Derrick Brown: DT · Auburn · #5.
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Derrick Brown
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Fourth year in the Auburn defensive front. All-SEC in 2019 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 7 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against Alabama, Week 14, 2019.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 26
USA Today Oct 18
On3 Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-21vs No. 11 Oregon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-6vs Tulane | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-16vs Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-20@ No. 17 Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 56-23vs Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-24@ No. 10 Florida | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 51-10@ Arkansas | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-23@ No. 2 LSU | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 20-14vs Ole Miss | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-21vs No. 5 Georgia | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 48-45vs No. 5 Alabama | 7 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
 Bowl | L 24-31vs No. 16 Minnesota | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 33 | 12.5 | 4.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
23%12 TFLSack rate
7%4 sacksHurry rate
4%2 hurries55 tackles · 12.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
4 seasons under Gus Malzahn — 35-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
42.3%
393 pass / 536 run
Plays / game
71.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
First team in his league at the position.
Career, closed
Gone at #7 overall.
How it ended
Four seasons at Auburn, 166 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — drafted at #7 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Gus Malzahn.
Next stop · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 7th NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 7th NFL season
