joe Brown
DB • 5'10" • 195 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joe Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky
Player Story
Joe Brown built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Louisville, KY wearing No. 7, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Joe Brown's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Western Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Joe Brown, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Joe Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 79
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 13
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Joe Brown quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · DB
- Career Tackles
- 79
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Eastern Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Butler Traditional · Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Butler Traditional · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 36 tackles · DB 256th (top 32%) · Conference USA 133rd (top 22%) · National 1,146th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.1 |
| 2016 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 14 | 41 | 3 | 2 | - | 8 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 2017 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 10 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 10 | 32 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 44 |
Related Context
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Joe Brown played DB for Western Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Joe Brown recorded 1 rushing yards, 79 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Western Kentucky paired 16 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 24.5 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: Eastern Kentucky
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
24.5
Usage
5.9
Consistency
43
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia State: 0. Eastern Kentucky: 3. Illinois: 0.5. Louisiana Tech: 2. Ball State: 2. UTEP: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Marshall: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. Florida International: 1
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia State: 4 by 16.7. Eastern Kentucky: 6 by 55. Illinois: 6 by 30. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 28.3. Ball State: 3 by 32.5. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 4 by 16.7. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 18.3. Florida International: 7 by 39.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Kentucky
Best efficiency game
55 vs Eastern Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/16 | @ Georgia State | L 17-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Florida International | L 17-41 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 41-38 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Marshall | L 23-30 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Vanderbilt | L 17-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | @ UTEP | W 15-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Ball StateSplash game | W 33-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Louisiana TechSplash game | L 22-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | @ Illinois | L 7-20 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Eastern KentuckySplash game | W 31-17 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Joe Brown story
Joe Brown built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Louisville, KY wearing No. 7, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Joe Brown's career was his defensive production: 79 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 rushing yard and 139 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Joe Brown's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Western Kentucky
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 16 | 24.2 | 4.1 | 15 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 16 | 24.2 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 9.5 | 24.5 | 5.9 | -6.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 9.5 | 24.5 | 5.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 1 · W 31-17
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
vs North Texas
Week 11 · W 45-7 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Rice
Week 1 · W 46-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Houston Christian
Week 5 · W 50-3
3
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Ball State
Week 4 · W 33-21
2
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
16 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 4.1 usage
52.8
#2
2016 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
52.8
16 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 4.1 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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