Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-9vs Austin Peay | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 | Season-high 16 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 35-26vs Delaware | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 3 | 25 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 |
#5
Tristen Brown
Junior wide receiver for Vanderbilt. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
5′10″ · 185 lb · Houston, TX · Lamar
Returning to Vanderbilt for 2026
The numbers
25
receiving yards · 2026
3 catches · 8.3 per catch
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 2 rec, 16 yds, vs Austin Peay
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 wide receiver for Vanderbilt. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Vanderbilt in 2024.
Tristen Brown
He has spent three seasons in the Vanderbilt receiving corps. The receipt: 16 rec yds, 2 receptions against Austin Peay — Week 1, 2026.
25 REC YDS · 3 REC · 0 REC TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Vanderbilt3-star out of Houston Lamar
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Vanderbilt
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Vanderbilt
Played his entire career under Clark Lea.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Clark Lea — 19-9 over that span.
2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2025Vanderbilt10-3HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo
2026Vanderbilt2-0HC: Clark Lea · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 REC/g, 12.5 YDS/g, 8.5 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 137 | 13.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 16 | 189 | 11.8 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vanderbilt | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 2 | -- | 6 | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 3 | -- | 6 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 28–9
vs Austin Peay
2 rec · 16 yds
With T. Ebel — 52 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 59 LONG · B. Berlowitz — 149 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 45 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Vanderbilt
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Vanderbilt
Returning around him
- 35% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 1 Vanderbilt player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (18 in / 20 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Vanderbilt · Last season: 10-3 (AP #13) · Talent rank #42 · 2026 recruiting class #33
The receiver room · Vanderbilt
- Junior Sherrill784 receiving yards · 2025
- #6Ja'Cory Thomas714 receiving yards · 2025
- #5Tristen Brown137 receiving yards · 2025
- #7Cole Adams71 receiving yards · 2025
- #9Brycen Coleman67 receiving yards · 2025
9 more on the roster · Vanderbilt team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology