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Jeremiah Brown

LB · Colorado · Sr · #42

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

69 TACKLES · 2 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Colorado for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Colorado for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Colorado

Returning around him

  • 7% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +4 net (42 in / 38 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Colorado · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #30 · 2026 recruiting class #37

LB · COLORADO · BIG 12

Jeremiah Brown

  • 4
  • #42
  • 6-2 | 235 lb
  • Carrabelle, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

63

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 80th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#8606

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP LB AWARD

Butkus

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#2892 national
CFB
College
Colorado
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#20 in market ▼ from #17 · 6 books

+35002.8% implied▼ lengthened from +2500

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionLB
Class4
Jersey42
Measurements6-2 | 235 lb
HometownCarrabelle, FL
Primary teamColorado

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1704 recruit
Composite rating 0.8315 HighSchool
Signed with Jackson State 2021
Origin Gadsden County Carrabelle, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8315 No. 1704 recruit | HighSchool | Jackson State
2018 2-star | 0.7792 No. 2892 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#8606Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#8415Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Jackson State

Composite

0.8315

#1704 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Jeremiah Brown

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jeremiah Brown

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 10g
69Tackles
7.5Tackles for loss
2Sacks
Per game
7Tackles
0.8Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Projected (13g)
90Tackles
9.8Tackles for loss
2.6Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 69): needs 3.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 69): needs 10.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 2): needs 1.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 2): needs 2.7/game over remaining 3.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Jeremiah Brown is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Colorado's defense, with 2.0 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #8606 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 2.0 sacks | 7.5 TFL

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 69 41 solo | #280/4942 (94th pct)
TFL 7.5 Backfield disruption | #234/4972 (95th pct)
Sacks 2.0 Pass-rush finish | #491/4972 (90th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defenderHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
69 94th
SOLO
41 96th
TFL
7.5 95th
SACK
2.0 90th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 20-27vs Georgia Tech110.00.00
Wk 2W 31-7vs Delaware841.00.00
Wk 3L 20-36@ Houston440.00.00
Wk 5L 21-24vs BYU531.00.00
Wk 6L 21-35@ TCU731.00.00
Wk 7W 24-17vs Iowa State1021.50.00
Wk 9L 7-53@ Utah1062.01.00
Wk 10L 17-52vs Arizona541.01.00
Wk 11L 22-29@ West Virginia1160.00.00Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 14L 14-24@ Kansas State880.00.00
Total69417.52.00
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning
2024Colorado9-4HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning
2025Colorado3-9HC: Deion Sanders · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Colorado69417.52.0------
2024Colorado1040.00.01----
2023Colorado1170.00.01----
Career3 loaded seasons90527.52.02----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 0 Coverage disruption
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 69 #280/4942 94th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 7.5 #234/4972 95th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 2.0 #491/4972 90th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 41 #188/4584 96th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense Fumbles recovered 1 #103/736 86th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/773 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Butkus award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g5.80.90.20.0
Road5g8.00.60.20.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins2g9.01.20.00.0
Losses8g6.40.60.20.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g5.80.80.00.0
Weeks 8+4g8.50.80.50.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort

63Solid starter
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (93rd). Strength: tackles for loss (91st). Concern: passes defended (17th).

Solo tackles#188 / 2975 · 93rd pct
41defe
Tackles for loss#234 / 2975 · 91st pct
7.5defe
Tackles#280 / 2975 · 90th pct
69defe
Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct
2.0defe
Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct
0fumb
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
0defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · LB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Jeremiah BrownColoradoJonJon VaughnsUCLA· 86% simJohnny Chaney Jr.Florida International· 82% simKhalil MurdockBuffalo· 81% sim
Solo tackles
93
Brown
96
Vaughns
100
Jr.
98
Murdock
Tackles for loss
91
Brown
85
Vaughns
91
Jr.
99
Murdock
Tackles
90
Brown
99
Vaughns
99
Jr.
100
Murdock
Sacks
80
Brown
63
Vaughns
89
Jr.
96
Murdock
Forced fumbles
47
Brown
47
Vaughns
47
Jr.
47
Murdock
QB hurries
22
Brown
22
Vaughns
55
Jr.
55
Murdock
Passes defended
18
Brown
48
Vaughns
48
Jr.
48
Murdock

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

LB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to West Weeks’s 2025 season.

West Weeks

87%match

LSU · 2025

#2

Dariel Djabome

Rutgers · 2025

86%
#3

Jimmy Rolder

Michigan · 2025

All-Big TenNFL Rd 4
83%
#4

Chris Russell

Texas A&M · 2022

83%
#5

Zack Woodard

UL Monroe · 2022

82%

Matches West on

Class year
TFL rate
Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Russell's junior season at Texas A&M (2022).

Chris Russell

92%match

Texas A&M · 2022

#2

Alphonzo Tuputala

Washington · 2022

91%
#3

Zack Woodard

UL Monroe · 2022

86%
#4

Kris Moncrief

Louisiana · 2022

86%
#5

Nikhai Hill-Green

Charlotte · 2023

All-AAC
86%

Matches Chris on

Class year
TFL rate
Tackle volume

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

Pass share

45.6%

356 pass / 424 run

Plays / game

65.0

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

12.5%

320 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Deion Sanders
Colorado
2024
Deion Sanders
Colorado
2025
Deion Sanders
Colorado

Played his entire career under Deion Sanders.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownCarrabelle, FL
Height6'2"
Weight235 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey42

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Colorado LB4 #8606 #8415 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 Colorado LB4 #13886 #14046 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Colorado Big 12 LB 4 No. 42 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Carrabelle, FL
2024 Colorado Big 12 LB 4 No. 42 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Carrabelle, FL
2023 Colorado Pac-12 LB 4 No. 42 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Carrabelle, FL