Yulkeith Brown

Former wide receiver at Tulane. 2024: 35 catches, 470 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Tulane · Sr. · #5

5′10″ · 167 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 47 · #220 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceTulane 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 280 nationally · Signed with Texas A&M

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Tulane. 2024: 35 catches, 470 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2021.
Transferred from Texas A&M to Tulane in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 973 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 93 yds vs Memphis.Memphis · L 24-342024

2021

Signed with Texas A&M4-star out of Miami Central

202312 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#280 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021–2022

Willie Fritz

Tulane

2023

Slade Nagle

Tulane

era →

2024

Jon Sumrall

Tulane

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Willie Fritz, Slade Nagle, and Jon Sumrall. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Texas A&M8-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2022Texas A&M5-7HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2023Tulane11-3HC: Slade Nagle · Run-leaning

2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

47Rotational starter #220 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (87th percentile). Concern: catch rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#153 / 610 · 75th pct

9.3%

Yards / catch#188 / 610 · 69th pct

13.5

Explosive rate#245 / 610 · 60th pct

16.3%

EPA / target#426 / 610 · 30th pct

0.70

Catch rate#499 / 610 · 18th pct

81.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#22 / 299 · 87th pct

Rush yards#65 / 299 · 78th pct

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Rec yards#220 / 541 · 59th pct

470

Receptions#225 / 541 · 58th pct

Yards / catch#244 / 541 · 55th pct

13.4

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Long catch#345 / 541 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

7th → 30th percentile

Explosive rate

52nd → 60th percentile

Catch rate

28th → 18th percentile

TD rate

25th → 75th percentile

Yards / catch

39th → 69th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.7	43.2	15.2	0.2
Road7g	2.7	30.1	12.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.1	29.6	11.8	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	43.8	15.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #220 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #220 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Tulane	35	470	13.4	4	--
2023	Tulane	33	391	11.8	2	--
2022	Texas A&M	6	112	18.7	1	--
2021	Texas A&M	--	--	--	--	--
Career		74	973	13.1	7	--

Season	Team
2024	Tulane	8	39	--	--	--
2023	Tulane	6	64	--	--	--
2022	Texas A&M	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Texas A&M	2	52	21	--	--
Career		16	155	21	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 41–33

at Louisiana

19 rush yds (2 car)

Edged out Louisiana on the road in a shootout.

With R. Pleasant — 2 SOLO · 1 TD · 2 TOT · M. Hughes — 166 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Memphis · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.15Darian Mensah pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 42 yds to the MEM 21 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Kansas State · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Darian Mensah pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 28 yds to the KSU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Darian Mensah pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 30 yds for a TD (Jacob Barnes KICK)
Week 5 · South Florida · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Darian Mensah pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 16 yds to the TULN 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · SE Louisiana · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.71Darian Mensah pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 11 yds for a TD (Jacob Barnes KICK)
Week 6 · UAB · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Ty Thompson pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 22 yds for a TD (Ethan Head PAT MISSED)
Week 6 · UAB · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Darian Mensah pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 14 yds for a TD (Ethan Head KICK)
Week 5 · South Florida · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Darian Mensah pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 25 yds to the USF 26 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Yulkeith Brown run for 11 yds for a TD (Darian Mensah pass to Yulkeith Brown for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 3 · Oklahoma · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.34Darian Mensah pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 15 yds to the OU 39 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-0vs SE Louisiana	2	23	11.5	1	12
Wk 2	L 27-34vs Kansas State	2	31	15.5	0	28
Wk 3	L 19-34@ Oklahoma	2	31	15.5	0	16
Wk 4	W 41-33@ Louisiana	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 5	W 45-10vs South Florida	3	55	18.3	0	25
Wk 6	W 71-20@ UAB	4	60	15.0	2	23	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 24-10vs Rice	3	34	11.3	0	19
Wk 9	W 45-37@ North Texas	1	30	30.0	1	30
Wk 10	W 34-3@ Charlotte	7	53	7.6	0	19
Wk 11	W 52-6vs Temple	2	23	11.5	0	14
Wk 14	L 24-34vs Memphis	4	93	23.3	0	42	Season-high 93 yds
Wk 15	L 14-35@ Army	3	30	10.0	0	12
Bowl	L 8-33@ Florida	1	0	0.0	0	0
Total		35	470	13.6	4	42

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

Yulkeith Brown

2021

202312 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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