#39

Richie Brown

Linebacker for Mississippi State. 2016: 102 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Mississippi State · #39

6′2″ · Long Beach, MS

Mississippi State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 382 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

Statement game3 INTvs Texas A&M (FBS) · W 48-31

Top 0.1% interceptions game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for Mississippi State. 2016: 102 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Mississippi State, 102 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2012

Signed with Mississippi State3-star out of Long Beach

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#382 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Dan Mullen

Mississippi State

Played his entire career under Dan Mullen.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dan Mullen — 25-14 over that span.

2014Mississippi State10-3HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Mississippi State9-4HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2016Mississippi State6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (95th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#63 / 2668 · 98th pct

102

Solo tackles#139 / 2668 · 95th pct

QB hurries#245 / 2668 · 88th pct

Sacks#661 / 2668 · 73rd pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#785 / 2668 · 69th pct

4.0

Passes defended#754 / 2668 · 65th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th 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

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	9.6	0.4	0.1	0.1
Road6g	5.8	0.2	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.6	0.4	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	7.0	0.2	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Mississippi State	102	52	4.0	1.5	2	--	--
2015	Mississippi State	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
2014	Mississippi State	--	--	--	--	--	3	--
Career		102	52	4.0	1.5	2	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2016

W 56–41

vs Samford

13 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Edged out Samford at home in a shootout.

With N. Fitzgerald — 417 yds · 5 TD · 2 INT · QBR 87.1 · 119 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD · D. Gray — 4 rec · 207 yds · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week