Troy Brown

Senior linebacker for Ole Miss. 2022: 91 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Ole Miss · Sr. · #8

6′1″ · 220 lb · Flint, MI

CFB Index 56 · #226 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceOle Miss 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1508 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan

Statement game14 tackles · 4 TFL · 2 sacksat Toledo (FBS) · L 23-24

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Ole Miss. 2022: 91 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2017.
Transferred from Central Michigan to Ole Miss in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ole Miss, 308 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2017

Signed with Central Michigan3-star out of Carman-Ainsworth

20206 games

All-MACfirst

202110 games

Signed with Ole Miss4-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas
All-MACfirst

202212 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1508 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2019

Matt Luke

Ole Miss

2020–2022

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Central Michigan1-11HC: John Bonamego · Run-leaning

2019Central Michigan8-6HC: Jim McElwain · Balanced

2020Central Michigan3-3HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2021Central Michigan9-4HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #226 of 548?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (97th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#82 / 2755 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#175 / 2755 · 93rd pct

QB hurries#199 / 2755 · 90th pct

Passes defended#240 / 2755 · 89th pct

Tackles for loss#1175 / 2755 · 55th pct

2.5

Sacks#1310 / 2755 · 50th pct

0.5

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.9	0.2	0.1	0.7
Road5g	5.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.4	0.4	0.1	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	7.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #226 of 548 LBs

Former four-star. Now #226 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Ole Miss	91	42	2.5	0.5	5	--	--
2021	Central Michigan	65	42	7.0	1.0	6	1	--
2020	Central Michigan	43	32	8.0	4.5	3	--	--
2019	Central Michigan	90	74	17.5	1.0	2	3	--
2018	Central Michigan	19	13	0.0	0.0	1	1	--
Career		308	203	35.0	7.0	17	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 22–19

vs Kentucky

9 TOT · 3 SOLO · 0 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Dart — 213 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.7 · 40 rush yds (8 car) · F. Masin — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 28-10vs Troy	11	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 59-3vs Central Arkansas	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	W 42-0@ Georgia Tech	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 35-27vs Tulsa	10	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 22-19vs Kentucky	9	3	1.0	0.5	—	1
Wk 6	W 52-28@ Vanderbilt	7	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 48-34vs Auburn	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 20-45@ LSU	8	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 31-28@ Texas A&M	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 24-30vs Alabama	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-42@ Arkansas	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 22-24vs Mississippi State	14	6	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 14 tackles
Total		91	42	2.5	0.5	—	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology