JB Brown: LB · Kansas · #1.
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JB Brown
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Iowa State — Week 11, 2024.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
74 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kansas | 74 | 52 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Kansas | 54 | 36 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 49 | 31 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 21 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Bowling Green | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 199 | 134 | 19.5 | 8.5 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-3vs Lindenwood | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-23@ Illinois | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-23vs UNLV | 8 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-32@ West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-38vs TCU | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-35@ Arizona State | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-14vs Houston | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | L 27-29@ No. 16 Kansas State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-36vs No. 17 Iowa State | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 17-13@ No. 7 BYU | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-21vs No. 16 Colorado | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-45@ Baylor | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 52 | 9.5 | 5.0 | — | 2 |
Week 8 · 2024
W 42-14
vs Houston · neutral site
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at a neutral site against Houston.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
74tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%10 TFLSack rate
7%5 sacksPD rate
3%2 pass breakups74 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road6g | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
40.7%
306 pass / 446 run
Plays / game
62.7
12 games
Team sack rate
2.5%
317 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #49 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Bowling Green and Kansas, 199 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Scot Loeffler and Lance Leipold.
