Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022SMU
Darren Brown
DT • 6'1" • 323 lbs • Converse, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darren Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- SMU • UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: SMU
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Darren Brown, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · SMU. Darren Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 8
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Darren Brown quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · DT
- Career Tackles
- 8
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- SMU
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · American Heritage · UCF
- High school pipeline
- American Heritage · 80 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 39 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · DT 152nd (top 75%) · American Athletic 268th (top 57%) · National 3,319th (top 57%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCF | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 30.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 30.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.8 |
Related Context
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Darren Brown played DT for SMU and UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darren Brown recorded 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
SMU paired 0 primary output with 5.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across SMU, UCF.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · SMU
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
5.2
Usage
1
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
UTEP
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTEP
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs UTEP
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 9/3 | @ UTEP | — | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
SMU
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
UCF
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCF | 1 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ SMU
Week 11 · L 28-55 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#2
@ UTEP
Week 1
0
Havoc Plays
10.4 takeover
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.4 takeover score.
#3
@ South Florida
Week 11 · W 41-23 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 3 · W 39-37
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Tulane
Week 12 · L 24-59 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · SMU
0 primary output · 5.2 efficiency · 1 usage
37.8
#2
2020 Regular Season · SMU
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · UCF
30.4
1 primary · 6.1 efficiency · 0.5 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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