Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 36-32vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#2
Tavian Brown
Former linebacker at Georgia State. 2024: 4 tackles.
6′1″ · 220 lb · Demopolis, AL
Georgia State 2024 — college career complete
Recruiting
3★
OLB recruit
No. 2365 nationally · Signed with Colorado State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at Georgia State. 2024: 4 tackles.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado State in 2019.
- Transferred from Colorado State to Georgia State in 2023.
Tavian Brown
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Tavian Brown has played for five head coaches across six seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Vanderbilt — Week 3, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Six seasons at Georgia State, 42 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2019
- Signed with Colorado State3-star out of Demopolis
20235 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coaches2019–2023
Georgia State
Coaching transition mid-career: Shawn Elliott → Dell McGee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2019Colorado State4-8HC: Mike Bobo · Balanced
2020Colorado State1-3HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning
2021Colorado State3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Colorado State3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2023Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning
2024Georgia State3-9HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 1.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Colorado State | 16 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Colorado State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Colorado State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 42 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Coverage 'Backer
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
LB
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Terrell Adams’s 2020 season.
Matches Terrell on
Tackle volume
Differs from Terrell on
Hurry rate (higher)
PD rate (higher)
Weight (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kenny Soares Jr.'s junior season at Northwestern (2024).
Matches Kenny on
Tackle volume
Weight
Sack rate
Differs from Kenny on
Hurry rate (higher)
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology