Reggie Brown

Former wide receiver at James Madison. 2023: 53 catches, 1,054 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · James Madison · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 195 lb · Lakeland, FL

CFB Index 83 · #30 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamPhiladelphia — drafted 2005, Rd 2, Pick 3, #35 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at James Madison. 2023: 53 catches, 1,054 receiving yards, 9 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at James Madison, 1,455 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #35 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 202 yds vs UConn.UConn · W 44-62023

202313 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

James Madison

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted (yet)

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2023

2 coaches

2022

Curt Cignetti

James Madison

2023

Damian Wroblewski

James Madison

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Curt Cignetti → Damian Wroblewski. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 22nd NFL season

#35Rd 2 · Pick 3

PhiladelphiaEntering 22nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022James Madison8-3HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

83All-Conference level #30 of 497?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#13 / 639 · 98th pct

1.57

Yards / catch#14 / 639 · 98th pct

19.6

TD rate#25 / 639 · 96th pct

16.0%

Explosive rate#31 / 639 · 95th pct

28.0%

Catch rate#165 / 639 · 74th pct

90.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / catch#19 / 566 · 97th pct

19.9

Rec yards#26 / 566 · 95th pct

1054

Rec TDs#26 / 566 · 95th pct

Long catch#31 / 566 · 94th pct

Receptions#90 / 566 · 84th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.8	89.8	18.6	0.8
Road7g	3.4	73.6	19.8	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	66.7	20.8	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	97.8	17.5	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #30 of 497 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	James Madison	53	1,054	19.9	9	--
2022	James Madison	24	401	16.7	4	--
Career		77	1,455	18.9	13	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 16–14

at Troy

4 rec · 57 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With R. Hanson — 37 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 45 LONG · J. McCloud — 200 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 45.5 · -21 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Bucknell · 3&15 · Q4 · EPA +6.80Jordan McCloud pass complete to Reggie Brown for 57 yds for a TD (Camden Wise KICK)
Week 4 · Utah State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.74Jordan McCloud pass complete to Reggie Brown for 74 yds for a TD (Camden Wise KICK)
Week 11 · UConn · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.39Jordan McCloud pass complete to Reggie Brown for 80 yds for a TD (Camden Wise KICK)
Week 4 · Utah State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +5.71Jordan McCloud pass complete to Reggie Brown for 57 yds for a TD (Camden Wise KICK)
Week 11 · UConn · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +4.83Jordan McCloud pass complete to Reggie Brown for 55 yds for a TD (Camden Wise KICK)
Week 9 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.76Jordan McCloud pass complete to Reggie Brown for 49 yds for a TD (Camden Wise KICK)
Week 7 · Georgia Southern · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.39Jordan McCloud pass complete to Reggie Brown for 26 yds to the GASO 46 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Old Dominion · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.37Jordan McCloud pass complete to Reggie Brown for 21 yds for a TD (Camden Wise KICK)
Week 2 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Jordan McCloud pass complete to Reggie Brown for 40 yds to the UVA 35 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Jordan McCloud pass complete to Reggie Brown for 29 yds for a TD (Camden Wise KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-3vs Bucknell	3	77	25.7	1	57
Wk 2	W 36-35@ Virginia	3	60	20.0	0	40
Wk 3	W 16-14@ Troy	4	57	14.3	0	36
Wk 4	W 45-38@ Utah State	5	160	32.0	2	74	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 31-23vs South Alabama	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 7	W 41-13vs Georgia Southern	4	50	12.5	0	26
Wk 8	W 20-9@ Marshall	6	126	21.0	1	53
Wk 9	W 30-27vs Old Dominion	9	142	15.8	2	49	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 42-14@ Georgia State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 11	W 44-6vs UConn	9	202	22.4	2	80	Season-high 202 yds
Wk 12	L 23-26vs App State	3	49	16.3	0	23
Wk 13	W 56-14@ Coastal Carolina	3	58	19.3	1	29
Bowl	L 21-31@ Air Force	2	44	22.0	0	27
Total		53	1054	19.3	9	80

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Reggie Brown

202313 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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Heisman trajectory

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