Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/51Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 51 inside-the-5 carries (2.0%).
William Brown
William Brown: QB · SMU · #9.
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William Brown
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Second year in the same quarterback room at SMU.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Fans
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Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 41-38@ No. 25 TCU | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Signature game
Week 4 · 2019
W 41-38
at TCU
1 rush yds (1 car)
Edged out TCU on the road in a shootout.
With S. Buechele — 288 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 64.0 · 30 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · T. Denbow — 39.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 55 long
Teams and coaches
2 seasons under Sonny Dykes — 15-10 over that span.
2018SMU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
2019SMU10-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced, fast tempo
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
48.7%
502 pass / 529 run
Plays / game
79.3
13 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2019
1 carry in 1 game
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Three seasons at SMU
- Mar 2021 Entered the transfer portal
- 2020 SMU DykesYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2019 SMU DykesYear 2 · 1 game
- 2018 SMU DykesYear 1 · 6 games
- High school Lamar ConsolidatedRosenberg, TX · Class of 2018Three-star, No. 1,568 in the 2018 class. Signed with SMU.
Moves
- Entered the transfer portal from SMU, Mar 10, 2021.
How it ended
Two seasons at SMU, 625 passing yards — the college career is complete.
2018 6 games
- Signed with SMUThree-star, out of Lamar Consolidated
2021
- Entered the portalfrom SMU
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coach2018–2020
SMU
Played every college season under Sonny Dykes.