Player Dossier

2013-2016

UCLA

Jayon Brown

LB • 6'0" • Long Beach, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jayon Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 54.5 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

87

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

91

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCLA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Player Story

Jayon Brown built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 12, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Jayon Brown's career was his defensive production: 119...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8383

Long Beach Poly · Long Beach, CA

Committed To
UCLA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2017
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 11
Overall
No. 155
NFL Team
Tennessee Titans

Jayon Brown, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCLA. Jayon Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 54.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
119
TFL
7
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Jayon Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
UCLA · LB
Career Tackles
119
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · UCLA
Top game
BYU
Recruit profile
3-star · Long Beach Poly · UCLA
High school pipeline
Long Beach Poly · 81 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
NFL Draft
2017 · Round 5 · Pick 11 · Tennessee Titans
Latest roster
No. 12 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
119 tackles · LB 12th (top 2%) · Pac-12 1st (top 1%) · National 16th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonUCLA00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonUCLA20-0--050
2015 Regular SeasonUCLA00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonUCLA1211972.516072.4

Related Context

Jayon Brown played LB for UCLA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jayon Brown recorded 119 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UCLA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

UCLA paired 19.5 primary output with 54.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 54.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · UCLA

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

54.5

Usage

12.3

Consistency

35.3

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0. UNLV: 1. BYU: 5. Stanford: 0.5. Arizona: 1. Arizona State: 0. Washington State: 3.5. Utah: 3. Colorado: 2. Oregon State: 0. USC: 3. California: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 7 by 29.2. UNLV: 7 by 39.2. BYU: 9 by 87.5. Stanford: 10 by 46.7. Arizona: 11 by 55.8. Arizona State: 9 by 37.5. Washington State: 10 by 76.7. Utah: 9 by 67.5. Colorado: 19 by 70. Oregon State: 6 by 25. USC: 8 by 63.3. California: 14 by 55

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.8 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 8 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

BYU

Best efficiency game

87.5 vs BYU

Result
Sun 11/27@ California10+ tacklesL 10-361420.5000
Sun 11/20vs USCSplash gameL 14-36850012
Sun 11/13vs Oregon StateW 38-2464000
Fri 11/4@ Colorado10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-201913200
Sat 10/22vs UtahSplash gameL 45-52941.500.5010
Sun 10/16@ Washington State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 21-271041.50110
Sun 10/9@ Arizona StateL 20-2397000
Sun 10/2vs Arizona10+ tacklesW 45-24117001
Sun 9/25vs Stanford10+ tacklesL 13-221060.5000
Sun 9/18@ BYUSplash gameW 17-1497112
Sun 9/11vs UNLVW 42-2173001
Sat 9/3@ Texas A&ML 24-3177000

Player Story

Jayon Brown story

Jayon Brown built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 12, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Jayon Brown's career was his defensive production: 119 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with UCLA. 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 Jayon Brown's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 42 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCLA.

The arc is straightforward: Jayon 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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    UCLA

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonUCLA0
2014 Regular SeasonUCLA000
2015 Regular SeasonUCLA00
2016 Regular SeasonUCLA19.554.512.319.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ BYU

Week 3 · W 17-14

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Washington State

Week 7 · L 21-27 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Utah

Week 8 · L 45-52 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

75.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.

#4

vs USC

Week 12 · L 14-36 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Colorado

Week 10 · L 10-20 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · UCLA

19.5 primary output · 54.5 efficiency · 12.3 usage

72.4

#2

2014 Regular Season · UCLA

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · UCLA

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games