Barion Brown

#6 · WR · Sr. · LSU5′11″ · 185 lb · Nashville, TN · Pearl-Cohn

Barion Brown: WR · LSU · #6.

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Barion Brown

WR · LSU · Sr · #6

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Mark Stoops and Frank Wilson. All-SEC in 2025 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 94 receiving yards and 15 rushing yards against Louisiana Tech — Week 2, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

LSU in the news

Baylor seeks buyout money for ArandaOct 31
Kiffin calls out SEC schedulingAOL.com Oct 28
SEC sues LSU over eligibilityTiger Rag Oct 27
Baylor fires Dave Aranda.Oct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	LSU	53	532	10.0	1	41
2024	Kentucky	29	361	12.4	3	63
2023	Kentucky	43	539	12.5	4	60
2022	Kentucky	50	628	12.6	4	70
Career		175	2,060	11.8	12	70

Season	Team
2025	LSU	3	33	445	6
2024	Kentucky	13	50	449	6
2023	Kentucky	12	147	561	51
2022	Kentucky	4	−2	440	28
Career		32	228	1,895	91

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 17-10@ No. 4 Clemson	5	25	5.0	0	14
Wk 2	W 23-7vs Louisiana Tech	8	94	11.8	0	19	Season-high 94 yds
Wk 3	W 20-10vs Florida	2	26	13.0	0	18
Wk 4	W 56-10vs SE Louisiana	5	54	10.8	1	17
Wk 5	L 19-24@ No. 13 Ole Miss	5	40	8.0	0	15
Wk 7	W 20-10vs South Carolina	2	22	11.0	0	11
Wk 8	L 24-31@ No. 17 Vanderbilt	5	40	8.0	0	16
Wk 9	L 25-49vs No. 3 Texas A&M	4	60	15.0	0	41
Wk 11	L 9-20@ No. 4 Alabama	5	44	8.8	0	19
Wk 12	W 23-22vs Arkansas	3	44	14.7	0	21
Wk 13	W 13-10vs Western Kentucky	5	37	7.4	0	14
Wk 14	L 13-17@ No. 8 Oklahoma	3	9	3.0	0	5
Bowl	L 35-38vs Houston	1	37	37.0	0	37
Total		53	532	10.0	1	41

Signature game

Week 4 · 2025

W 56-10

vs SE Louisiana

5 rec · 54 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 46-point win at home against SE Louisiana.

With G. Nussmeier — 273 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.8 · 10 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · M. Van Buren Jr. — 122 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.9 · 16 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · SE Louisiana · 2nd and 17 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 17 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 1 · Clemson · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.92Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 14 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 1 · Clemson · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −2.51Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for a loss of 7 yards to the LSU 48
Week 8 · Vanderbilt · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.47Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 16 yds to the LSU 41 for a
Week 2 · Louisiana Tech · 1st and 20 · Q4 · EPA +2.11Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 19 yds to the LT 21
Week 9 · Texas A&M · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.98Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 41 yds to the TA&M 17 for a

4 more plays

Week 8 · Vanderbilt · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.89Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 12 yds to the VAN 46 for a
Week 2 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +1.80Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 9 yds to the LSU 45 for a
Week 2 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +1.70Barion Brown run for 15 yds to the LT 38 for a
Week 3 · Florida · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.66Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 18 yds to the FLA 26 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

53 rec · 532 yds · 1 TD

52 of 53 receptions matched to play-by-play

29 of 79 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

7921% of team targets

Catch rate

66%52 of 79 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

38% of targets (11)

73%catch rate

Air -4.5 · YAC 7.8 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

24% of targets (7)

57%catch rate

Air 5.3 · YAC 4.2 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

31% of targets (9)

44%catch rate

Air 15.3 · YAC 1.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

7% of targets (2)

0%catch rate

Air 30.0 avg

66% catch rate on 79 targets · 21% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

13%7 of his 55 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2022Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Kentucky4-8HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025LSU7-6HC: Brian Kelly and Frank Wilson · Balanced, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 54 (#191 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

54Rotational starter #191 of 485 · 2025?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: receptions (81st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#304 / 798 · 62nd pct

70.9%

TD rate#461 / 798 · 42nd pct

1.8%

EPA / target#556 / 798 · 30th pct

0.28

Yards / catch#564 / 798 · 29th pct

9.9

Explosive rate#748 / 798 · 6th pct

1.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#101 / 558 · 81st pct

Rush yards#84 / 287 · 71st pct

Rec yards#192 / 558 · 66th pct

532

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Long catch#367 / 558 · 33rd pct

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Yards / catch#462 / 558 · 17th pct

10.0

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

32nd → 30th percentile

Explosive rate

39th → 6th percentile

Catch rate

53rd → 62nd percentile

TD rate

75th → 42nd percentile

Yards / catch

58th → 29th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.1	48.1	12.0	0.1
Road5g	4.6	31.6	6.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	42.6	13.8	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	39.0	9.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Frank Wilson

Pass share

55.0%

443 pass / 363 run

Plays / game

62.0

13 games

Team sack rate

5.4%

462 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

54 · #191 of 485 WRs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #191 at the position.

Barion Brown

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Style of play

Fans

LSU in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Receiving profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2022 13 games

2023 13 games

2024 11 games

2025 13 games

2026