Player Dossier

2022-2025

Iowa State

Carson Brown

WR • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Ankeny, IA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Carson Brown reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

15

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

5

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Iowa State

2223242425

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8656

Lincoln College Prep · Kansas City, MO

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Carson Brown, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Iowa State. Carson Brown reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
224
Receptions
18
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Carson Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
224
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 13 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Iowa State
Top game
Arkansas State
Recruit profile
3-star · Lincoln College Prep · Iowa State
High school pipeline
Lincoln College Prep · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 10 · Junior
2025 Receiving yards rank
83 receiving yards · WR 682nd (top 63%) · Big 12 120th (top 47%) · National 1,094th (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State0-00-
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State0-00-
2024 PostseasonIowa State8212061.5
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State89129161.5
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State5783054.9

Related Context

Carson Brown played WR for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Carson Brown recorded 224 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Iowa State paired 141 primary output with 71.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 70.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. 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 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

16.6

Efficiency

70.8

Usage

9.5

Consistency

58.4

Best Game by takeover score

Arkansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 9. Arkansas State: 37. Arizona: 0. BYU: 15. Arizona State: 22

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. South Dakota: 1 by 60. Arkansas State: 2 by 100. BYU: 2 by 50. Arizona State: 2 by 73.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins15.3 · Games = 3 · -3.2 vs Losses
Losses18.5 · Games = 2 · +3.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Arkansas State

Result
Sat 11/1vs Arizona StateL 19-242221111013
Sat 10/25vs BYUL 27-412157.57.5009
Sat 9/27vs ArizonaW 39-14
Sat 9/13@ Arkansas StateW 24-1623718.518.50031
Sat 8/30vs South DakotaW 55-7199909

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Iowa State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State0
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State00
2024 PostseasonIowa State14171.77.5141
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State14171.77.50
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State8370.89.5-58

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 100 Arkansas State

Week 3 · W 24-16

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

37

Receiving Yards

82.6 takeover

37 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Texas Tech

Week 10 · L 22-23 · Conference game

44

Receiving Yards

71.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

44 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Kansas State

Week 14 · W 29-21 · Conference game

22

Receiving Yards

58.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

22 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#4

vs No. 60 Arizona State

Week 10 · L 19-24 · Conference game

22

Receiving Yards

56.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

22 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Houston

Week 5 · W 20-0 · Conference game

18

Receiving Yards

46.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Iowa State

141 primary output · 71.7 efficiency · 7.5 usage

61.5

#2

2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

61.5

141 primary · 71.7 efficiency · 7.5 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

54.9

83 primary · 70.8 efficiency · 9.5 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games