A.J. Brown

Former wide receiver at Ole Miss. 2018: 85 catches, 1,355 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Ole Miss · Jr. · #1

6′1″ · 225 lb · Starkville, MS

Tennessee — drafted 2019, Rd 2, Pick 19, #51 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 36 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

Statement game9 rec · 212 yds · 1 TDat Vanderbilt (FBS) · L 29-36

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Ole Miss. 2018: 85 catches, 1,355 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2016.
Drafted round 2 by the Tennessee in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ole Miss, 3,019 receiving yards — drafted at #51 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 233 yds vs South Alabama.South Alabama · W 47-272017

201611 games

Signed with Ole Miss4-star out of Starkville

2019

Drafted by Tennesseeround 2, pick 51

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#36 national

CFB

College

Ole Miss

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #51

Tennessee · 2019

Featured in The Canon

#60

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016

Hugh Freeze

Ole Miss

2017–2018

Matt Luke

Ole Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Hugh Freeze → Matt Luke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 8th NFL season

#51Rd 2 · Pick 19

TennesseeEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Ole Miss5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2017Ole Miss6-6HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2018Ole Miss5-7HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (97th percentile).

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

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

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
Road5g	7.4	114	15.4	0.4

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 76–41

vs Southern Illinois

8 rec · 158 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 35-point win at home against Southern Illinois.

With J. Ta'amu — 448 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · -2 rush yds (2 car) · B. Sanders — 4 rec · 133 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 47-27@ 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 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@ 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 Mississippi State	5	102	20.4	0	41
Total		85	1355	15.8	6	84

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology