Donnell Brown: LB · Maryland · #19.
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Donnell Brown
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Transferred to Maryland from Saint Francis (PA). On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Iowa, Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-7vs UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-13@ Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20vs Villanova | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-42@ Indiana | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-37vs Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 29-28vs USC | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-48@ Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 18-39@ No. 1 Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-29vs Iowa | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 7-44@ No. 4 Penn State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 17 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
17%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
13%3 pass breakups23 tackles · 4 for loss.
2 seasons under Mike Locksley, all pass-leaning offenses — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Pass share
57.5%
491 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
71.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #422 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Maryland, 52 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
