Jamari Brown
Jamari Brown
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 1 tackles against SE Louisiana — Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Mississippi State, 45 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Leach → Greg Knox. 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
Jeff Lebby
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR03 · Backup
Spot duty on defense. Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Purdue | 12 | 12 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Purdue | 32 | 25 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| Career | 45 | 38 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 11 | 3 | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Ball Hawk
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jacobe Covington’s 2022 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to John Saunders Jr.'s junior season at Miami (OH) (2021).
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