Andrew Brown

Former defensive end at Virginia. 2017: 3.5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

DE · Virginia · #9

6′4″ · 285 lb · Chesapeake, VA

Cincinnati — drafted 2018, Rd 5, Pick 21, #158 overall

Recruiting

5★

DT recruit

No. 12 nationally · Signed with Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Virginia. 2017: 3.5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Virginia in 2014.
Drafted round 5 by the Cincinnati in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Virginia, 10 sacks — drafted at #158 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

2014

Signed with Virginia5-star out of Oscar Smith

2018

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 5, pick 158

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#12 national

CFB

College

Virginia

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #158

Cincinnati · 2018

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 9th NFL season

#158Rd 5 · Pick 21

CincinnatiEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall, all pass-leaning offenses — 8-17 over that span.

2016Virginia2-10HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

2017Virginia6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (94th percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#146 / 2682 · 94th pct

10.5

Sacks#268 / 2682 · 89th pct

3.5

QB hurries#294 / 2682 · 86th pct

Tackles#774 / 2682 · 71st pct

Solo tackles#1313 / 2682 · 50th pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.2	0.6	0.1	0.0
Road6g	3.5	1.2	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.9	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	0.8	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Virginia	46	18	10.5	3.5	--	--	--
2016	Virginia	38	19	13.0	6.0	2	--	--
Career		84	37	23.5	9.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2017

W 42–23

at Boise State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With K. Benkert — 273 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.8 · 6 rush yds (3 car) · L. Coleman — 39 AVG · 60 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week