Jowon Briggs: DE · Cincinnati.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jowon Briggs
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2022: All-AAC. One game to point at: 5 tackles against UCF — Week 10, 2023.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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.
Yahoo Sports Oct 24
Front Office Sports Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 27 | 9 | 6.0 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 57 | 15 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 42 | 9 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | Virginia | 20 | 5 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | Virginia | 19 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 165 | 43 | 20.5 | 12.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-21@ Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-20vs No. 16 Oklahoma | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-35@ BYU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-30vs Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 29-32vs Baylor | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-45@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 26-28vs UCF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 24-14@ Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-42@ West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-49vs Kansas | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 9 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2023
W 27-21
at Pittsburgh
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 6 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
7%2 sacksTFL rate
22%6 TFLHurry rate
7%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
50%2 of 4 pressures27 tackles · 6 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
41.2%
360 pass / 513 run
Plays / game
72.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
380 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #256 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Virginia and Cincinnati, 12 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #243 overall by the Cleveland Browns.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Bronco Mendenhall, Luke Fickell and Scott Satterfield.
Next stop · NFL
Cleveland BrownsEntering 3rd NFL season
Cleveland BrownsEntering 3rd NFL season
