JB Brown
JB Brown
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. JB Brown has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Iowa State — Week 11, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Kansas, 198 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Lance Leipold.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kansas | 74 | 52 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas | 54 | 36 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 49 | 31 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 21 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 198 | 134 | 19.5 | 8.5 | 5 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2024
W 17–13
at BYU
5 SOLO · 6 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Sideline-to-Sideline
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Nikhai Hill-Green’s 2024 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Kain Medrano's graduate season at UCLA (2024).
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