Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Illinois
Sydney Brown
DB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • London, ON, CAN
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Sydney Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
78
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
93
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Sydney Brown built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive back from London, ON wearing No. 30, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Sydney Brown's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 3
- Overall
- No. 66
- NFL Team
- Philadelphia Eagles
Sydney Brown, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois. Sydney Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.9 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Sydney Brown quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 307
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St Stephen's Episcopal School · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- St Stephen's Episcopal School · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 3 · Pick 3 · Philadelphia Eagles
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 59 tackles · DB 81st (top 9%) · Big Ten 37th (top 6%) · National 395th (top 7%)
Sydney Brown played DB for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Sydney Brown recorded 307 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Illinois.
Recognition
Honors
- 20222022 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachesfirst
- 20222022 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediasecond
- 20192019 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachesthird
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