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Heisman / Players / Jared Brown /South Carolina

Jared Brown

WR · South Carolina · Sr · #14

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

102 REC YDS · 6 REC · 0 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to South Carolina for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to South Carolina for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · South Carolina

Returning around him

  • 62% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 3 South Carolina players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: +1 net (25 in / 24 out)

2026 Award watch

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

South Carolina · Last season: 4-8 (AP #11) · Talent rank #18 · 2026 recruiting class #18

WR · SOUTH CAROLINA · SEC

Jared Brown

  • 4
  • #14
  • 6-0 | 195 lb
  • Lilburn, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

27

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 90th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#2296

<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 1 · 2-deep

R03 · Backup

Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2023

2021

Coastal Carolina · WR

2022

Coastal Carolina · WR

2023

Coastal Carolina · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2025

South Carolina · WR

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2025
5.02021
7662022
7402023
1022025

+1940%

Up 1940% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1724 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2025
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
Class4
Jersey14
Measurements6-0 | 195 lb
HometownLilburn, GA
Primary teamSouth Carolina

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1073 recruit
Composite rating 0.8544 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2021
Origin Parkview Lilburn, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8544 No. 1073 recruit | HighSchool
2020 3-star | 0.8337 No. 1724 recruit | HighSchool | Coastal Carolina

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#2296Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2083Where 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 —

Composite

0.8544

#1073 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 Jared Brown

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jared Brown

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

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

projecting to 13-game
Through 6g
102Rec yards
6Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
17Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
221Rec yards
13Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 102): needs 85.4/game over remaining 7.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 102): needs 128.3/game over remaining 7.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 6): needs 7.7/game over remaining 7.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 6): needs 10.6/game over remaining 7.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.1/game over remaining 7.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.4/game over remaining 7.

Why the honors trail matters

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

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Jared Brown already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #2296 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 3.0% 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 6 0 rec TD | #696/1110 (37th pct)
Receiving yards 102 17.0 per catch | #630/1107 (43rd pct)
Scrimmage yards 135 Total offensive yardage | #630/1107 (43rd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.

Big-play receiver

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
6 37th
YDS
102 43rd
YPR
17.0 87th
TD
0 45th

Rushing

CAR
3 64th
YDS
33 77th
YPC
11.0 90th
TD
0 81st

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 2W 38-10vs South Carolina State
Wk 3L 7-31vs Vanderbilt2157.508
Wk 4L 20-29@ Missouri13232.0032
Wk 7L 10-20@ LSU
Wk 13W 51-7vs Coastal Carolina11515.0015
Wk 14L 14-28vs Clemson24020.0032Season-high 40 yds
Total610218.6032
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

2021Coastal Carolina10-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2022Coastal Carolina9-4HC: Chad Staggs · Run-leaning
2023Coastal Carolina8-5HC: Tim Beck · Balanced
2025South Carolina4-8HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025South Carolina610217.00--
2023Coastal Carolina5874012.84--
2022Coastal Carolina4776616.36--
2021Coastal Carolina155.01--
Career4 loaded seasons1121,61314.411--
SeasonTeam
2025South Carolina333------
2023Coastal Carolina15252--69--
2022Coastal Carolina2018718----
2021Coastal Carolina----------
Career4 loaded seasons384721869--
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 3.0% 4.1% pass-game share | #949/1137 (17th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #615/1111 (45th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 6 #696/1110 37th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 102 #630/1107 43rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 17.0 #150/1106 87th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 4.1% #949/1137 17th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 33 #94/397 77th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 19 #77/346 78th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 11.0 #41/393 90th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 3 #146/407 64th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 32 #576/1105 48th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 3.7% #844/1137 26th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.4% #740/1137 35th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 3.0% #767/1137 33rd pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.8% #844/1137 26th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 2.6% #751/1137 34th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 2.4% #829/1137 27th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 1.7% #122/1137 89th pct Ground-game usagevs 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 · 6 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home4g1.217.514.20.0
Road2g0.516.032.00.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins2g0.57.515.00.0
Losses4g1.221.819.80.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-74g0.811.819.80.0
Weeks 8+2g1.527.517.50.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

27Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (90th). Concern: receptions (0th).

Yards / catch#54 / 558 · 90th pct
17.0rece
Rush yards#84 / 287 · 71st pct
33rush
Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct
0rush
Long catch#462 / 558 · 17th pct
32rece
Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Rec yards#550 / 558 · 2nd pct
102rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
6rece

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 · 7 metrics
Jared BrownSouth CarolinaJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 45% simKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 44% simMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 41% sim
Yards / catch
90
Brown
15
Gibson
28
Jr.
9
III
Rush yards
71
Brown
76
Gibson
89
Jr.
6
III
Rush TDs
39
Brown
39
Gibson
39
Jr.
39
III
Long catch
17
Brown
56
Gibson
56
Jr.
16
III
Rec TDs
7
Brown
7
Gibson
24
Jr.
24
III
Rec yards
2
Brown
74
Gibson
84
Jr.
70
III
Receptions
0
Brown
92
Gibson
94
Jr.
92
III

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

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

Pass share

45.5%

340 pass / 407 run

Plays / game

62.2

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

13.0%

316 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

1 coach
2021
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
2022
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
2023
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
2025
Shane Beamer
South Carolina

Played his entire career under Shane Beamer.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownLilburn, GA
Height6'0"
Weight195 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey14

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-Sun Belt

Trophy Case · Detail

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

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

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

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2023 All-Sun Belt all_conference Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt WR

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 South Carolina WR4 #2296 #2083 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Coastal Carolina WR4 #891 #1129 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt
2022 Coastal Carolina WR4 #465 #600 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2021 Coastal Carolina WR4 #2436 #2118 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 South Carolina SEC WR 4 No. 14 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Lilburn, GA
2024 South Carolina SEC WR 4 No. 14 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Lilburn, GA
2023 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt WR 4 No. 14 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Lilburn, GA
2022 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt WR 4 No. 14 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Lilburn, GA
2021 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt WR 4 No. 14 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Lilburn, GA