A.J. Brown

#1 · WR · Jr. · Ole Miss6′1″ · 225 lb · Starkville, MS

A.J. Brown: WR · Ole Miss · #1.

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A.J. Brown

WR · Ole Miss · Jr · #1

Moves the chains on third down. The three seasons at Ole Miss span two head coaches: Hugh Freeze and Matt Luke. Named All-SEC two seasons running, most recently in 2018. On tape: 212 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Vanderbilt, Week 12, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Ole Miss in the news

Texas LT Trevor Goosby out for seasonYahoo Sports Oct 25
Four-star TE commits to Ole MissOct 19

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Ole Miss	85	1,355	15.9	6	84
2017	Ole Miss	75	1,252	16.7	11	77
2016	Ole Miss	29	412	14.2	2	37
Career		189	3,019	16.0	19	84

Season	Team
2018	Ole Miss	--	--
2017	Ole Miss	3	47
2016	Ole Miss	--	--
Career		3	47

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 47-27vs Texas Tech	7	93	13.3	1	34
Wk 2	W 76-41vs Southern Illinois	8	158	19.8	2	46	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 7-62vs No. 1 Alabama	4	34	8.5	0	13
Wk 4	W 38-17vs Kent State	7	96	13.7	0	42
Wk 5	L 16-45@ No. 5 LSU	9	72	8.0	0	35
Wk 6	W 70-21vs UL Monroe	9	133	14.8	1	31	133-yard receiving day
Wk 7	W 37-33@ Arkansas	6	64	10.7	0	20
Wk 8	L 16-31vs Auburn	9	149	16.6	1	51	149-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 44-48vs South Carolina	6	115	19.2	0	46
Wk 11	L 24-38@ Texas A&M	6	127	21.2	0	39
Wk 12	L 29-36@ Vanderbilt	9	212	23.6	1	84	Season-high 212 yds
Wk 13	L 3-35vs No. 22 Mississippi State	5	102	20.4	0	41
Total		85	1355	15.9	6	84

Signature game

Week 8 · 2018

L 16-31

vs Auburn

9 rec · 149 yds · 1 TD

With J. Ta'amu — 291 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 43 rush yds (18 car) · M. Brown — 37.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Vanderbilt · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.58Jordan Ta'amu pass complete to A.J. Brown for 84 yds for a TD, (Luke Logan KICK)
Week 2 · Southern Illinois · 4th and 4 · Q2 · EPA +5.17Jordan Ta'amu pass complete to A.J. Brown for 38 yds for a TD (Luke Logan KICK)
Week 12 · Vanderbilt · 3rd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +3.93Jordan Ta'amu pass complete to A.J. Brown for 13 yds to the Vandy 47 for a VANDERBILT Penalty, personal foul (Josh Smith) to the Vandy 38 for a
Week 8 · Auburn · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.62Jordan Ta'amu pass complete to A.J. Brown for 51 yds to the Aub 30 for a
Week 2 · Southern Illinois · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.54Jordan Ta'amu pass complete to A.J. Brown for 46 yds for a TD (Luke Logan KICK)
Week 13 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Matt Corral pass complete to A.J. Brown for 33 yds to the MisSt 48 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Kent State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Jordan Ta'amu pass complete to A.J. Brown for 42 yds to the KntSt 2 for a
Week 8 · Auburn · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Jordan Ta'amu pass complete to A.J. Brown for 12 yds for a TD, (Luke Logan KICK)
Week 4 · Kent State · 1st and 25 · Q1 · EPA +3.01Jordan Ta'amu pass complete to A.J. Brown for 24 yds to the Miss 40
Week 5 · LSU · 1st and 25 · Q2 · EPA +3.00Jordan Ta'amu pass complete to A.J. Brown for 35 yds to the LSU 4 for a

Teams and coaches

2016Ole Miss5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2017Ole Miss6-6HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2018Ole Miss5-7HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (91st percentile). Strength: yards / catch (81st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#61 / 702 · 91st pct

21.1%

Yards / catch#133 / 702 · 81st pct

15.6

EPA / target#179 / 702 · 75th pct

0.71

Catch rate#223 / 702 · 68th pct

73.7%

TD rate#340 / 702 · 51st pct

5.3%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#4 / 550 · 99th pct

1355

Receptions#14 / 550 · 97th pct

Long catch#18 / 550 · 96th pct

Rec TDs#89 / 550 · 81st pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#118 / 550 · 78th pct

15.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

93rd → 75th percentile

Explosive rate

82nd → 91st percentile

Catch rate

87th → 68th percentile

TD rate

89th → 51st percentile

Yards / catch

82nd → 81st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.9	112	16.1	0.6
Road4g	7.5	119	15.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.1	92.9	12.7	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	7.0	141	20.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Matt Luke

Pass share

51.2%

433 pass / 412 run

Plays / game

70.4

12 games

Team sack rate

6.4%

482 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

A.J. Brown

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Style of play

Fans

Ole Miss in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Three seasons at Ole Miss, drafted

2016 11 games

2017 11 games

2018 12 games

2019

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