Senior safety on Buffalo's 2021 roster.
5′11″ · 205 lb · Stone Mountain, GA
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 386 nationally · Joined Buffalo
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Buffalo's roster.
E.J. Brown
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Three head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Coastal Carolina — Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Buffalo, 51 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lance Leipold → Maurice Linguist. 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: passes defended (19th 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
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 5.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Buffalo | 32 | 18 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Buffalo | 18 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | West Virginia | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 51 | 30 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 69–7
vs Wagner
4 TOT · 2 SOLO
Dominant 62-point win at home against Wagner.
With K. Vantrease — 231 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.5 · 4 rush yds (1 car) · R. Cook Jr. — 94 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 69-7vs Wagner | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-28@ Nebraska | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 25-28vs Coastal Carolina | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 17-24vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-48@ Kent State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-10@ Akron | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 18 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Justin Prince’s 2020 season.
Matches Justin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Josh Powell's junior season at Florida International (2021).
Matches Josh on
Player DNA