#24

Wrook Brown

Senior defensive back for Houston. 2025: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

DB · Houston · Sr. · #24

5′11″ · 190 lb · Salado, TX

CFB Index 71 · #94 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Houston for 2026

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Sacks: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

2 PBU · 49 tackles · 6 TFL

Best game: 9 tackles, vs Arizona

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Houston. 2025: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wyoming in 2021.
Transferred from Wyoming to Houston in 2025.

His career, year by year

Wrook Brown

DB · Houston · Sr · #24

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. Two straight seasons of it now: All-Mountain West again in 2024. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 3.5 TFL against Arizona, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Wyoming7-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023Wyoming9-4HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Wyoming3-9HC: Jay Sawvel · Run-leaning

2025Houston10-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

71Quality starter #94 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (85th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (85th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#406 / 2975 · 85th pct

6.0

Tackles#628 / 2975 · 79th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Solo tackles#744 / 2975 · 74th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.6	0.8	0.4	0.1
Road6g	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	0.1	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	0.8	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #94 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #94 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #10 of 42 Big 12 DBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Houston	49	25	6.0	2.5	2	2	--
2024	Wyoming	48	36	1.0	0.0	6	3	--
2023	Wyoming	39	27	1.0	0.0	3	3	--
2022	Wyoming	30	19	0.5	0.0	2	--	--
Career		166	107	8.5	2.5	13	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 31–28

vs Arizona

9 TOT · 7 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.

With C. Weigman — 164 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.5 · 98 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Connors — 100 rush yds (20 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-0vs Stephen F. Austin	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 35-9@ Rice	8	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 36-20vs Colorado	—	—	—	—	1	—
Wk 5	W 27-24@ Oregon State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 11-35vs Texas Tech	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 39-17@ Oklahoma State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 31-28vs Arizona	9	7	3.5	1.5	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 9	W 24-16@ Arizona State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 35-45vs West Virginia	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 30-27@ UCF	5	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-17vs TCU	4	2	0.5	0.0	1	1
Wk 14	W 31-24@ Baylor	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 38-35vs LSU	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		49	25	6.0	2.5	2	2

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

49Tackles

25Solo

6TFL

2.5Sacks

2Pass def.

2INT

49 tackles. 2 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 6 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 31 INT
Week 51 PD
Week 81.5 sacks
Week 131 PD · 1 INT

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.

2026 Outlook

Houston

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Houston

Returning around him

1 Houston player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +1 net (18 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Houston · Last season: 10-3 (AP #25) · Talent rank #57 · 2026 recruiting class #38

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kendel Dolby’s 2023 season.

Kendel Dolby

78%match

Oklahoma · 2023

Meki Pei

Hawai'i · 2022

78%

Zion Childress

Kentucky · 2024

78%

Dorrian Smith

Georgia Southern · 2025

76%

Cale Sanders

SMU · 2024

76%

Matches Kendel on

Interceptions

Weight

PD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Cale Sanders's senior season at SMU (2024).

Cale Sanders

83%match

SMU · 2024

Owen Goss

Arizona · 2024

83%

Jaylin Smith

USC · 2024

All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 33

81%

Jerome Jolly Jr.

Liberty · 2023

81%

Syrus Dumas

UTSA · 2024

79%

Matches Cale on

Weight

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

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Donte Kent

Central Michigan · 2024

89%

Kaylin Moore

Colorado · 2022

88%

Elijah Gates

Fresno State · 2022

86%

Justin Walley

Minnesota · 2022

85%

Will Jones II

South Florida · 2022

82%

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

Wrook Brown

2021

202412 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Box Safety

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