Austin Brown

Senior safety on Wisconsin's 2025 roster.

S · Wisconsin · Sr. · #9

6′1″ · 213 lb · Johnston City, IL

CFB Index 38 · #382 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Wisconsin for 2026

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 463 nationally · Signed with Wisconsin

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Wisconsin's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wisconsin in 2022.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

Austin Brown

S · Wisconsin · Sr · #9

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Austin Brown has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Wisconsin. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Minnesota — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Wisconsin7-6HC: Jim Leonhard · Run-heavy

2023Wisconsin7-6HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

2024Wisconsin5-7HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2025Wisconsin4-8HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

38Below cohort / limited sample #382 of 544?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#608 / 2975 · 79th pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Tackles#872 / 2975 · 70th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #382 of 544 safeties

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

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Wisconsin	41	28	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
2024	Wisconsin	51	30	2.0	1.0	3	--	--
2023	Wisconsin	36	26	1.0	1.0	2	--	--
2022	Wisconsin	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		130	86	3.0	2.0	8	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2025

W 13–10

vs Washington

1 SOLO · 1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With S. West — 24 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · A. Bertrams — 37 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 43 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 17-0vs Miami (OH)	1	1	—	1
Wk 2	W 42-10vs Middle Tennessee	2	1	—	0
Wk 4	L 10-27vs Maryland	2	0	—	1
Wk 6	L 10-24@ Michigan	5	4	—	0
Wk 7	L 0-37vs Iowa	4	3	—	0
Wk 8	L 0-34vs Ohio State	3	3	—	0
Wk 9	L 7-21@ Oregon	6	3	—	0
Wk 11	W 13-10vs Washington	1	1	—	0
Wk 12	L 7-31@ Indiana	6	4	—	0
Wk 13	W 27-10vs Illinois	3	3	—	0
Wk 14	L 7-17@ Minnesota	8	5	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Total		41	28	—	3