Senior quarterback for Georgia State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′5″ · 210 lb · Birmingham, AL
The story
4 quarterback for Georgia State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
Cornelious Brown
Operates within the system without forcing anything. He got to UT Martin by way of Georgia State. The receipt on tape: 326 pass yds, 3 pass TD against Tennessee State, Week 2, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia State, 2,792 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 8 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Shawn Elliott.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Shawn Elliott — 21-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 254 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 254 | 2.0 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 254 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia State | 42 | 81 | 51.9% | 384 | 4.7 | 0 | 4 | 81.8 | 35 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia State | 178 | 304 | 58.6% | 2,278 | 7.5 | 17 | 10 | 133.4 | 51 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia State | 11 | 28 | 39.3% | 130 | 4.6 | 0 | 1 | 71.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 231 | 413 | 55.9% | 2,792 | 6.8 | 17 | 15 | 119.0 | 48 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia State | 30 | 49 | 1.6 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia State | 98 | 301 | 3.1 | 7 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia State | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 132 | 365 | 2.8 | 9 | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31@ Howard | 25/41 | 254 | 2 | 1 | 6.2 | — | |
| Wk 1 | W 38-23vs Miles | 15/21 | 181 | 1 | 0 | 8.6 | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-3vs Tennessee State | 24/38 | 326 | 3 | 1 | 8.6 | — | Season-high 326 yds |
| Total | 64/100 | 761 | 6 | 2 | 7.8 | — |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jack Tuttle’s 2021 season.
Matches Jack on
Differs from Jack on
Through 6 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jack Turner’s path through Louisiana Tech.
Matches Jack on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Brady Olson's junior season at Massachusetts (2022).
Matches Brady on
Differs from Brady on
Player DNA