Senior inside linebacker for California. 2017: 19 tackles.
6′1″ · 205 lb · Oakland, CA
The story
4 inside linebacker for California. 2017: 19 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDerron Brown
Derron Brown has played for two head coaches in two seasons at California. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Washington — Week 6, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at California, 24 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Justin Wilcox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2017 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | California | 19 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | California | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-30@ North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-20vs Weber State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-30vs USC | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 24-45@ Oregon | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-38@ Washington | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-3vs Washington State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30@ UCLA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |