Player Dossier

2020-2025

Sam 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.

Usage Score

3.5

Efficiency

15.3

Consistency

100

Season Value

39.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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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

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

CJ Brown, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. CJ Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with 15.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.3 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: Boston College

Win with 0 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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2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

15.3

Usage

3.5

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Akron

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. Unknown: 0. Akron: 0

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. Boston College: 5 by 20.8. Unknown: 4 by 16.7. Akron: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2
First Half0 · Games = 2
All Games0 · Games = 3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boston College

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs Boston College

Result
Sat 10/7@ AkronW 55-1421000
Sat 9/9vs Unknown44000
Sat 9/2@ Boston CollegeW 27-2453000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Northern Illinois

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Bowling Green

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Sam Houston

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20202021202120222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1142.8
2021 PostseasonNorthern Illinois6.535.97.95.5
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois6.535.97.90
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois6.529.76.20
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois015.33.5-6.5
2024 PostseasonBowling Green527.36.75
2024 Regular SeasonBowling Green527.36.70
2025 Regular SeasonSam Houston733.77.12

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 68.9 takeover score.

#2

Ball State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

#3

Hawai'i

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

#4

Toledo

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#5

Toledo

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary output · 15.3 efficiency · 3.5 usage

39.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston

24.6

7 primary · 33.7 efficiency · 7.1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

18.5

6.5 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 6.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

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.

Quick Answers

CJ Brown quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
3
Seasons tracked
8
Career tackles
337