Last confirmed: Virginia, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 285 lb · Chesapeake, VA · Oscar Smith
Andrew Brown: DE · Virginia · #9.
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Andrew Brown
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. This is his second year in the same defensive front at Virginia. On tape: 6 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Indiana, Week 2, 2017.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 17-34vs Indiana | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-18vs UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-23@ Boise State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-21vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-14@ North Carolina | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-41vs Boston College | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-31@ Pittsburgh | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 10 | W 40-36vs Georgia Tech | 8 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 21-38@ Louisville | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-44@ No. 2 Miami | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-10vs No. 24 Virginia Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 7-49@ Navy | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 18 | 10.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
8%4 sacksTFL rate
23%10 TFLHurry rate
7%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
54%4 of 6 pressures46 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall, all pass-leaning offenses — 8-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
57.8%
518 pass / 378 run
Plays / game
68.9
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
551 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
46 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Virginia, 10 sacks — drafted at #158 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike London → Bronco Mendenhall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where he ended up · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 9th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 9th NFL season
