Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31@ West Virginia | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Fordham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#55
Tray Brown
Redshirt senior linebacker for Coastal Carolina. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 232 lb · Margate, FL · Cardinal Gibbons
CFB Index 60 · #200 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Coastal Carolina)
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
3
tackles · 2026 · through week 3
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 2 tackles, 1 TFL, at West Virginia
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Redshirt senior linebacker for Coastal Carolina. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Coastal Carolina in 2022.
Tray Brown
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Tray Brown has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Coastal Carolina. The receipt: 2 tackles, 1 TFL against West Virginia — Week 1, 2026.
3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
5 programs, one constant: he played.
2022
- Signed with Coastal Carolina3-star out of Cardinal Gibbons
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Coastal Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coaches2023–2024
Coastal Carolina
2025era →
Jeremiah Johnson
Coastal Carolina
2026era →
Ryan Beard
Coastal Carolina
Played under 3 different head coaches: Tim Beck, Jeremiah Johnson, and Ryan Beard. Multi-era developmental context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Coastal Carolina
DestinationTBD
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | -- | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 53 | 36 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 34 | 21 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 101 | 62 | 19.0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
Game log
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 45–7
vs Fordham
1 tackles · 1 hurries
Dominant 38-point win at home against Fordham.
With R. Podesta — 39.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20 · D. Bailey — 203 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 30.0 · 21 rush yds (4 car)
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Coastal Carolina8-5HC: Tim Beck · Balanced
2024Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning
2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Jeremiah Johnson · Run-leaning
2026Coastal Carolina1-2HC: Ryan Beard · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
High confidence
Concern: tackles (0th 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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Beard
Pass share
47.4%
91 pass / 101 run
Plays / game
64.0
3 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
108 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
60 · #200 of 583 LBs
Three-star recruit. Now #200 at the position.
How he plays
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
CFB Index positional classification
Starter
The No. 1,304 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Sun Belt as a redshirt senior.
DNA match
Player DNA
Thumper
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to William Kwenkeu’s 2021 season.
76%match
Matches William on
Weight
TFL rate
Class year
Differs from William on
Solo tackle rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Andrew Simpson's junior season at Boise State (2024).
71%match
All-Mountain West
Matches Andrew on
Solo tackle rate
Sack rate
Tackle volume
Differs from Andrew on
Class year (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Tray Brown
Background
2025 (Redshirt Junior Year) Appeared in all 13 games with nine starts at linebacker Finished fourth on the team with 54 tackles (37 solo) Led to the team with 11.5 tackles for loss while also adding 2.5 sacks Added two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one pass breakup Recorded a…
The linebacker corps · Coastal Carolina
- #55Tray Brown53 tackles · 2025
- #19Se'Von McDowell45 tackles · 2025
- #34Wyatt Gedeon11 tackles · 2025
- #4Marcellius Pulliam8 tackles · 2025
- #11Braxton Starnes5 tackles · 2025
5 more on the roster · Coastal Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology