DJ Brown: S · Notre Dame · #2.
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DJ Brown
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Notre Dame. On tape: 9 tackles against Louisville, Week 6, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 47 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 44 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 42 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 147 | 81 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-3vs Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 56-3vs Tennessee State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-24@ NC State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-17vs No. 6 Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-14@ No. 17 Duke | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-33@ No. 25 Louisville | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 48-20vs No. 10 USC | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 58-7vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-31@ Clemson | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-7vs Wake Forest | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-23@ Stanford | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 40-8vs No. 21 Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Week 2 · 2023
W 45-24
at NC State
1 interception · 5 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Dominant 21-point win on the road against NC State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL47 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Pass share
43.6%
347 pass / 449 run
Plays / game
61.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
370 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #316 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Notre Dame, 147 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
