Usage Score
6.7
Player Dossier
2020-2025Sam Houston
CJ Brown
DB • 5'10" • 190 lbs • Canton, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
CJ Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.7 disruption score.
Efficiency
33.7
Consistency
51
Season Value
46.2
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Seasons Tracked
- 8
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois • Bowling Green • Sam Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Scouting Read
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CJ Brown, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston. CJ Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.7 disruption score.
CJ Brown played DB for Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, and Sam Houston. Across 6 tracked seasons, CJ Brown recorded 337 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Sam Houston paired 7 primary output with 33.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, Sam Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
33.7
Usage
6.7
Consistency
51
Best Game by takeover score
Hawai'i
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 1.5. Western Kentucky: 0. Hawai'i: 2. Texas: 0.5. New Mexico State: 1. Jacksonville State: 0. Oregon State: 0. Delaware: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. Florida International: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 6 by 40. Western Kentucky: 7 by 29.2. Hawai'i: 8 by 53.3. Texas: 6 by 30. New Mexico State: 6 by 35. Jacksonville State: 3 by 12.5. Oregon State: 10 by 41.7. Delaware: 7 by 29.2. Middle Tennessee: 5 by 30.8. Florida International: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 8 · +0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Hawai'i
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs Hawai'i
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Florida International | L 16-56 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Middle Tennessee | L 17-31 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Delaware | W 26-23 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Oregon State10+ tackles | W 21-17 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | vs Jacksonville State | L 27-29 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/3 | @ New Mexico State | L 10-37 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | @ Texas | L 0-55 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | @ Hawai'iSplash game | L 20-37 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs UNLV | L 21-38 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Western Kentucky | L 24-41 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Northern Illinois
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Bowling Green
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Sam Houston
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202120222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 14 | 2.8 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 7.5 | 36.6 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 7.5 | 36.6 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6.5 | 29.7 | 4.9 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 15.3 | 3.5 | -6.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Bowling Green | 6 | 28 | 6.9 | 6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 6 | 28 | 6.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 7 | 33.7 | 6.7 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Kent State
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Primary metric
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.4 takeover score.
#2
Hawai'i
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.
#3
Ball State
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.9 takeover score.
#4
Penn State
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.
#5
Toledo
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
7 primary output · 33.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
46.2
#2
2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
39.6
0 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 3.5 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
38.3
6.5 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 4.9 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
5
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2020 · Rating 0.817
Walled Lake Western · Walled Lake, MI
- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Career Facts
3
Career teams
8
Seasons tracked
337
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 56 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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