Damari Brown

Junior defensive back on Miami's 2026 roster.

DB · Miami · Jr. · #2

6′2″ · 195 lb · Plantation, FL

CFB Index 16 · #520 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Miami for 2026

Next upFri Sep 18 · 7:30 pm ETat Wake ForestAllegacy Federal Credit Union StadiumMiami by 21

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Grades highest in speed and press coverage.

The full scouting read

The story

3 defensive back on Miami's 2025 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

The full story, with sources

Damari Brown

DB · Miami · Jr · #2

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his third year in the same secondary at Miami. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Syracuse, Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mario Cristobal, all balanced offenses — 30-12 over that span.

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

16Below cohort / limited sample #520 of 544?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Solo tackles#1348 / 2975 · 53rd pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles#1737 / 2975 · 40th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

16 · #520 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #70 of 75 ACC DBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Miami	24	16	0.0	1	--	--
2024	Miami	2	2	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Miami	14	10	1.5	--	--	--
Career		40	28	1.5	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-24vs Notre Dame	2	2	—	0
Wk 2	W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman	1	1	—	0
Wk 3	W 49-12vs South Florida	2	1	—	0
Wk 4	W 26-7vs Florida	1	0	—	0
Wk 6	W 28-22@ Florida State	4	1	—	0
Wk 8	L 21-24vs Louisville	1	1	—	0
Wk 10	L 20-26@ SMU	1	1	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-10vs Syracuse	5	4	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 12	W 41-7vs NC State	1	0	—	0
Wk 13	W 34-17@ Virginia Tech	3	3	—	1
Wk 14	W 38-7@ Pittsburgh	3	2	—	0
Total		24	16	—	1

The secondary · Miami

Omar ThorntonDB · Jr.82 tackles · 2025
#7Zechariah PoyserDB · Jr.68 tackles · 2025
#6Xavier LucasDB · Jr.45 tackles · 2025
#24Ethan O'ConnorDB · Jr.28 tackles · 2025
#2Damari BrownDB · Jr.24 tackles · 2025

18 more on the roster · Miami team page

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

Damari Brown

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

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