Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 17 | — |
| Target share | 8.7% | — |
| Catch rate | 64.7% | — |
| Success rate per target | 47.1% | — |
| Yards per target | 8.1 | — |
| Explosive catches | 11.8% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 29.4% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 3 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Brown's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted19 targets charted
2025 charting · Vanderbilt
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (2 of Brown’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
Career
3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Vanderbilt#59 · 3-4 | 7 | 48% | 12 | 145 | 0 | 8.7% |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt#11 · 10-3 | 6 | 14% | 10 | 137 | 0 | 4.4% |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt#50 · 7-6 | 2 | 10% | 3 | 27 | 0 | 11.4% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Tristen Brown's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Tristen Brown's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | Defense | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  Austin Peay | W 28–9 | 5.2 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Delaware | W 35–26 | 4.3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 |  NC State | W 35–31 | 7.4 | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | 33 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Auburn | L 15–21 | 4.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 | @ Georgia | L 14–38 | 5.1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 6 |  Ole Miss | L 17–52 | 5.4 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 7 |  Arkansas | L 21–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 2026 · 6 games | 5.2 | 12 | 145 | 12.1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 12 | 467th / 1995 |
| Yards | 145 | 495th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 12.1 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 33 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4248th / 5410 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Plays made | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Austin Peay | — | 62 | ~36 (11–49) | 3 | · | · | 58% |
| Wk 2 · Delaware | ✓ WR | 69 | ~36 (11–49) | 2 | · | · | 52% |
| Wk 3 · NC State | ✓ WR | 58 | ~34 (11–47) | 4 | · | · | 59% |
| Wk 4 · Auburn | ✓ WR | 75 | ~23 (7–31) | 2 | · | · | 31% |
| Wk 5 · Georgia | ✓ WR | 50 | ~25 (8–34) | 1 | · | 1 | 50% |
| Wk 6 · Ole Miss | — | 73 | ~45 (30–55) | 6 | 1 | · | 62% |
| Wk 7 · Arkansas | — | 60 | ~15 (5–21) | 1 | · | · | 25% |
| Season | 4 GS | 447 | 214 (133–260) | 19 | 1 | 1 | 48% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Vanderbilt roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Junior Sherrill | WR | SR | 41 | 628 | 4 | 26% | +0.66 |
| 5 | Tristen Brown | WR | JR | 12 | 145 | 0 | 9% | +0.41 |
| Ja'Cory Thomas | WR | 12 | 195 | 1 | 8% | +0.98 | ||
| 13 | Kayleb Barnett | WR | SO | 7 | 36 | 0 | 6% | -0.07 |
| 7 | Cole Adams | WR | SR | 5 | 58 | 0 | 5% | +0.32 |
| 9 | Brycen Coleman | WR | JR | 4 | 44 | 0 | 4% | -0.08 |
| 15 | Joseph McVay | WR | JR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.95 |
| 80 | Claiborne Richards | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Kahden Smith | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Owen Cabell | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Lebron Hill | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Ty Burd | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Wils Jackson | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Cameran Dickson | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Vanderbilt depth chart →