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Roderick Brown

Former defensive lineman at North Texas. 2024: 4.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · North Texas · Sr. · #10

5′11″ · 290 lb · Forney, TX

CFB Index 63 · #138 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceNorth Texas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1331 nationally · Signed with North Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at North Texas. 2024: 4.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Texas in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Texas, 12 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Signed with North Texas3-star out of Huntsville

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1331 national

CFB

College

North Texas

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2022

Seth Littrell

North Texas

2023–2024

Eric Morris

North Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Seth Littrell → Eric Morris. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021North Texas6-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022North Texas7-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning

2023North Texas5-7HC: Eric Morris · Balanced, fast tempo

2024North Texas6-7HC: Eric Morris · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #138 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#152 / 2892 · 94th pct

4.5

Tackles for loss#419 / 2892 · 84th pct

6.0

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles#1432 / 2892 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1521 / 2892 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road7g	2.6	0.7	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	0.5	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #138 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #138 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	North Texas	29	14	6.0	4.5	--	--	--
2023	North Texas	39	21	3.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	North Texas	29	13	4.0	4.0	--	--	--
2021	North Texas	19	12	4.0	3.0	--	--	--
Career		116	60	17.5	11.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 35–20

vs Stephen F. Austin

1 TOT

With C. Morris — 322 yds · 4 TD · 3 INT · QBR 22.3 · -7 rush yds (5 car) · S. Evans — 37 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 52-38@ South Alabama	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 2	W 35-20vs Stephen F. Austin	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 21-66@ Texas Tech	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 44-17vs Wyoming	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 52-20vs Tulsa	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 41-37@ Florida Atlantic	3	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	L 44-52@ Memphis	2	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 11	L 3-14vs Army	5	3	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 12	L 27-48@ UTSA	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 28-40vs East Carolina	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 24-17@ Temple	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Bowl	L 28-30@ Texas State	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Total		29	14	6.0	4.5	—

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

Roderick Brown

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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