Kyron Brown

Senior cornerback for Akron. 2018: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

CB · Akron · Sr. · #4

6′1″ · 190 lb · Boynton Beach, FL

Akron 2018 alumnus

The story

4 cornerback for Akron. 2018: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Akron in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 3083 nationally · Signed with Akron

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Akron, 117 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Akron2-star out of Boynton Beach Community

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3083 national

CFB

College

Akron

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Terry Bowden

Akron

Played his entire career under Terry Bowden.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Terry Bowden, all balanced offenses — 16-22 over that span.

2016Akron5-7HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

2017Akron7-7HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

2018Akron4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#124 / 2662 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#343 / 2662 · 86th pct

Tackles#701 / 2662 · 73rd pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1030 / 2662 · 58th pct

3.0

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.6
Road7g	5.0	0.3	0.1	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+7g	3.7	0.3	0.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Akron	47	38	3.0	1.0	7	1	--
2017	Akron	49	36	2.0	0.0	11	2	--
2016	Akron	21	15	0.0	0.0	1	3	--
Career		117	89	5.0	1.0	19	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 41–7

vs Morgan State

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 34-point win at home against Morgan State.

With K. Nelson — 232 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · 42 rush yds (9 car) · N. Gasser — 30 LONG · 66 PCT · 11 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 41-7vs Morgan State	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 39-34@ Northwestern	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	L 13-26@ Iowa State	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 17-41vs Miami (OH)	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 6-24@ Buffalo	3	3	0.0	0.0	1	2
Wk 8	W 24-23@ Kent State	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 17-10vs Central Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 26-36vs Northern Illinois	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 7-27@ Eastern Michigan	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 6-21vs Bowling Green	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 28-49@ Ohio	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 3-28@ South Carolina	7	6	1.0	0.0	—	2
Total		47	38	3.0	1.0	1	7

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