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Player Dossier
2020-2024Kansas
JB Brown
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Hughes, AR, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
JB Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
88
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Bowling Green • Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Player Story
JB Brown built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Hughes, AR wearing No. 1, spending time with Bowling Green and Kansas. The clearest part of JB Brown's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Bowling Green
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
JB Brown, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kansas. JB Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 199
- TFL
- 19.5
- Sacks
- 8.5
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
JB Brown quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 199
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Houston
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Har-Ber · Bowling Green
- High school pipeline
- Har-Ber · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 74 tackles · LB 134th (top 11%) · Big 12 23rd (top 4%) · National 216th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 7.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 12 | 49 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 11 | 51 | 4.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 74 | 9.5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 73.4 |
Related Context
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JB Brown played LB for Bowling Green and Kansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, JB Brown recorded 199 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Kansas paired 21.5 primary output with 42.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 42.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 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 Bowling Green, Kansas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
42.8
Usage
13.6
Consistency
50.7
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Lindenwood: 1. Illinois: 1.5. UNLV: 1.5. West Virginia: 4. TCU: 2. Arizona State: 1. Houston: 6. Kansas State: 1. Iowa State: 0. BYU: 0. Colorado: 1.5. Baylor: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Lindenwood: 3 by 22.5. Illinois: 5 by 35.8. UNLV: 8 by 48.3. West Virginia: 2 by 48.3. TCU: 7 by 49.2. Arizona State: 8 by 43.3. Houston: 6 by 75. Kansas State: 8 by 43.3. Iowa State: 10 by 41.7. BYU: 6 by 25. Colorado: 3 by 27.5. Baylor: 8 by 53.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.7 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 7 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
75 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ BaylorSplash game | L 17-45 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Colorado | W 37-21 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | @ BYU | W 17-13 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Iowa State10+ tackles | W 45-36 | 10 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/27 | @ Kansas State | L 27-29 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Houston2+ sacks · Splash game | W 42-14 | 6 | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/6 | @ Arizona State | L 31-35 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs TCUSplash game | L 27-38 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ West VirginiaSplash game | L 28-32 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/13 | vs UNLV | L 20-23 | 8 | 7 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Illinois | L 17-23 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Lindenwood | W 48-3 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
JB Brown story
JB Brown built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Hughes, AR wearing No. 1, spending time with Bowling Green and Kansas. The clearest part of JB Brown's career was his defensive production: 199 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 47 career games in the available record. That gives JB Brown's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Bowling Green
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Kansas
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 1 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 8 | 23.7 | 5.8 | 7 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 9.5 | 29.1 | 6.7 | 1.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 9.5 | 29.1 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 21.5 | 42.8 | 13.6 | 12 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Houston
Week 8 · W 42-14 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 2 · W 34-23
4
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#3
@ UCLA
Week 1 · L 17-45
2.5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#4
@ West Virginia
Week 4 · L 28-32 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 2 · L 57-59
2
Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Kansas
21.5 primary output · 42.8 efficiency · 13.6 usage
73.4
#2
2020 Regular Season · Bowling Green
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Kansas
36
9.5 primary · 29.1 efficiency · 6.7 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
9
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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