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Player Dossier
2013-2016UCLA
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.
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
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- 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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 119 | 7 | 2.5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 72.4 |
Related Context
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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
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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+ tackles | L 10-36 | 14 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | vs USCSplash game | L 14-36 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Oregon State | W 38-24 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/4 | @ Colorado10+ tackles · Splash game | L 10-20 | 19 | 13 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs UtahSplash game | L 45-52 | 9 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/16 | @ Washington State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 21-27 | 10 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | @ Arizona State | L 20-23 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | vs Arizona10+ tackles | W 45-24 | 11 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Stanford10+ tackles | L 13-22 | 10 | 6 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/18 | @ BYUSplash game | W 17-14 | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | vs UNLV | W 42-21 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Texas A&M | L 24-31 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 19.5 | 54.5 | 12.3 | 19.5 |
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
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#2
2014 Regular Season · UCLA
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0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · UCLA
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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