Brandon Brown

Former defensive lineman at UTSA. 2024: 4 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · UTSA · Sr. · #2

6′2″ · 320 lb · Katy, TX

CFB Index 37 · #293 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceUTSA 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1307 nationally · Signed with Tulane

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at UTSA. 2024: 4 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulane in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UTSA, 6 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with Tulane3-star out of Morton Ranch

20219 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202210 games

All-Conference USAfirst

202311 games

All-AACthird

202411 games

All-AACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1307 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC

All-AAC mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Jeff Traylor

UTSA

Played his entire career under Jeff Traylor.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Tulane6-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2021UTSA12-2HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022UTSA11-3HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

2023UTSA9-4HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

37Below cohort / limited sample #293 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#191 / 2892 · 93rd pct

8.5

Sacks#177 / 2892 · 93rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Tackles#1432 / 2892 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1430 / 2892 · 49th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	1.2	0.7	0.0
Road5g	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.9	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #293 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #293 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UTSA	29	15	8.5	4.0	--	--	--
2023	UTSA	20	9	4.5	1.0	--	--	--
2022	UTSA	20	11	6.5	1.5	--	--	--
2021	UTSA	23	12	3.0	0.0	3	--	--
2020	Tulane	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		93	48	22.5	6.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 44–36

vs Memphis

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With O. McCown — 280 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.8 · 28 rush yds (5 car) · C. Carpenter — 9 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week