Troy Brown: LB · Ole Miss · #8.
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Troy Brown
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: John Bonamego, Jim McElwain and Lane Kiffin. All-MAC in 2021 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 14 tackles against Mississippi State, Week 13, 2022.
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
91 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| 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 No. 7 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 No. 10 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 |
Week 5 · 2022
W 22-19
vs Kentucky
0.5 sacks · 1 tackle for loss · 9 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
91tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
5%5 pass breakups91 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
39.0%
386 pass / 605 run
Plays / game
76.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
408 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2022
91 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #226 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Central Michigan and Ole Miss, 308 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The snaps went the other way.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: John Bonamego, Jim McElwain and Lane Kiffin.
