#52

C.J. Brewer

Senior defensive tackle for Coastal Carolina. 2021: 4.5 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 54 tackles.

DT · Coastal Carolina · Sr. · #52

6′2″ · 290 lb · Bowdon, GA

CFB Index 98 · #1 of 274 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamCoastal Carolina 2021 alumnus

The story

4 defensive tackle for Coastal Carolina. 2021: 4.5 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 54 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Coastal Carolina, 231 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202011 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

202112 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Coastal Carolina

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017

Jamey Chadwell

Coastal Carolina

2018

Joe Moglia

Coastal Carolina

era →

2019–2021

Jamey Chadwell

Coastal Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jamey Chadwell → Joe Moglia. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Coastal Carolina3-9HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Joe Moglia · Run-heavy

2019Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2020Coastal Carolina11-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2021Coastal Carolina11-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

98All-America level #1 of 274?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (94th percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles for loss#163 / 2743 · 94th pct

9.5

Sacks#186 / 2743 · 93rd pct

4.5

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Tackles#515 / 2743 · 81st pct

Solo tackles#943 / 2743 · 65th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.7	0.5	0.5	0.0
Road5g	4.2	1.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.8	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Beard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #1 of 274 FBS interior linemen by CFB Index Score.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

98 · #1 of 274 interior linemen

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Coastal Carolina	54	23	9.5	4.5	--	1	--
2020	Coastal Carolina	60	27	11.0	6.5	--	--	--
2019	Coastal Carolina	55	15	7.0	3.5	3	--	--
2018	Coastal Carolina	29	10	2.0	0.0	1	--	--
2017	Coastal Carolina	33	15	2.5	2.0	2	--	--
Career		231	90	32.0	16.5	6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 52–14

vs The Citadel

9 TOT · 4 SOLO

Dominant 38-point win at home against The Citadel.

With G. McCall — 262 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.6 · 24 rush yds (2 car) · J. Heiligh — 6 rec · 133 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 52-14vs The Citadel	9	4	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 2	W 49-22vs Kansas	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 28-25@ Buffalo	5	3	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 53-3vs Massachusetts	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 5	W 59-6vs UL Monroe	3	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 6	W 52-20@ Arkansas State	2	0	1.0	1.0	1
Wk 8	L 27-30@ App State	6	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 35-28vs Troy	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 28-8@ Georgia Southern	3	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 40-42vs Georgia State	4	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 12	W 35-21vs Texas State	5	2	1.5	1.5	—
Wk 13	W 27-21@ South Alabama	5	3	2.0	0.0	—
Total		47	20	9.5	4.5	1

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

C.J. Brewer

202011 games

202112 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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