Former defensive lineman at Northwestern. 2020: 1 sack, 8.5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.
6′5″ · 270 lb · Aubrey, TX
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 215 nationally · Signed with Northwestern
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Northwestern. 2020: 1 sack, 8.5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.
Earnest Brown IV
This is his fourth year in the same defensive front at Northwestern. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Michigan State — Week 13, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 7 sacks — drafted at #174 overall by Los Angeles.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Los AngelesEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 29-19 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles for loss (95th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (91st 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
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+8g | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northwestern | 32 | 23 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 16 | 9 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 22 | 13 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 71 | 45 | 18.5 | 7.0 | 9 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2020
W 17–7
vs Wisconsin
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 43-3vs Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-20@ Iowa | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-13vs Nebraska | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-20@ Purdue | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-7vs Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-29@ Michigan State | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 15 | W 28-10vs Illinois | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | L 10-22@ Ohio State | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 20 | 7.5 | 1.0 | — | 4 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.