Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-3vs Alcorn State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 8-43@ Auburn | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 20-48vs UConn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
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Jyaire Brown
Senior defensive back on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 180 lb · New Orleans, LA · Lakota West HS (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Transferred UCF → Southern Miss for 2026
Recruiting
4★
CB recruit
No. 192 nationally · Signed with Ohio State
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior defensive back on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2022.
- Transferred from UCF to Southern Miss in 2026.
Jyaire Brown
Jyaire Brown has played for four head coaches across five seasons and four programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 1 sacks against Auburn — Week 2, 2026.
10 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
7 programs, one constant: he played.
20228 games
- Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Lakota West
2023
The snaps went the other way.
- Signed with LSU4-star out of Gulliver Prep
20243 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
20255 games
- Entered the portal
20263 games
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
4 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
4 coaches2022–2023
Southern Miss
2024era →
Reed Stringer
Southern Miss
Played under 4 different head coaches: Will Hall, Reed Stringer, Charles Huff, and Blake Anderson. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Southern Miss
2025UCF
2026Southern Miss
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Southern Miss | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | UCF | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | LSU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ohio State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 29 | 20 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
Game log
Game by game
Jyaire Brown's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 49–3
vs Alcorn State
3 tackles · 1 solo tackles
Dominant 46-point win at home against Alcorn State.
With M. Johnson — 13 rush yds (1 car) · E. Hampton — 180 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 15 rush yds (3 car)
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +3 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced
2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced
2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning
2025UCF5-7HC: Scott Frost · Balanced
2026Southern Miss1-2HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (84th percentile). Concern: tackles (8th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Pass share
52.7%
127 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
80.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.5%
121 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Background
2025 (R-Jr.): Appeared in 11 games for the Knights, earning one start at No. 6 Texas Tech (Nov. 15)…Earned seven tackles on the season, including a career-best six solo stops…Added his first tackle for loss of his career against Houston (Nov. 7)…Earned one pass breakup on the campaign…Tallied a…
The secondary · Southern Miss
- #1Josh Moten61 tackles · 2025
- #24Josh Battle34 tackles · 2025
- #1Champ Lewis16 tackles · 2025
- #3Jyaire Brown7 tackles · 2025
- #19Malakai Murphy5 tackles · 2025
24 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology