JB Brown

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-1
Weight:
280
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Long Beach, Calif.
High School:
Long Beach Poly
Prev School:
Arizona

2023 • Redshirt Senior

• Phil Steele All-Independent Team (Second Team - DE)
• College Football Network All-Independent Defense Team (Second Team - EDGE)
• Appeared in all 12 games, totaling 36 tackles (eight solo, 28 assisted), 3.5 TFLs for 15 yards, 2.5 sacks, four QB hurries and a pass breakup
• Recorded six tackles (one solo, five assisted) against Arkansas State (9/30) to match a career-high
• Matched a career-best of six take downs at Penn State (10/14) and at Liberty (11/18), including two solo tackles in each game
• Had a sack and tackle for loss for eight yards at Penn State (10/14)
• Tallied first career pass breakup at Eastern Michigan (9/16)
• Registered a quarterback hurry at Auburn (9/2), vs. Miami (OH) (9/9), vs. Toledo (10/7) and vs. Merrimack (11/4)

Before Massachusetts

• With Arizona, did not appear in a game during the 2022 season after playing in four games (three starts) in 2021
• Totaled eight total tackles, two tackles for loss, and one quarterback hurry in 2021
• Did not play in the 2020 season due to COVID-19
• Appeared in all 12 games in 2019 (six starts) on the defensive line
• Finished the 2019 season with 21 total tackles, five tackles-for-loss and three sacks
• Opened the season with three tackles and a quarterback hurry at Hawai’i (Aug. 24) and had two tackles and a sack at USC (Oct. 19)
• Played in all 12 games in 2018 (eight starts), including each of the final six games
• Shared team-best honors with 3.5 sacks
• Third among UA defensive linemen with 30 total tackles, while ranking third on team with 7.5 tackles-for-loss
• Registered a pair of sacks and totaled four tackles in win over Colorado (Nov. 2)
• Recorded first sack of season and combined for four tackles while forcing a fumble in win over California (Oct. 6)
• Combined for six tackles as starter in road win at Oregon State (Sept. 22)
• Made first career start and totaled four tackles in win over Southern Utah (Sept. 15)
• Played in four games in 2017 and recorded two tackles as a true freshman
• Graduated in 2017 from Long Beach Poly High School where he was a team co-captain as a junior and senior and was a three-star recruit
• Earned Team MVP honors as a senior and was a First-team All-Conference selection as a junior and senior
• Two-time Cal-Hi Sports All-State and MaxPreps All-American
• Finished his career with the second most tackles in Long Beach Poly history
• Led his team with 95 tackles as a senior and added four sacks, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries
• Finished with 317 tackles for his high school career
• Son of Jason and Tracy Brown
• Brother, Jason, played football at Idaho and his brother, Juwuan, played at Southern Oregon
• Brother, Jayon, played at UCLA and was drafted in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans and played the 2022 season with the Las Vegas Raiders