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Heisman / Players / Anthony Brown /Tulane

Anthony Brown

WR · Tulane · Jr · #5

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

523 REC YDS · 41 REC · 2 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Tulane for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Tulane for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Tulane

Returning around him

  • 15% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -7 net (20 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Tulane · Last season: 11-3 (AP #17) · Talent rank #68 · 2026 recruiting class #74

WR · TULANE · AMERICAN ATHLETIC

Anthony Brown

  • 3
  • #5
  • 5-10 | 170 lb
  • Springfield, OH

CFB Zeitgeist Score

57

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 64th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#635

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
44.02023
77.02024
5232025

+1089%

Up 1089% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#452 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#20 in market ▼ from #17 · 6 books

+35002.8% implied▼ lengthened from +2500

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey5
Measurements5-10 | 170 lb
HometownSpringfield, OH
Primary teamTulane

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 452 recruit
Composite rating 0.8900 HighSchool
Signed with Kentucky 2023
Origin Springfield Springfield, OH, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8900 No. 452 recruit | HighSchool | Kentucky

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#635Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#719Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Kentucky

Composite

0.8900

#452 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Anthony Brown

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmRivals: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "Oregon QB Legends Anthony Brown and Tyler Shough were at the Minnesota game toge"RivalsNational: 2 mentions · belief +100 · "It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. Get your daily college s"National
  • Rivals · n=1
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Anthony Brown

Only 1 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

final
Through 13g
523Rec yards
41Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
40.2Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
523Rec yards
41Receptions
2Rec TDs

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Anthony Brown's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Tulane, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #635 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 7.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 41 2 rec TD | #178/1110 (84th pct)
Receiving yards 523 12.8 per catch | #200/1107 (82nd pct)
Scrimmage yards 548 Total offensive yardage | #200/1107 (82nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.

All-purpose weapon

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
41 84th
YDS
523 82nd
YPR
12.8 57th
TD
2 75th

Rushing

CAR
5 78th
YDS
25 72nd
YPC
5.0 57th
TD
0 81st

Returns

KR YDS
357 87th
KR AVG
23.8 80th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 2W 33-31@ South Alabama2199.5010
Wk 3W 34-27vs Duke2178.5014
Wk 4L 10-45@ Ole Miss166.016
Wk 5W 31-14@ Tulsa23216.0020
Wk 7W 26-19vs East Carolina33612.0024
Wk 8W 24-17vs Army55210.4018
Wk 10L 26-48@ UTSA35819.3024
Wk 11W 38-32@ Memphis36923.0154
Wk 12W 35-24vs Florida Atlantic35217.3026
Wk 13W 37-13@ Temple155.005
Wk 14W 27-0vs Charlotte99810.9019Season-high 98 yds
Wk 15W 34-21vs North Texas12222.0022
BowlL 10-41@ Ole Miss6579.5021
Total4152313.0254
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2023Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Kentucky4-8HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Tulane11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Tulane4152312.82--
2024Kentucky57715.42--
2023Kentucky5448.81--
Career3 loaded seasons5164412.65--
SeasonTeam
2025Tulane525357----
2024Kentucky731------
2023Kentucky----16----
Career3 loaded seasons1256373----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 7.9% 16.1% pass-game share | #197/1137 (83rd pct)
Return yards 357 0 return TD | #32/238 (87th pct)
Touchdowns 2 Across offense and returns | #281/1111 (75th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 41 #178/1110 84th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 523 #200/1107 82nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #281/1111 75th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 12.8 #474/1106 57th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 357 #32/238 87th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 16.1% #197/1137 83rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 25 #113/397 72nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 15 #106/346 70th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 5 #90/407 78th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 5.0 #170/393 57th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 54 #228/1105 79th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 23.8 #48/236 80th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 15 #30/243 88th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 10.0% #219/1137 81st pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 8.4% #357/1137 69th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 8.2% #174/1137 85th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 7.9% #221/1137 81st pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 7.8% #164/1137 86th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 6.5% #356/1137 69th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 1.1% #179/1137 84th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/302 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS WR

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home6g3.846.213.50.0
Road7g2.635.112.60.3

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins10g3.140.213.50.1
Losses3g3.340.311.60.3

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-76g2.727.810.20.2
Weeks 8+7g3.650.915.40.1

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

57Solid starter
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (80th).

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct
0fumb
Receptions#178 / 558 · 68th pct
41rece
Rush yards#95 / 287 · 67th pct
25rush
Rec yards#200 / 558 · 64th pct
523rece
Long catch#202 / 558 · 63rd pct
54rece
Yards / catch#287 / 558 · 48th pct
12.8rece
Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct
2rece
Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct
0rush

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Anthony BrownTulaneKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 82% simDevin VoisinSouth Alabama· 80% simKyre DuplessisDelaware· 79% sim
Fumbles lost
81
Brown
81
Voisin
Receptions
68
Brown
94
Jr.
95
Voisin
92
Duplessis
Rush yards
67
Brown
89
Jr.
60
Duplessis
Rec yards
64
Brown
84
Jr.
87
Voisin
91
Duplessis
Long catch
63
Brown
56
Jr.
78
Voisin
81
Duplessis
Yards / catch
48
Brown
28
Jr.
35
Voisin
59
Duplessis
Rec TDs
42
Brown
24
Jr.
68
Voisin
78
Duplessis
Rush TDs
39
Brown
39
Jr.
39
Duplessis

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jimmy Horn Jr.’s 2021 season.

Jimmy Horn Jr.

86%match

South Florida · 2021

NFL Rd 6
#2

Malik Phillips

Sam Houston · 2023

82%
#3

Jimmy Horn Jr.

Colorado · 2024

NFL Rd 6
82%
#4

Caden High

Stanford · 2025

82%
#5

DeMeer Blankumsee

Toledo · 2022

82%

Matches Jimmy on

Yards / reception
Class year
TD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Yulkeith Brown's junior season at Tulane (2023).

Yulkeith Brown

82%match

Tulane · 2023

#2

Tyler King

New Mexico State · 2025

78%
#3

Jordan Faison

Notre Dame · 2025

78%
#4

Leroy Thomas

Western Michigan · 2023

77%
#5

Landon Sides

North Texas · 2025

75%

Matches Yulkeith on

TD rate
EPA / play (adj)
Recruiting rating

Differs from Yulkeith on

Class year (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

Pass share

45.8%

424 pass / 501 run

Plays / game

66.1

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

3.4%

294 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Slade Nagle
Tulane
2024
Jon Sumrall
Tulane
era →
2025
Jon Sumrall
Tulane

Coaching transition mid-career: Slade Nagle → Jon Sumrall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownSpringfield, OH
Height5'10"
Weight170 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey5

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Kentucky WR3 #635 #719 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Kentucky WR3 #2058 #2087 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Tulane American Athletic WR 3 No. 5 | 5-10 | 170 lb | Springfield, OH
2024 Kentucky SEC WR 3 No. 5 | 5-10 | 170 lb | Springfield, OH
2023 Kentucky SEC WR 3 No. 5 | 5-10 | 170 lb | Springfield, OH