CJ Brown is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Sam Houston.
Brown moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for three head coaches at three programs in six seasons: Thomas Hammock, Scot Loeffler and Phil Longo. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Oregon State — Week 11, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-41@ Western Kentucky | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 21-38vs UNLV | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-37@ Hawai'i | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-55@ No. 8 Texas | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-37@ New Mexico State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-29vs Jacksonville State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 21-17@ Oregon State | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 26-23vs Delaware | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-31@ Middle Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-56vs Florida International | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 39 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL64 tackles · 2 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Head Coach
Phil Longo
Pass share
51.3%
388 pass / 368 run
Plays / game
63.0
12 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
443 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
64 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
The No. 1,937 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Conference USA as a senior.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Thomas Hammock, Scot Loeffler and Phil Longo.
