#11

Sam Brown

Former wide receiver at Miami. 2024: 36 catches, 509 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Miami · Jr. · #11

6′2″ · 195 lb · Savannah, GA

CFB Index 48 · #207 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceMiami 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 176 nationally · Signed with Miami

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Miami. 2024: 36 catches, 509 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Miami in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Miami, 1,903 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 138 yds at Rice.Rice · L 41-432023

202311 games

Signed with Miami4-star out of American Heritage

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#176 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020

Manny Diaz

Miami

2021

Jess Simpson

Miami

era →

2022–2024

Mario Cristobal

Miami

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Manny Diaz, Jess Simpson, and Mario Cristobal. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2022Houston8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Pass-leaning

2023Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

48Rotational starter #207 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (84th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (80th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#97 / 610 · 84th pct

22.9%

Yards / catch#122 / 610 · 80th pct

15.0

EPA / target#256 / 610 · 58th pct

0.94

TD rate#315 / 610 · 48th pct

5.7%

Catch rate#346 / 610 · 43rd pct

88.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#35 / 541 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#198 / 541 · 63rd pct

509

Yards / catch#212 / 541 · 60th pct

14.1

Receptions#215 / 541 · 60th pct

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

77th → 58th percentile

Explosive rate

75th → 84th percentile

Catch rate

85th → 43rd percentile

TD rate

28th → 48th percentile

Yards / catch

59th → 80th 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	3.5	36.7	11.5	0.0
Road5g	3.0	57.8	21.1	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	41.0	13.7	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	52.6	18.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

48 · #207 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #207 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Miami	36	509	14.1	2	--
2023	Houston	61	815	13.4	3	--
2022	Houston	41	471	11.5	4	--
2021	West Virginia	2	16	8.0	0	--
2020	West Virginia	8	92	11.5	0	--
Career		148	1,903	12.9	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–17

at Florida

3 rec · 19 yds

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Florida.

With C. Ward — 385 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.7 · 33 rush yds (3 car) · D. Joyce — 48 AVG · 53 LONG · 2 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · South Florida · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +6.47Cam Ward pass complete to Samuel Brown for 76 yds for a TD (Cam Ward pass to Damien Martinez for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 8 · Louisville · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.31Cam Ward pass complete to Samuel Brown for 59 yds to the LOU 21 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.76Cam Ward pass complete to Samuel Brown for 49 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 3 · Ball State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.46Cam Ward pass complete to Samuel Brown for 22 yds to the BALL 37 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Virginia Tech · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Cam Ward pass complete to Samuel Brown for 25 yds to the VT 31 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Louisville · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Cam Ward pass complete to Samuel Brown for 17 yds to the MIA 46 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Georgia Tech · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.29Cam Ward pass complete to Sam Brown Jr. for 14 yds to the MIA 47 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Ball State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.22Cam Ward pass complete to Samuel Brown for 11 yds to the MIA 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Wake Forest · 1&20 · Q2 · EPA +2.06Cam Ward pass complete to Sam Brown Jr. for 16 yds to the MIA 41
Week 10 · Duke · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.05Cam Ward pass complete to Sam Brown Jr. for 26 yds to the DUKE 1 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 41-17@ Florida	3	19	6.3	0	8
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Florida A&M	4	35	8.8	0	11
Wk 3	W 62-0vs Ball State	5	44	8.8	0	22
Wk 4	W 50-15@ South Florida	2	75	37.5	1	76
Wk 5	W 38-34vs Virginia Tech	3	30	10.0	0	25
Wk 6	W 39-38@ California	4	43	10.8	0	21
Wk 8	W 52-45@ Louisville	3	125	41.7	1	59	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 9	W 36-14vs Florida State	4	39	9.8	0	20
Wk 10	W 53-31vs Duke	2	46	23.0	0	26
Wk 11	L 23-28@ Georgia Tech	3	27	9.0	0	14
Wk 13	W 42-14vs Wake Forest	3	26	8.7	0	16
Total		36	509	15.9	2	76

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

Sam Brown

202311 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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