Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-3vs Alcorn State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 8-43@ Auburn | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
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Jyaire Brown
Senior defensive back on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 180 lb · New Orleans, LA · Lakota West HS (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Transferred UCF → Southern Miss for 2026
Recruiting
4★
CB recruit
No. 192 nationally · Signed with Ohio State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2022.
- Transferred from UCF to Southern Miss in 2026.
Jyaire Brown
Jyaire Brown has played for four head coaches across five seasons and four programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 1 sacks against Auburn — Week 2, 2026.
7 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20228 games
- Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Lakota West
2023
The snaps went the other way.
- Signed with LSU4-star out of Gulliver Prep
20243 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
20255 games
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
4 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
4 coaches2022–2023
Southern Miss
2024era →
Reed Stringer
Southern Miss
Played under 4 different head coaches: Will Hall, Reed Stringer, Charles Huff, and Blake Anderson. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Southern Miss
2025UCF
2026Southern Miss
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced
2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced
2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning
2025UCF5-7HC: Scott Frost · Balanced
2026Southern Miss1-1HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (87th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 3.5 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.5 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Southern Miss | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | UCF | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | LSU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ohio State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 26 | 19 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 49–3
vs Alcorn State
3 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 46-point win at home against Alcorn State.
With M. Johnson — 13 rush yds (1 car) · E. Hampton — 180 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 15 rush yds (3 car)
Game log
Background
2025 (R-Jr.): Appeared in 11 games for the Knights, earning one start at No. 6 Texas Tech (Nov. 15)…Earned seven tackles on the season, including a career-best six solo stops…Added his first tackle for loss of his career against Houston (Nov. 7)…Earned one pass breakup on the campaign…Tallied a c...
The secondary · Southern Miss
- #1Josh Moten61 tackles · 2025
- #24Josh Battle34 tackles · 2025
- #1Champ Lewis16 tackles · 2025
- #3Jyaire Brown7 tackles · 2025
- #19Malakai Murphy5 tackles · 2025
24 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology