Player Dossier

2022-2025

Buffalo

SaVeon Brown

LB • 6'1" • 210 lbs • Phoenix, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

SaVeon Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

57%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

76

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

66

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

81

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Western Michigan • Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Player Story

SaVeon Brown built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Phoenix, IL wearing No. 15, spending time with Buffalo and Western Michigan. The clearest part of SaVeon Brown's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.843

Thornwood · South Holland, IL

Committed To
Western Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

SaVeon Brown, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo. SaVeon Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
84
TFL
7.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

SaVeon Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
Buffalo · LB
Career Tackles
84
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
Top game
Kent State
Recruit profile
3-star · Thornwood · Western Michigan
High school pipeline
Thornwood · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 15 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
52 tackles · LB 272nd (top 22%) · Mid-American 59th (top 11%) · National 574th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan616-012017.9
2024 Regular SeasonBuffalo41610-2039.9
2025 Regular SeasonBuffalo12526.5224056.7

Related Context

SaVeon Brown played LB for Western Michigan and Buffalo. Across 4 tracked seasons, SaVeon Brown recorded 84 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Buffalo paired 14.5 primary output with 30.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.2 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Western Michigan, Buffalo.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

30.2

Usage

6

Consistency

47

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 1.5. St. Francis (PA): 3. Kent State: 4. Troy: 1. UConn: 1. Eastern Michigan: 1. Massachusetts: 0.5. Akron: 0. Bowling Green: 2.5. Central Michigan: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Ohio: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 6 by 40. St. Francis (PA): 1 by 34.2. Kent State: 6 by 65. Troy: 3 by 22.5. UConn: 1 by 14.2. Eastern Michigan: 10 by 51.7. Massachusetts: 4 by 21.7. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 4 by 41.7. Central Michigan: 7 by 29.2. Miami (OH): 6 by 25. Ohio: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.2 · Games = 5 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 7 · -1.7 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

Kent State

Best efficiency game

65 vs Kent State

Result
Fri 11/28vs OhioL 26-3132000
Thu 11/20vs Miami (OH)L 20-3761000
Thu 11/13@ Central MichiganL 19-3871000
Sat 11/1@ Bowling GreenSplash gameW 28-3421.5001
Sat 10/25vs AkronL 16-2411000
Sat 10/18@ MassachusettsW 28-21410.5000
Sat 10/4vs Eastern Michigan10+ tacklesW 31-30102100
Sat 9/27vs UConnL 17-2011001
Sat 9/20vs TroyL 17-2132100
Sat 9/13@ Kent StateSplash gameW 31-2864110
Sat 9/6vs St. Francis (PA)Splash gameW 45-611111
Fri 8/29@ MinnesotaL 10-23620.5001

Player Story

SaVeon Brown story

SaVeon Brown built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Phoenix, IL wearing No. 15, spending time with Buffalo and Western Michigan. The clearest part of SaVeon Brown's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 8 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Buffalo. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but SaVeon Brown's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Buffalo and Western Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: SaVeon Brown moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Western Michigan

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Buffalo

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan0
2023 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan316.12.83
2024 Regular SeasonBuffalo324.25.10
2025 Regular SeasonBuffalo14.530.2611.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 130 Kent State

Week 3 · W 31-28 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Missouri

Week 2 · L 0-38

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Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 9 · W 45-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#4

vs St. Francis (PA)

Week 2 · W 45-6

3

Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 6 · W 31-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

14.5 primary output · 30.2 efficiency · 6 usage

56.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · Buffalo

39.9

3 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 5.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan

17.9

3 primary · 16.1 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games