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 Score

9.5

Efficiency

70.8

Consistency

58.4

Season Value

50.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

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

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

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

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

Arizona State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

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

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 60. Arkansas State: 2 by 100. BYU: 2 by 50. Arizona State: 2 by 73.3

Split Comparison

Wins18.5 · n=2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses18.5 · n=2 · +0 vs Wins
First Half15.3 · n=3 · -3.2 vs Second Half
Second Half18.5 · n=2 · +3.2 vs First Half

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 Unknown199909

Career Arc

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

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    Iowa State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season 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

Arkansas State

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

37

Primary metric

37 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

Texas Tech

44

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

44 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

Arizona State

22

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

22 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#4

Kansas State

22

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

22 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#5

Kansas

13

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · Iowa State

141 primary output · 71.7 efficiency · 7.5 usage

57.1

#2

2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

57.1

141 primary · 71.7 efficiency · 7.5 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

50.4

83 primary · 70.8 efficiency · 9.5 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8656

Lincoln College Prep · Kansas City, MO

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

224

Career Receiving Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 13 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Carson Brown quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
WR
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career receiving yards
224