Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Northwestern
Earnest Brown IV
DL • 6'5" • 270 lbs • Aubrey, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Earnest Brown IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
68
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
Earnest Brown IV built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Aubrey, TX wearing No. 99, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Earnest Brown IV's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 30
- Overall
- No. 174
- NFL Team
- Los Angeles Rams
Earnest Brown IV, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Northwestern. Earnest Brown IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 71
- TFL
- 18.5
- Sacks
- 7
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 9
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Earnest Brown IV quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · DL
- Career Tackles
- 71
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Northwestern
- Top game
- Michigan State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Ryan · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Ryan · 45 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 5 · Pick 30 · Los Angeles Rams
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DL 54th (top 7%) · Big Ten 68th (top 13%) · National 724th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 21.4 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 13 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 58 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 13 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 58 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 5 | 16 | 2.5 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2020 Postseason | Northwestern | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 65.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 28 | 7.5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 65.2 |
Related Context
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Earnest Brown IV played DL for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Earnest Brown IV recorded 71 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Northwestern paired 16.5 primary output with 33.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 33.1 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: Michigan State
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Northwestern
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
33.1
Usage
9
Consistency
63.1
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 1. Maryland: 1. Iowa: 1.5. Nebraska: 3. Purdue: 1. Wisconsin: 2. Michigan State: 3. Illinois: 1. Ohio State: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Auburn: 4 by 26.7. Maryland: 0 by 10. Iowa: 2 by 23.3. Nebraska: 5 by 50.8. Purdue: 2 by 18.3. Wisconsin: 2 by 28.3. Michigan State: 8 by 63.3. Illinois: 4 by 26.7. Ohio State: 5 by 50.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 7 · -1.5 vs Losses
Losses3 · Games = 2 · +1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan State
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs Michigan State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/1 | vs Auburn | W 35-19 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/19 | @ Ohio StateSplash game | L 10-22 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/12 | vs Illinois | W 28-10 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Michigan StateSplash game | L 20-29 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | vs WisconsinSplash game | W 17-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Purdue | W 27-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs NebraskaSplash game | W 21-13 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Iowa | W 21-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Maryland | W 43-3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Earnest Brown IV story
Earnest Brown IV built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Aubrey, TX wearing No. 99, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Earnest Brown IV's career was his defensive production: 71 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 9 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Northwestern. 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 Earnest Brown IV's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Earnest Brown IV 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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Northwestern
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720182018201920202020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 1 | 7.1 | 2.8 | — |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 18.5 | 21.3 | 7.7 | 17.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 18.5 | 21.3 | 7.7 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 6.5 | 26.3 | 6.7 | -12 |
| 2020 Postseason | Northwestern | 16.5 | 33.1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 16.5 | 33.1 | 9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Michigan State
Week 13 · L 20-29 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
vs UNLV
Week 3 · W 30-14
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Ohio State
Week 16 · L 10-22 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Nebraska
Week 10 · W 21-13 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Ohio State
Week 14 · L 24-45 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Northwestern
16.5 primary output · 33.1 efficiency · 9 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Northwestern
65.2
16.5 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 9 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Northwestern
58
18.5 primary · 21.3 efficiency · 7.7 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
9
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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