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12 JB Brown

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 280
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Long Beach, Calif.
  • High School Long Beach Poly HS
  • Instagram brown.j.b

Biography

2022: Did not make an appearance during the 2022 season.

2021: Played in four games with three starts...Saw time in the Wildcats first four games and missed the remainder of the season...tallied eight total tackles, two tackles for loss, and one quarterback hurry.

2020: Opted out of the 2020 season.

2019: Appeared in all 12 games with six starts on the defensive line...Finished the 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)...Collected his first tackle-for-loss of the season in home win over UCLA (Sept. 28), while collecting two total tackles...Had two tackles and a sack at USC (Oct. 19)...Finished with a season-high four tackles against Oregon State (Nov. 2)...Collected two tackles and a sack at Oregon (Nov. 16)...Finished with two tackles, two tackles-for-loss and one sack in season finale at ASU (Nov. 30).

2018: Played in all 12 games with eight starts, including each of final six, at defensive end…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…Had at least 0.5 TFL in six of final seven games – all against Pac-12 foes…Turned in two tackles, including 0.5 for loss, against ASU (Nov. 24)…Posted three tackles and 0.5 sacks at Washington State (Nov. 17)…Registered a pair of sacks and totaled four tackles in win over Colorado (Nov. 2)…Did not record any stats while playing in upset win over No. 19 Oregon (Oct. 27)…Collected three tackles, including 1.5 for loss, at UCLA  (Oct. 20)…Tallied three stops including 2.0 for loss, at Utah (Oct. 12) to begin a stretch of six consecutive starts…Recorded first sack of season and combined for four tackles while forcing a fumble in win over California (Oct. 6)…Played as a reserve against USC (Sept. 29)…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)…Collected one tackle at Houston (Sept. 8)…Season debut came in opener against BYU (Sept. 1).

2017: Played in four games and recorded two tackles as a true freshman … Saw action but did not record any statistics in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Recorded a pair of solo tackles in home upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Did not record statistics but played in victories over UCLA (Oct. 14) and at UTEP (Sept. 15).

High School: Graduated in 2017 from Long Beach Poly High School…Letterwinner in football at linebacker…Team co-captain as a junior and senior…Team MVP as a senior…First-team All-Conference as a junior and senior…Two-time Cal-Hi Sports All-State…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…Added four sacks, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries…Finished with 317 tackles for his high school career.
 
Personal: Son of Jason and Tracy Brown…Has three brothers, Jason, Juwuan and Jayon…Has one sister, Taniya…Brother, Jason, played football at Idaho…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…Full name is Joshua Lee Brown, but prefers to go by JB...Majoring in Literacy, Learning & Leadership.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2017Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'3" 244 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2018Sophomore

    Defensive End
    6'3" 263 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2019Junior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 255 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2020Senior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 267 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2021Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 281 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2022Fifth Year

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 280 lbs
    12
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