Player Dossier

2017-2020

Ohio State

Baron Browning

LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Fort Worth, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Baron Browning shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.2

Efficiency

15.2

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

10.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Baron Browning, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Ohio State. Baron Browning shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Ohio State paired 17 primary output with 31.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with 2.5 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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2018 Postseason · Ohio State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

15.2

Usage

4.2

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Washington

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington: 0. Oregon State: 0. Rutgers: 0. Tulane: 2.5. Penn State: 1. Indiana: 0. Minnesota: 0. Purdue: 0. Nebraska: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 4 by 16.7. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 3 by 37.5. Penn State: 3 by 22.5. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 5 by 20.8. Nebraska: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 8
First Half0.7 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs First Half
All Games0.5 · Games = 9

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

37.5 vs Tulane

Result
Tue 1/1vs WashingtonW 28-23
Sat 11/3vs NebraskaW 36-3121100
Sat 10/20@ PurdueL 20-4954000
Sat 10/13vs MinnesotaW 30-1421000
Sat 10/6vs IndianaW 49-2622000
Sat 9/29@ Penn StateW 27-2630100
Sat 9/22vs TulaneW 49-6321.5010
Sat 9/8vs RutgersW 52-310000
Sat 9/1vs Oregon StateW 77-3141000

Career Arc

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

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    Ohio State

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20172017201820182019201920202020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonOhio State1.514.73
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State1.514.730
2018 PostseasonOhio State4.515.24.23
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State4.515.24.20
2019 PostseasonOhio State1731.7912.5
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State1731.790
2020 PostseasonOhio State625.87.9-11
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State625.87.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Penn State

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.

#2

Alabama

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

#3

Maryland

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

#4

Tulane

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 49.1 takeover score.

#5

Nebraska

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 43.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2019 Postseason · Ohio State

17 primary output · 31.7 efficiency · 9 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Ohio State

34

17 primary · 31.7 efficiency · 9 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Ohio State

28.5

6 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 7.9 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

5★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.994

Kennedale · Kennedale, TX

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

1

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

108

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 32 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

5-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
8
Career tackles
108