#42

Jeremiah Brown

Senior linebacker for Colorado. 2025: 69 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Colorado · Sr. · #42

6′2″ · 235 lb · Carrabelle, FL

CFB Index 56 · #239 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Colorado for 2026

How he plays

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

Solo tackles: 93rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

7.5 TFL · 2 sacks

Best game: 10 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks, at Utah

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Colorado. 2025: 69 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Seminole Ridge in 2018.

His career, year by year

Jeremiah Brown

LB · Colorado · Sr · #42

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. He has spent three seasons in the Colorado linebacker corps. The receipt on tape: 11 tackles against West Virginia, Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Deion Sanders — 16-21 over that span.

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

2024Colorado9-4HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

2025Colorado3-9HC: Deion Sanders · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #239 of 583?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (91st percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#188 / 2975 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#234 / 2975 · 91st pct

7.5

Tackles#280 / 2975 · 90th pct

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.8	0.9	0.2	0.0
Road5g	8.0	0.6	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.8	0.8	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	8.5	0.8	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #239 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #239 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #35 of 73 Big 12 LBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Colorado	69	41	7.5	2.0	--	--	--
2024	Colorado	10	4	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2023	Colorado	11	7	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		90	52	7.5	2.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 24–17

vs Iowa State

10 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With K. Salter — 255 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.1 · 57 rush yds (9 car) · D. Greaves — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 20-27vs Georgia Tech	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 31-7vs Delaware	8	4	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 20-36@ Houston	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 21-24vs BYU	5	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 21-35@ TCU	7	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 24-17vs Iowa State	10	2	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 7-53@ Utah	10	6	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	L 17-52vs Arizona	5	4	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 22-29@ West Virginia	11	6	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 14	L 14-24@ Kansas State	8	8	0.0	0.0	—
Total		69	41	7.5	2.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

69Tackles

41Solo

7.5TFL

2Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

69 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.

Week 91 sack
Week 101 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Colorado

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Colorado

Returning around him

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 #39 · 2026 recruiting class #67

DNA match

Player DNA

Sideline-to-Sideline

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zack Woodard’s 2022 season.

Zack Woodard

82%match

UL Monroe · 2022

Reid Williford

Charlotte · 2025

81%

Jimmy Rolder

Michigan · 2025

All-Big TenNFL Rd 4

80%

Trevor Brohard

New Mexico State · 2021

79%

Tyler Grubbs

Tulane · 2024

All-AAC

77%

Matches Zack on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Height

Differs from Zack on

Class year (higher)

Hurry rate (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Bam Martin-Scott's junior season at South Carolina (2024).

Bam Martin-Scott

89%match

South Carolina · 2024

Zack Woodard

UL Monroe · 2022

86%

James Gordon Iv

South Florida · 2022

83%

Steele Chambers

Ohio State · 2022

All-Big Ten

83%

Taniela Latu

San José State · 2025

All-Mountain West

83%

Matches Bam on

Tackle volume

Solo tackle rate

TFL rate

Player DNA

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Reid Williford

Charlotte · 2025

81%

Jimmy Rolder

Michigan · 2025

80%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2018

2021

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Sideline-to-Sideline

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