DJ Brown
DJ Brown
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. DJ Brown has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Notre Dame. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Louisville, Week 6, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Notre Dame, 133 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 47 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 44 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 42 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 133 | 72 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2023
W 40–8
vs Oregon State
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 32-point win at home against Oregon State.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Clarence Lewis’s 2021 season.
Matches Clarence on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Marcus Banks's graduate season at Mississippi State (2023).
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