Barion Brown

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2025: 53 catches, 532 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · LSU · Sr. · #6

5′11″ · 185 lb · Nashville, TN

CFB Index 54 · #191 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by New Orleans — Rd 6, Pick 9, #190 overall

The numbers

532

receiving yards · 2025

53 catches · 1 TD · 10 per catch

Backed by 10 rec · 145 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% catches game. -- Best game: 5 rec, 54 yds, 1 TD, vs SE Louisiana

The play that turned itSwung Kentucky from 12% to 49% to win.Clemson at Kentucky · 38-35

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2025: 53 catches, 532 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Kentucky in 2022.
Transferred from Kentucky to LSU in 2025.
Drafted round 6 by the New Orleans in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Catch rate: 62nd percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Four seasons at LSU, 2,060 receiving yards, an All-American season (2023) — drafted at #190 overall by New Orleans.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 145 yds vs Georgia.Georgia · L 6-162022

202213 games

Signed with Kentucky4-star out of Pearl-Cohn

202313 games

All-Americafirst
All-SEC

202411 games

All-SEC

202513 games

Entered the portal
All-SEC

2026

Drafted by New Orleansround 6, pick 190

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#97 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #190

New Orleans · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2023)

1 selectors honored him

🎖

ALL-SEC

All-SEC mention (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches

2022–2024

Brian Kelly

LSU

2025

Frank Wilson

LSU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Frank Wilson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New Orleans2026 NFL rookie season

#190Rd 6 · Pick 9

New Orleans2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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: Frank Wilson · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #191 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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).

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%

Splits & context

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
Road6g	4.0	32.5	11.6	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #191 of 485 WRs

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

One of 41 return threats in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

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

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 17–10

at Clemson

5 rec · 25 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With G. Chadwick — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · G. Nussmeier — 232 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR -1.0 · 2 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · SE Louisiana · 2&17 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 17 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 1 · Clemson · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.92Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 14 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Clemson · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -2.51Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for a loss of 7 yards to the LSU 48
Week 8 · Vanderbilt · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.47Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 16 yds to the LSU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Louisiana Tech · 1&20 · Q4 · EPA +2.11Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 19 yds to the LT 21
Week 9 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.98Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 41 yds to the TA&M 17 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Vanderbilt · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.89Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 12 yds to the VAN 46 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Louisiana Tech · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +1.80Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 9 yds to the LSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Louisiana Tech · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.70Barion Brown run for 15 yds to the LT 38 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Florida · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.66Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Barion Brown for 18 yds to the FLA 26 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week