Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 38-17vs Prairie View A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-61@ UTSA | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#54
Ethan Brougham
Junior defensive end on USC's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 245 lb · Dana Point, CA · Dana Hills HS / Rice
Transferred Rice → USC for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2025
2 TFL · 3 tackles
2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 2 TFL, 2 tackles, at UTSA
His career numbers, season by seasonEthan Brougham
The receipt on tape: 2 tackles, 2 TFL against UTSA, Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Rice
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to USC
2025Rice
2026USC
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Rice5-8HC: Scott Abell · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
46.0%
97 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
102 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rice | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Background
2026: Brougham, who transferred to USC in the summer of from Rice, looks to compete for playing time at defensive end as a redshirt junior in 2026. RICE: Brougham played in all 13 games on special teams in 2025. He also saw action on defense and was credited with 3 tackles, including 2 for loss)....
The defensive line · USC
- #1Kameryn Fountain10.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #4Jahkeem Stewart7.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #10Braylan Shelby6 tackles for loss · 2025
- #97Jide Abasiri4 tackles for loss · 2025
- #54Ethan Brougham2 tackles for loss · 2025
16 more on the roster · USC team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology