#12

Jayon Brown

Former linebacker at UCLA. 2016: 119 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks.

LB · UCLA · #12

6′0″ · Long Beach, CA

Tennessee — drafted 2017, Rd 5, Pick 11, #155 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1072 nationally · Signed with UCLA

Statement game19 tackles · 2 TFLat Colorado (FBS) · L 10-20

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at UCLA. 2016: 119 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCLA in 2013.
Drafted round 5 by the Tennessee in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at UCLA, 119 tackles — drafted at #155 overall by Tennessee.

His career

2013

Signed with UCLA3-star out of Long Beach Poly

2017

Drafted by Tennesseeround 5, pick 155

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1072 national

CFB

College

UCLA

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #155

Tennessee · 2017

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 10th NFL season

#155Rd 5 · Pick 11

TennesseeEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jim Mora — 14-11 over that span.

2014UCLA10-3HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2016UCLA4-8HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#14 / 2668 · 99th pct

119

Solo tackles#16 / 2668 · 99th pct

Passes defended#193 / 2668 · 91st pct

Interceptions#65 / 763 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#365 / 2668 · 85th pct

7.0

Sacks#406 / 2668 · 83rd pct

2.5

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	8.5	0.3	0.1	0.7
Road6g	11.3	0.8	0.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	9.0	0.4	0.3	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	11.2	0.8	0.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	UCLA	119	69	7.0	2.5	6	3	--
2014	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		119	69	7.0	2.5	6	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016

W 17–14

at BYU

9 TOT · 7 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With A. Kent — 43 AVG · 53 LONG · 8 NO · J. Rosen — 307 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 78.2 · -8 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week