Bralon Brown

Senior wide receiver for Southern Miss. 2025: 30 catches, 353 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Southern Miss · Sr. · #8

6′2″ · 205 lb · Miramar, FL

CFB Index 39 · #304 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Southern Miss for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs UConnM. M. Roberts StadiumUConn by 3

The numbers

353

receiving yards · 2025

30 catches · 2 TD · 11.8 per catch

Best game: 3 rec, 52 yds, 1 TD, vs Jackson State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Southern Miss. 2025: 30 catches, 353 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2021.
Transferred from Marshall to Southern Miss in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 67th percentile.

The full scouting read

Bralon Brown

WR · Southern Miss · Sr · #8

Moves the chains on third down. Two head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. One game to point at: 55 rec yds, 4 receptions against Georgia Southern — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2023Ole Miss11-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning

2024Marshall10-3HC: Charles Huff · Run-leaning

2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #304 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#262 / 798 · 67th pct

0.53

Yards / catch#352 / 798 · 56th pct

11.9

TD rate#443 / 798 · 44th pct

2.1%

Explosive rate#575 / 798 · 28th pct

6.2%

Catch rate#596 / 798 · 25th pct

60.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#282 / 558 · 48th pct

Rec yards#318 / 558 · 43rd pct

353

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Yards / catch#349 / 558 · 37th pct

11.8

Long catch#378 / 558 · 31st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

29%14 of his 48 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.6	31.9	13.4	0.3
Road5g	2.4	26.0	10.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	39.5	11.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	19.3	12.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #304 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #304 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #34 of 51 Sun Belt WRs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Southern Miss	30	353	11.8	2	--
2024	Marshall	15	166	11.1	2	--
2023	Ole Miss	2	33	16.5	0	--
2022	Ole Miss	1	11	11.0	0	--
Career		48	563	11.7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Jackson State

3 rec · 52 yds · 1 TD

With B. Braxton — 214 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.5 · 20 rush yds (10 car) · J. Murley — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Troy · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.48(02:22) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 B.Braxton pass complete short right to #8 B.Brown caught at TROY47, for 13 yards to the TROY46 (#7 J.Stringer; #17 M.Odom), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · UL Monroe · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.18(13:02) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 B.Braxton pass complete deep right to #8 B.Brown caught at ULM01, for 24 yards to the ULM00 QB hurried by #30 M.Ross TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:54, 1ST DOWN #40 C.Wilbanks kick attempt good (H: #17 K.McCormick, LS: #46 L.Beard)
Week 7 · Georgia Southern · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Braylon Braxton pass complete to Bralon Brown for 20 yds to the GASO 25 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Western Kentucky · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.72(07:04) No Huddle #1 B.Braxton pass complete short middle to #8 B.Brown caught at USM42, for 14 yards to the USM44 QB hurried by #44 H.Holloman (#11 K.Robinson), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Western Kentucky · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.70(09:19) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 B.Braxton pass complete short right to #8 B.Brown caught at WKU44, for 12 yards to the WKU43 (#11 K.Robinson), 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "First down". CALL UPHELD
Week 5 · Jacksonville State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Braylon Braxton pass complete to Bralon Brown for 14 yds to the JXST 30 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Arkansas State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.38(05:14) No Huddle-Shotgun #18 L.Lyddy pass complete short right to #8 B.Brown caught at ASU48, for 15 yards to the ASU41 (#0 T.Yowe), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Jackson State · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.37Braylon Braxton pass complete to Bralon Brown for 8 yds for a TD (Reed Harradine KICK)
Week 14 · Troy · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.29(05:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 B.Braxton pass complete short right to #8 B.Brown caught at USM49, for 9 yards to the USM50 (#5 K.Levine), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Jackson State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.05Braylon Braxton pass complete to Bralon Brown for 40 yds to the JKST 19 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 38-20vs Jackson State	3	52	17.3	1	40
Wk 3	W 38-22vs App State	3	22	7.3	0	11
Wk 4	L 20-30@ Louisiana Tech	4	36	9.0	0	15
Wk 5	W 42-25vs Jacksonville State	2	24	12.0	0	14
Wk 7	W 38-35@ Georgia Southern	4	55	13.8	0	20	Season-high 55 yds
Wk 8	W 22-10@ Louisiana	2	16	8.0	0	9
Wk 9	W 49-21vs UL Monroe	1	24	24.0	1	24
Wk 11	W 27-21@ Arkansas State	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 12	L 14-41vs Texas State	3	31	10.3	0	12
Wk 13	L 35-42@ South Alabama	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 14	L 18-28vs Troy	2	22	11.0	0	13
Bowl	L 16-27vs Western Kentucky	4	48	12.0	0	14
Total		30	353	12.3	2	40

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Southern Miss

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Wide receiver · Southern Miss

Returning around him

90% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
Transfer portal: +10 net (38 in / 28 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #94 · 2026 recruiting class #108

DNA match

Player DNA

Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tejhaun Palmer’s 2022 season.

Tejhaun Palmer

88%match

UAB · 2022

All-Conference USANFL Rd 6

Myles Butler

Middle Tennessee · 2024

86%

Andrew Erickson

New Mexico · 2023

84%

CJ Windham

Middle Tennessee · 2020

84%

Darius Lassiter

Eastern Michigan · 2022

83%

Matches Tejhaun on

Weight

Height

Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Tejhaun on

Class year (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to T.J. Vasher’s path through Texas Tech.

T.J. Vasher

99%match

Texas Tech · 2020

Boobie Curry

Buffalo · 2023

98%

Max Tomczak

Youngstown State · 2025

98%

Neno Lemay

Nicholls · 2023

97%

Antwan Davis

Ball State · 2020

96%

Matches T.J. on

Yards per reception

Recruiting rating

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Boobie Curry's senior season at Buffalo (2023).

Boobie Curry

88%match

Buffalo · 2023

Sterling Berkhalter

Wake Forest · 2025

84%

Tre Mosley

Michigan State · 2023

83%

Dillon Bell

Georgia · 2025

82%

Kyron Ware-Hudson

Penn State · 2025

80%

Matches Boobie on

EPA / play (adj)

Reception volume

Yards / reception

Player DNA

Players who play like Bralon Brown

Malcolm Gillie

Ball State · 2024

83%

Dillon Bell

Georgia · 2025

78%

The receiver room · Southern Miss

#9Elijah MetcalfWR · Sr.683 receiving yards · 2025
#7Carl ChesterWR · Sr.550 receiving yards · 2025
#6Micah DavisWR · Sr.429 receiving yards · 2025
#8Bralon BrownWR · Sr.353 receiving yards · 2025
#11Davis DaltonWR · Sr.82 receiving yards · 2025

17 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Bralon Brown

2021

2023

20249 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Possession Receiver

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The receiver room · Southern Miss