Player Dossier

2023-2025

Arizona

Taye Brown

LB • 6'2" • 231 lbs • Chandler, AZ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Taye Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

79%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

63

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Player Story

Taye Brown built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Chandler, AZ wearing No. 6, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Taye Brown's career was his defensive production: 163...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.85

Hamilton · Chandler, AZ

Committed To
Arizona
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Taye Brown, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arizona. Taye Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
163
TFL
12
Sacks
4
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Taye Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · LB
Career Tackles
163
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 29 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Arizona
Top game
Baylor
Recruit profile
3-star · Hamilton · Arizona
High school pipeline
Hamilton · 51 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
93 tackles · LB 62nd (top 5%) · Big 12 10th (top 2%) · National 76th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonArizona46-011012.6
2024 Regular SeasonArizona12643.52.512047.1
2025 PostseasonArizona139-0--067.5
2025 Regular SeasonArizona13848.51.531067.5

Related Context

Taye Brown played LB for Arizona. Across 3 tracked seasons, Taye Brown recorded -8 rushing yards and 163 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Arizona.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Arizona paired 15 primary output with 40.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 40.7 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: Baylor

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Arizona

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

40.7

Usage

9.9

Consistency

46.8

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SMU: 0. Hawai'i: 2. Weber State: 0. Kansas State: 0. Iowa State: 0.5. Oklahoma State: 1. BYU: 3. Houston: 0. Colorado: 2. Kansas: 2. Cincinnati: 1. Baylor: 3.5. Arizona State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SMU: 9 by 37.5. Hawai'i: 6 by 45. Weber State: 6 by 25. Kansas State: 4 by 16.7. Iowa State: 3 by 17.5. Oklahoma State: 3 by 22.5. BYU: 14 by 80. Houston: 10 by 41.7. Colorado: 8 by 53.3. Kansas: 9 by 57.5. Cincinnati: 7 by 39.2. Baylor: 10 by 76.7. Arizona State: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 4 · -0.4 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

Baylor

Best efficiency game

80 vs BYU

Result
Sat 1/3@ SMUL 19-2496000
Sat 11/29@ Arizona StateW 23-742000
Sat 11/22vs Baylor10+ tackles · Splash gameW 41-1710321.500
Sat 11/15@ CincinnatiW 30-2472100
Sat 11/8vs KansasSplash gameW 24-2094100
Sat 11/1@ ColoradoSplash gameW 52-1785200
Sat 10/18@ Houston10+ tacklesL 28-31105000
Sun 10/12vs BYU10+ tackles · Splash gameL 27-33143101
Sat 10/4vs Oklahoma StateW 41-1332100
Sat 9/27@ Iowa StateL 14-39300.5000
Sat 9/13vs Kansas StateW 23-1743000
Sun 9/7vs Weber StateW 48-363000
Sun 8/31vs Hawai'iSplash gameW 40-6600010

Player Story

Taye Brown story

Taye Brown built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Chandler, AZ wearing No. 6, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Taye Brown's career was his defensive production: 163 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Arizona. 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 Taye Brown's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona.

The arc is straightforward: Taye 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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    Arizona

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonArizona211.32.1
2024 Regular SeasonArizona929.77.57
2025 PostseasonArizona1540.79.96
2025 Regular SeasonArizona1540.79.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 71 Baylor

Week 13 · W 41-17 · Conference game

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

92.2 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.2 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 18 BYU

Week 7 · L 27-33 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Arizona State

Week 14 · L 7-49 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Utah

Week 5 · W 23-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Kansas State

Week 3 · L 7-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Arizona

15 primary output · 40.7 efficiency · 9.9 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Arizona

67.5

15 primary · 40.7 efficiency · 9.9 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Arizona

47.1

9 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 7.5 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

9

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games