Player Dossier

2024-2025

Alabama

Zabien Brown

DB • 6'0" • 192 lbs • Santa Ana, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Zabien Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

54%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

87

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

77

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Player Story

Zabien Brown built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Santa Ana, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Zabien Brown's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.9864

Mater Dei · Santa Ana, CA

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Zabien Brown, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Alabama. Zabien Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
57
TFL
4.5
Passes defended
8
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Zabien Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
Alabama · DB
Career Tackles
57
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Alabama
Top game
Georgia
Recruit profile
5-star · Mater Dei · Alabama
High school pipeline
Mater Dei · 95 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
39 tackles · DB 229th (top 24%) · SEC 122nd (top 17%) · National 978th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 PostseasonAlabama81-0--038.6
2024 Regular SeasonAlabama81720-2138.6
2025 PostseasonAlabama149-0-1250.5
2025 Regular SeasonAlabama14302.50-5250.5

Related Context

Zabien Brown played DB for Alabama. Across 2 tracked seasons, Zabien Brown recorded 57 tackles and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Alabama paired 10.5 primary output with 19.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.1 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: Oklahoma

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Alabama

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

19.1

Usage

3.5

Consistency

53.5

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 0. Oklahoma: 2. Florida State: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Georgia: 0. Vanderbilt: 2. Missouri: 0. Tennessee: 1. South Carolina: 1. LSU: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Eastern Illinois: 1.5. Auburn: 1. Georgia: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana: 6 by 25. Oklahoma: 3 by 32.5. Florida State: 3 by 12.5. Wisconsin: 0 by 10. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 0 by 20. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 7 by 39.2. South Carolina: 6 by 35. LSU: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Illinois: 2 by 23.3. Auburn: 4 by 26.7. Georgia: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 10 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs Tennessee

Result
Thu 1/1@ IndianaL 3-3866000
Sat 12/20@ OklahomaSplash gameW 34-24330011
Sat 12/6vs GeorgiaL 7-2822100
Sun 11/30@ AuburnW 27-2044001
Sat 11/22vs Eastern IllinoisW 56-0211.5000
Sat 11/15vs OklahomaL 21-2331000
Sun 11/9vs LSUW 20-910000
Sat 10/25@ South CarolinaW 29-2263001
Sat 10/18vs TennesseeW 37-20730010
Sat 10/11@ MissouriW 27-2411000
Sat 10/4vs VanderbiltSplash gameW 30-1400002
Sat 9/27@ GeorgiaW 24-2111000
Sat 9/13vs WisconsinW 38-1400001
Sat 8/30@ Florida StateL 17-3131000

Player Story

Zabien Brown story

Zabien Brown built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Santa Ana, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Zabien Brown's career was his defensive production: 57 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 8 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Alabama. 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 Zabien 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 Alabama.

The arc is straightforward: Zabien 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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    Alabama

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonAlabama718.14.1
2024 Regular SeasonAlabama718.14.10
2025 PostseasonAlabama10.519.13.53.5
2025 Regular SeasonAlabama10.519.13.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia

Week 5 · W 41-34 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

85 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#2

vs Auburn

Week 14 · W 28-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 14 Oklahoma

Week 1 · W 34-24 · Postseason · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Eastern Illinois

Week 13 · W 56-0

1.5

Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 19 Tennessee

Week 8 · W 37-20 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

53.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Alabama

10.5 primary output · 19.1 efficiency · 3.5 usage

50.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · Alabama

50.5

10.5 primary · 19.1 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Alabama

38.6

7 primary · 18.1 efficiency · 4.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games