Da'Ron Brown

Former wide receiver at Northern Illinois. 2014: 68 catches, 1,065 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Northern Illinois · #4

6′0″ · Chicago, IL

Kansas City — drafted 2015, Rd 7, Pick 16, #233 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1492 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Northern Illinois. 2014: 68 catches, 1,065 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2010.
Drafted round 7 by the Kansas City in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Northern Illinois, 1,065 receiving yards — drafted at #233 overall by Kansas City.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 138 yds at UNLV.UNLV · W 48-342014

2010

Signed with Northern Illinois3-star out of Morgan Park

2015

Drafted by Kansas Cityround 7, pick 233

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1492 national

CFB

College

Northern Illinois

2014

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #233

Kansas City · 2015

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas CityEntering 12th NFL season

#233Rd 7 · Pick 16

Kansas CityEntering 12th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2014 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Northern Illinois11-3HC: Rod Carey · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (96th percentile). Strength: receptions (93rd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#21 / 556 · 96th pct

1065

Receptions#40 / 556 · 93rd pct

Rush yards#32 / 270 · 88th pct

108

Rush TDs#21 / 270 · 85th pct

Rec TDs#72 / 556 · 84th pct

Yards / catch#109 / 556 · 80th pct

15.7

Long catch#151 / 556 · 73rd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.8	78.0	23.5	0.5
Road8g	5.6	74.6	13.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	80.3	19.3	0.6
Weeks 8+7g	5.0	71.9	16.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2014

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2014	Northern Illinois	68	1,065	15.7	6	--
Career		68	1,065	15.7	6	--

Season	Team
2014	Northern Illinois	10	108	--	--	--
Career		10	108	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2014

W 27–24

vs Toledo

64 rush yds (2 car)

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

With T. Wedel — 35 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 52 LONG · D. Hare — 190 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 52.3 · 66 rush yds (16 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 55-3vs Presbyterian	7	91	13.0	1	39
Wk 2	W 23-15@ Northwestern	6	128	21.3	2	59	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 48-34@ UNLV	6	138	23.0	1	54	Season-high 138 yds
Wk 4	L 14-52@ Arkansas	5	29	5.8	0	10
Wk 6	W 17-14vs Kent State	1	37	37.0	0	37
Wk 7	L 17-34vs Central Michigan	4	76	19.0	0	49
Wk 8	W 51-41vs Miami (OH)	4	128	32.0	1	61
Wk 9	W 28-17@ Eastern Michigan	4	35	8.8	0	10
Wk 11	W 35-21@ Ball State	7	75	10.7	0	14
Wk 12	W 27-24vs Toledo	3	73	24.3	1	64
Wk 13	W 21-14@ Ohio	5	70	14.0	0	17
Wk 14	W 31-21@ Western Michigan	3	52	17.3	0	39
Wk 15	W 51-17@ Bowling Green	9	70	7.8	0	20
Bowl	L 23-52vs Marshall	4	63	15.8	0	26
Total		68	1065	17.8	6	64

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