CFB Zeitgeist Score
51
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 62nd percentile.
Sean Brown
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
508 REC YDS · 36 REC · 1 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Charlotte for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Charlotte
Returning around him
- 24% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -8 net (19 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Charlotte · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #108 · 2026 recruiting class #135
WR · CHARLOTTE · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
Sean Brown
- 4
- #8
- 6-4 | 200 lb
- Waxhaw, NC
Heisman Heat
#1440
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+5544%
Up 5544% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
Charlotte
NFL
NFL Draft
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Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#20 in market ▼ from #17 · 6 books
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Sean Brown
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
- Rivals · n=4
- National · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Sean Brown
Obsession score 3
Rival mentions 4
Weeks on radar 2
Peak moment Week 0 · 2 mentions
Grudging respect 50% Neutral 50% Mockery 0%
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
14.1
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #153 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 71st
Why it matters
#153 of 531 All FBS WRs at 14.1 yards per reception (36 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 14.1 (71th)
HIGH · n=36 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#212 / 531
- Receiving TDs#402 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 11 at East Carolina — 119 ypr
Result L 22-48
The week the volume broke through — put up 119 yds at East Carolina.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
508Rec yards
36Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
46.2Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
600.4Rec yards
43Receptions
1Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 508): needs 96/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 508): needs 246/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 36): needs 12/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 36): needs 22/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 3.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 4.5/game over remaining 2.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Sean Brown's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Charlotte, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
36 80th
YDS
508 81st
YPR
14.1 69th
TD
1 64th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-34vs App State | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-20vs North Carolina | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-28vs Rice | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-54@ South Florida | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-24@ Army | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-49vs Temple | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-54vs North Texas | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-48@ East Carolina | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 1 | 46 | Season-high 119 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 7-28vs UTSA | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-35@ Georgia | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-27@ Tulane | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 23 | |
| Total | 36 | 508 | 15.8 | 1 | 46 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2022Charlotte3-9HC: Peter Rossomando · Balanced
2023Charlotte3-9HC: Biff Poggi · Run-leaning
2024Charlotte5-7HC: Biff Poggi · Balanced, slow tempo
2025Charlotte1-11HC: Tim Albin · Balanced, slow tempo
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 36 | #218/1110 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 508 | #215/1107 | 81st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #396/1111 | 64th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 14.1 | #340/1106 | 69th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 12.4% | #351/1137 | 69th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 46 | #325/1105 | 71st pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 8.2% | #174/1137 | 85th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 7.9% | #378/1137 | 67th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 6.8% | #484/1137 | 58th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 6.8% | #291/1137 | 74th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 6.7% | #242/1137 | 79th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.8% | #676/1137 | 41st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 35.5 | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 59.0 | 13.6 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Losses11g | 3.3 | 46.2 | 15.8 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 33.2 | 13.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 57.0 | 17.8 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
51Mid-pack
Concern: rec tds (23rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Sean BrownCharlotteTrent WalkerOregon State· 75% simKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 75% simSean WilsonDelaware· 74% sim
Yards / catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Long catch
Rec TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Sean Brown’s 2024 season.
Sean Brown
86%match
#2
Austin Watkins
72%
#3
Elijah Kothe
76%
#4
Loic Fouonji
75%
#5
Brycen Tremayne
75%
Matches Sean on
Reception volume
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Sean on
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Adrian Hardy’s path through Louisiana Tech.
Adrian Hardy
100%match
All-Conference USA
#2
Julius Young
98%
#3
Elijah Moore
Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 2 · Pk 2
98%
#4
Malik Murray
97%
#5
Tre Walker
96%
Matches Adrian on
Yards per reception
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Cornelius Johnson's senior season at Michigan (2023).
Cornelius Johnson
77%match
NFL Rd 7
#2
Isaiah Washington
76%
#3
Jahmal Edrine
76%
#4
Colbie Young
NFL Rd 4
75%
#5
Bru McCoy
70%
Matches Cornelius on
TD rate
Weight
Height
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Pass share
51.4%
379 pass / 358 run
Plays / game
61.4
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.9%
302 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
3 coaches2022
Peter Rossomando
Charlotte
2023era →
Biff Poggi
Charlotte
2024
Biff Poggi
Charlotte
2025era →
Tim Albin
Charlotte
Played under 3 different head coaches: Peter Rossomando, Biff Poggi, and Tim Albin. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownWaxhaw, NC
Height6'4"
Weight200 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey8
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamCharlotte
ConferenceAmerican Athletic
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Charlotte | WR4 | #1440 | #2340 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2023 | Charlotte | WR4 | #4706 | #5361 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2022 | Charlotte | WR4 | #5001 | #5546 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Conference USA |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Charlotte | American Athletic | WR | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 200 lb | Waxhaw, NC |
| 2024 | Charlotte | American Athletic | WR | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 200 lb | Waxhaw, NC |
| 2023 | Charlotte | American Athletic | WR | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 200 lb | Waxhaw, NC |
| 2022 | Charlotte | Conference USA | WR | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 200 lb | Waxhaw, NC |