Austin Brown is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Wisconsin.
Brown moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Wisconsin. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Minnesota — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-0vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-27vs Maryland | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-24@ No. 20 Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-37vs Iowa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-34vs No. 1 Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-21@ No. 6 Oregon | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 13-10vs No. 24 Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-31@ No. 2 Indiana | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-10vs Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-17@ Minnesota | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 41 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL41 tackles · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
39.7%
272 pass / 413 run
Plays / game
57.1
12 games
Team sack rate
8.7%
309 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #382 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #12 of 15 Big Ten Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard, and Luke Fickell. Multi-era developmental context.
