Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 43-3vs Maryland | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-20@ Iowa | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 2 | 5 | Season-high 21 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 27-20@ Purdue | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 12 | 27 | 2.7 | 2 | 5 |
#36
Jesse Brown
Senior running back for Northwestern. 2020: 36 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 3 catches.
5′11″ · 210 lb · Lilburn, GA
Northwestern 2020 alumnus
The story
4 running back for Northwestern. 2020: 36 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 3 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJesse Brown
This is his third year in the same backfield at Northwestern. One game to point at: 21 rush yds, 2 rush TD against Iowa — Week 9, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Northwestern, 227 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Northwestern
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coach2017
Northwestern
2019–2020
Northwestern
Played his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
2020 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 20-14 over that span.
2017Northwestern10-3HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2019Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy
2020Northwestern7-2HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 11.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+3g | 9.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2020
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northwestern | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 21 | 127 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 9 | 64 | 7.1 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 45 | 227 | 5.0 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northwestern | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 8 · Maryland · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Peyton Ramsey pass complete to Jesse Brown for 15 yds to the Mary 43 for a 1ST down
- Week 9 · Iowa · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Jesse Brown run for 2 yds for a TD (Charlie Kuhbander KICK)
- Week 9 · Iowa · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Jesse Brown run for 1 yd for a TD (Charlie Kuhbander KICK)
- Week 9 · Iowa · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.25Jesse Brown run for 5 yds to the Iowa 4 for a 1ST down
- Week 9 · Iowa · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA -0.86Jesse Brown run for 1 yd to the Iowa 38
- Week 9 · Iowa · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA -0.64Jesse Brown run for 2 yds to the Nwest 46
- Week 9 · Iowa · 1&4 · Q2 · EPA -0.52Jesse Brown run for 1 yd to the Iowa 3
- Week 9 · Iowa · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA -0.48Jesse Brown run for no gain to the Iowa 2
- Week 9 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -0.43Jesse Brown run for 3 yds to the Nwest 44
- Week 8 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.37Peyton Ramsey pass complete to Jesse Brown for 7 yds to the Mary 25
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology