Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs SE Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Jamari Brown
Senior cornerback on Mississippi State's 2023 roster.
6′3″ · 205 lb · Sunrise, FL
CFB Index 67 · #85 of 321 cornersLow confidenceMississippi State 2023 alumnus
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 845 nationally · Signed with Kentucky
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Mississippi State's roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kentucky in 2018.
Jamari Brown
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Three head coaches in five seasons, at three different programs. The receipt: 1 tackles against SE Louisiana — Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Mississippi State, 71 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2018
- Signed with Kentucky3-star out of Blanche Ely
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coaches2019
Mississippi State
2023era →
Greg Knox
Mississippi State
Played under 3 different head coaches: Joe Moorhead, Mike Leach, and Greg Knox. Multi-era developmental context.
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2019Kentucky8-5HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy
2020Kentucky5-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy
2021Purdue9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning
2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidence
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 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 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
Jeff Lebby
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Purdue | 12 | 12 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Purdue | 32 | 25 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Kentucky | 25 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| Career | 71 | 59 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 18 | 3 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Ball Hawk
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CB
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jacobe Covington’s 2022 season.
70%match
Matches Jacobe on
Class year
Tackle volume
PD rate
Differs from Jacobe on
Height (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to John Saunders Jr.'s junior season at Miami (OH) (2021).
79%match
All-MAC
Matches John on
Class year
Tackle volume
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like Jamari Brown
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology