Saveon Brown
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Lance Taylor, Maurice Linguist and Pete Lembo. One game to point at: 12 tackles against Western Michigan — Week 5, 2026.
75 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Buffalo | 75 | 43 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | Buffalo | 52 | 20 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | Buffalo | 16 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Western Michigan | 16 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 159 | 82 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 10): 8 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-17vs UAlbany | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-33@ Florida International | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-55@ No. 14 Penn State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-28vs Robert Morris | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-20vs Western Michigan | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 23-8@ Toledo | 11 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 25-18vs Massachusetts | 10 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs Bowling Green | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-31@ Miami (OH) | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 43 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Nov. 3 · W 34-31 at Miami (OH), play by play
8 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 3 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 9 games with play by play.
How Buffalo’s defense played that day
Miami (OH)’s 12 drives: 8 stopped · 4 scored. While the game was within a score they held 6 of 10.
8 tackles, including 1 more for loss. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
10 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
11 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
A big game: 12 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 4 of his 5, sacks included.
5 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 2-yard loss. Second quarter, down 17-3.
10 tackles, including 2 passes broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Week 1 · 2026
W 21-17
vs UAlbany
1 interception · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
A close one, won by 4 at home.
Ratings of the games shown run from -18 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
3%2 pass breakups75 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 8.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 8.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Pass share
44.4%
292 pass / 365 run
Plays / game
73.0
9 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
319 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
75 tackles in 9 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #51 at the position.
The No. 1,461 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Mid-American.
2026 is in progress.
Played for two programs.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Tim Lester, Lance Taylor and Pete Lembo.
In the portal · 2026
In transfer portal
