Player Dossier

2024-2025

Clemson

Sammy Brown

LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Commerce, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sammy Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 56.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

91

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Clemson
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Player Story

Sammy Brown built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Commerce, GA wearing No. 47, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Sammy Brown's career was his defensive production: 173...

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5★

Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.9929

Jefferson · Jefferson, GA

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Sammy Brown, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson. Sammy Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 56.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
173
TFL
26
Sacks
10.5
QB hurries
8
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

Sammy Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
Clemson · LB
Career Tackles
173
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 24 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Clemson
Top game
Florida State
Recruit profile
5-star · Jefferson · Clemson
High school pipeline
Jefferson · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 47 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
107 tackles · LB 28th (top 3%) · ACC 3rd (top 1%) · National 34th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 PostseasonClemson111010--060
2024 Regular SeasonClemson115611522060
2025 PostseasonClemson131510--078.8
2025 Regular SeasonClemson1392135.565078.8

Related Context

Sammy Brown played LB for Clemson. Across 2 tracked seasons, Sammy Brown recorded 173 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Clemson.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Clemson paired 31.5 primary output with 56.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 56.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Win with 6 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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2025 Postseason · Clemson

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.4

Efficiency

56.8

Usage

14.6

Consistency

58.5

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 1. LSU: 1. Troy: 1. Georgia Tech: 3. Syracuse: 1.5. North Carolina: 1.5. Boston College: 2. SMU: 2.5. Duke: 1. Florida State: 6. Louisville: 3. Furman: 4. South Carolina: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 15 by 60. LSU: 11 by 55.8. Troy: 3 by 22.5. Georgia Tech: 5 by 50.8. Syracuse: 8 by 48.3. North Carolina: 5 by 35.8. Boston College: 7 by 49.2. SMU: 10 by 66.7. Duke: 10 by 51.7. Florida State: 9 by 87.5. Louisville: 11 by 75.8. Furman: 4 by 56.7. South Carolina: 9 by 77.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.1 · Games = 7 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 6 · -1.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

87.5 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 12/27vs Penn State10+ tacklesL 10-22153100
Sat 11/29@ South CarolinaSplash gameW 28-1495003
Sat 11/22vs FurmanSplash gameW 45-10422110
Sat 11/15@ Louisville10+ tackles · Splash gameW 20-19114210
Sun 11/9vs Florida StateSplash gameW 24-1093210
Sat 11/1vs Duke10+ tacklesL 45-46104000
Sat 10/18vs SMU10+ tackles · Splash gameL 24-3510520.500
Sat 10/11@ Boston CollegeSplash gameW 41-1075110
Sat 10/4@ North CarolinaW 38-10520.5001
Sat 9/20vs SyracuseL 21-34840.5001
Sat 9/13@ Georgia TechSplash gameL 21-2453210
Sat 9/6vs TroyW 27-1633000
Sat 8/30vs LSU10+ tacklesL 10-17118100

Player Story

Sammy Brown story

Sammy Brown built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Commerce, GA wearing No. 47, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Sammy Brown's career was his defensive production: 173 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Clemson. 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 Sammy Brown's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Clemson.

The arc is straightforward: Sammy 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

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    Clemson

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonClemson2144.111.6
2024 Regular SeasonClemson2144.111.60
2025 PostseasonClemson31.556.814.610.5
2025 Regular SeasonClemson31.556.814.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 41 Florida State

Week 11 · W 24-10 · Conference game

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6

Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#2

vs NC State

Week 4 · W 59-35 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Stanford

Week 5 · W 40-14 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 49 South Carolina

Week 14 · W 28-14

4

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Virginia Tech

Week 11 · W 24-14 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Clemson

31.5 primary output · 56.8 efficiency · 14.6 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Clemson

78.8

31.5 primary · 56.8 efficiency · 14.6 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Clemson

60

21 primary · 44.1 efficiency · 11.6 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

12

Splash games

7

10+ tackle games