Asantay Brown: LB · Western Michigan · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Asantay Brown
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. The three seasons at Western Michigan span two head coaches: P.J. Fleck and Tim Lester. On tape: 22 tackles against Toledo, Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
98 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Western Michigan | 98 | 56 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | Western Michigan | 95 | 65 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | Western Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 193 | 121 | 15.0 | 5.5 | 5 | 4 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-49@ No. 4 USC | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-28@ Michigan State | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-28vs Idaho | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-14vs Wagner | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-3vs Ball State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 71-68@ Buffalo | 12 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-14vs Akron | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17@ Eastern Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-35vs Central Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-20vs Kent State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-35@ Northern Illinois | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-37@ Toledo | 22 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 22 tackles |
| Total | 98 | 56 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
98tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFLSack rate
3%3 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups98 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 3 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 10.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 8.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Lester
Pass share
34.4%
294 pass / 561 run
Plays / game
71.2
12 games
Team sack rate
7.7%
324 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
98 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Michigan, 193 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: P.J. Fleck → Tim Lester. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
