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CJ Brown

Senior defensive back for Sam Houston. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 64 tackles.

DB · Sam Houston · Sr. · #24

5′10″ · 190 lb · Canton, MI

CFB Index 66 · #131 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Sam Houston for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Solo tackles: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

4 PBU · 64 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 2 PBU, 8 tackles, at Hawai'i

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Sam Houston. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 64 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Sam Houston in 2025.
1 interception in 2024. Then 1 in 2025.

His career, year by year

CJ Brown

DB · Sam Houston · Sr · #24

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in six seasons, at three different programs. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Oregon State — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Northern Illinois0-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Balanced

2021Northern Illinois9-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2023Northern Illinois7-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2024Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

2025Sam Houston2-10HC: Phil Longo · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #131 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (91st percentile). Strength: tackles (88th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#237 / 2975 · 91st pct

Tackles#340 / 2975 · 88th pct

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	5.5	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road6g	7.0	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	0.3	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Phil Longo

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #131 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #131 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #10 of 43 Conference USA DBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	Sam Houston	64	39	2.0	0.0	4	1	--
2024	Bowling Green	73	44	2.0	0.0	2	1	--
2023	Northern Illinois	11	8	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Northern Illinois	71	34	0.5	0.0	5	1	--
2021	Northern Illinois	107	60	3.5	1.0	1	1	--
2020	Northern Illinois	11	6	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		337	191	8.0	1.0	13	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 26–23

vs Delaware

7 SOLO · 7 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Gerrand — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · L. Locke — 213 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 26.1 · -14 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-41@ Western Kentucky	7	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 1	L 21-38vs UNLV	6	3	0.5	—	1
Wk 2	L 20-37@ Hawai'i	8	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 4	L 0-55@ Texas	6	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 6	L 10-37@ New Mexico State	6	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 27-29vs Jacksonville State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 21-17@ Oregon State	10	8	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 12	W 26-23vs Delaware	7	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-31@ Middle Tennessee	5	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 16-56vs Florida International	6	4	0.0	1	0
Total		64	39	2.0	1	4

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

CJ Brown

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