Elliott Brown: LB · Virginia · #43.
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Elliott Brown
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Five seasons in the Virginia linebacker corps to date. On tape: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Pittsburgh, Week 12, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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 this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-0vs William & Mary | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-14vs Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 39-59@ No. 21 North Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-37vs Wake Forest | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-28@ Miami | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-33@ Louisville | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-0vs Duke | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-40vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-28vs No. 7 Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-48@ No. 20 Pittsburgh | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 24-29vs Virginia Tech | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 42 | 25 | 5.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
42tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%5 TFLSack rate
7%3 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups42 tackles · 5 for loss · 3 sacks.
5 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 34-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
62.3%
551 pass / 334 run
Plays / game
73.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
604 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #460 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Virginia, 61 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bronco Mendenhall.
