Mike Brown-Stephens

Former wide receiver at South Florida. 2024: 28 catches, 350 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · South Florida · Sr. · #7

6′0″ · 192 lb · Springfield, OH

CFB Index 39 · #290 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceSouth Florida 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1114 nationally · Signed with Springfield

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at South Florida. 2024: 28 catches, 350 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Springfield in 2019.
Transferred from Minnesota to South Florida in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at South Florida, 1,470 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 105 yds at Purdue.Purdue · W 20-132021

2019

Recruited3-star out of Springfield

20237 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1114 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Jeff Scott

South Florida

2023–2024

Alex Golesh

South Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Scott → Alex Golesh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Minnesota3-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2021Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2023South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2024South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #290 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (83rd percentile). Concern: catch rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#102 / 610 · 83rd pct

11.1%

EPA / target#222 / 610 · 64th pct

0.98

Yards / catch#252 / 610 · 59th pct

12.5

Explosive rate#416 / 610 · 31st pct

11.1%

Catch rate#540 / 610 · 11th pct

77.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Receptions#290 / 541 · 45th pct

Yards / catch#301 / 541 · 44th pct

12.5

Rec yards#313 / 541 · 42nd pct

350

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Long catch#459 / 541 · 15th pct

Rush yards#260 / 299 · 12th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

79th → 64th percentile

Explosive rate

80th → 31st percentile

Catch rate

63rd → 11th percentile

TD rate

57th → 83rd percentile

Yards / catch

63rd → 59th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	29.8	14.9	0.5
Road5g	2.8	34.2	11.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.9	24.1	13.9	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	45.2	12.1	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #290 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #290 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Florida	28	350	12.5	4	--
2023	South Florida	27	350	13.0	2	--
2022	Minnesota	22	338	15.4	0	--
2021	Minnesota	23	392	17.0	1	--
2020	Minnesota	4	40	10.0	1	--
Career		104	1,470	14.1	8	--

Season	Team
2024	South Florida	1	--	--	--	--
2023	South Florida	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Minnesota	1	3	--	--	--
2021	Minnesota	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Minnesota	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	3	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 48–3

vs Bethune-Cookman

2 rec · 27 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 45-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With B. Brown — 152 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.5 · 74 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · A. Stokes — 49 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Memphis · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.89Bryce Archie pass complete to Michael Brown-Stephens for 31 yds to the MEM 40 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Tulane · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.93Bryce Archie pass complete to Michael Brown-Stephens for 16 yds to the TULN 34 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Rice · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.87Israel Carter pass complete to Michael Brown-Stephens for 32 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.82Byrum Brown pass complete to Michael Brown-Stephens for 20 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Rice · 2&20 · Q4 · EPA +2.69Bryce Archie pass complete to Michael Brown-Stephens for 18 yds to the RICE 30
Week 13 · Tulsa · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.62Israel Carter pass complete to Michael Brown-Stephens for 20 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 1 · Bethune-Cookman · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.56Bryce Archie pass complete to Michael Brown-Stephens for 15 yds for a TD (Ty Ippolito KICK)
Week 11 · Navy · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Bryce Archie pass complete to Michael Brown-Stephens for 13 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 4 · Miami · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.08Byrum Brown pass complete to Michael Brown-Stephens for 12 yds to the USF 37 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Tulane · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +1.74Bryce Archie pass complete to Michael Brown-Stephens for 9 yds to the USF 42 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-3vs Bethune-Cookman	2	27	13.5	1	15
Wk 2	L 16-42@ Alabama	2	21	10.5	0	14
Wk 3	W 49-24@ Southern Miss	2	35	17.5	0	20
Wk 4	L 15-50vs Miami	2	20	10.0	0	12
Wk 5	L 10-45@ Tulane	3	30	10.0	0	16
Wk 7	L 3-21vs Memphis	1	31	31.0	0	31
Wk 8	W 35-25vs UAB	3	32	10.7	0	16
Wk 11	L 7-28vs Navy	1	13	13.0	1	13
Wk 13	W 63-30vs Tulsa	5	56	11.2	1	20
Wk 14	L 28-35@ Rice	6	80	13.3	1	32	Season-high 80 yds
Bowl	W 41-39@ San José State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Total		28	350	13.2	4	32

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