Senior wide receiver for Kent State. 2025: 12 catches, 148 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′2″ · 195 lb · Detroit, MI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
12 catches · 1 TD · 12.3 per catch
Best game: 3 rec, 50 yds, vs Merrimack
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Kent State. 2025: 12 catches, 148 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Sebastian Brown
Moves the chains on third down. Sebastian Brown has been at Kent State through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt on tape: 50 rec yds, 3 receptions against Merrimack, Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kenni Burns → Mark Carney. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: explosive rate (3rd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 30.8 | 17.8 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 19.2 | 12.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 17.3 | 11.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #35 of 38 Mid-American WRs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 12 | 148 | 12.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Kent State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 148 | 12.3 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 21–17
vs Merrimack
3 rec · 50 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
With D. Clark — 1 TD · 100 AVG · 100 LONG · C. Wolford — 1 rush yds (1 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-17vs Merrimack | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 19 | Season-high 50 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 14-62@ Texas Tech | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31vs Buffalo | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-66@ Florida State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-6vs Massachusetts | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 1 | 36 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-45@ Toledo | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-17@ Ball State | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-28vs Central Michigan | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Total | 12 | 148 | 12.0 | 1 | 36 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kent State
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Kent State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #130 · 2026 recruiting class #122
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tauskie Dove’s 2022 season.
Matches Tauskie on
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Dontayvion Wicks's sophomore season at Virginia (2022).
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