Taye Brown
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. The four seasons at Arizona span two head coaches: Jedd Fisch and Brent Brennan. The first one came in 2025: All-Big 12. On tape: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Northern Arizona, Week 1, 2026.
46 tackles · 0.5 sacks
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
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Last game (Wk 9): 5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 pass breakup.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Northern Arizona | 11 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 17-28@ No. 15 BYU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-17vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-24@ Washington State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-7vs Cincinnati | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-31@ West Virginia | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 39-3vs Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-34@ No. 13 Texas Tech | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 46 | 19 | 3.0 | 0.5 | — | 3 |
Oct. 31 · L 26-34 at Texas Tech, play by play
5 tackles, including 2 more for loss, 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Against his own season: his best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 3 tackles for loss, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Arizona’s defense played that day
Texas Tech’s 12 drives: 6 stopped (1 takeaway) · 6 scored. While the game was within a score they held 6 of 11. His pbu came with Arizona down 4.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 3 for him; the box score credits 2.
9 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 10 for him; the box score credits 9.
7 tackles. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 8 for him; the box score credits 7.
5 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles, including 1 pass broken up. His sack on 4th and 10 ended Northern Illinois’s drive (downs).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 10-yard loss on 4th and 10. Third quarter, up 35-10. Ended Northern Illinois’s drive (downs).
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
11 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 9 of his 11, sacks included.
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +18 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
46tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%3 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
7%3 pass breakups46 tackles · 3 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Pass share
52.5%
284 pass / 257 run
Plays / game
67.6
8 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
326 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #231 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #19 of 73 Big 12 LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,403 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Big 12 as a senior.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jedd Fisch → Brent Brennan. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
