Player Dossier

2014-2018

California

Derron Brown

ILB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Oakland, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Derron Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

16%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

37

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · California

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
California
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Player Story

Derron Brown built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as an inside linebacker from Oakland, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with California. The clearest part of Derron Brown's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8333

Adams County Christian School · Natchez, MS

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Derron Brown, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · California. Derron Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
24
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Derron Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
California · ILB
Career Tackles
24
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · California
Top game
North Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Adams County Christian School · Southern Miss
High school pipeline
Adams County Christian School · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonCalifornia00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonCalifornia00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonCalifornia25-0--040.6
2017 Regular SeasonCalifornia719-0-2037.5
2018 Regular SeasonCalifornia00-0--0-

Related Context

Derron Brown played ILB for California. Across 5 tracked seasons, Derron Brown recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with California.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

California paired 0 primary output with 10.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · California

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

15.6

Usage

2.4

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

North Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 1. Weber State: 0. USC: 0. Oregon: 0. Washington: 1. Washington State: 1. UCLA: 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. North Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Weber State: 3 by 12.5. USC: 5 by 20.8. Oregon: 4 by 16.7. Washington: 5 by 30.8. Washington State: 0 by 10. UCLA: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Carolina

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Washington

Result
Sat 11/25@ UCLAL 27-3011000
Sat 10/14vs Washington StateW 37-300001
Sun 10/8@ WashingtonL 7-3851001
Sun 10/1@ OregonL 24-4543000
Sat 9/23vs USCL 20-3053000
Sat 9/9vs Weber StateW 33-2033000
Sat 9/2@ North CarolinaW 35-30100010

Player Story

Derron Brown story

Derron Brown built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as an inside linebacker from Oakland, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with California. The clearest part of Derron Brown's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Derron Brown's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    California

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonCalifornia0
2015 Regular SeasonCalifornia00
2016 Regular SeasonCalifornia010.41.40
2017 Regular SeasonCalifornia315.62.43
2018 Regular SeasonCalifornia0-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ North Carolina

Week 1 · W 35-30

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Washington

Week 6 · L 7-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Washington State

Week 7 · W 37-3 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#4

vs USC

Week 4 · L 20-30 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

15 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 15 takeover score.

#5

@ Oregon

Week 5 · L 24-45 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

12.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · California

0 primary output · 10.4 efficiency · 1.4 usage

40.6

#2

2017 Regular Season · California

37.5

3 primary · 15.6 efficiency · 2.4 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · California

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games