Receiver, Northern Illinois, 2010–⁠14

Da’Ron Brown

Number
No. 4
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Chicago, IL
Born
Oct 21, 1991, in Chicago, Illinois

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Da’Ron Brown played receiver at Northern Illinois (2010–⁠14). The Kansas City Chiefs took Brown in round 7, No. 233 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,065
Receiving yards, 2014 (Northern Illinois, 11–⁠3)
Best game
209 yards
Vs. Ball State, week 12, 2013: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 233
Round 7, 2015 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Bowling Green, 2014209receiving yards, career highvs. Ball State, 20132receiving touchdowns, career highfive times; last at Northwestern, 2014

Team titles: MAC champions, 2011, 2012 and 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Northern Illinois2331713.8225
2012Northern Illinois171569.2225
2013Northern Illinois4675216.3958
2014Northern Illinois681,06515.7664
Career1542,29014.91964

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Northern Illinois133.003
2012Northern Illinois441.0114
2013Northern Illinois7456.4017
2014Northern Illinois1010810.8161
Career221607.3261

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
20111011011
201212044
On file11415

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Northern Illinois4WR
2011Northern Illinois4WR
2012Northern Illinois4WR
2013Northern Illinois4WR
2014Northern Illinois4WR6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Northern Illinois500.8557th (n=341)0.8142.76%
2014Northern Illinois1320.5147th (n=496)0.5266.912%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Northern Illinois 14 games, 68 catches, 1,065 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 28vs.PresbyterianW 55–⁠37911395
Sep 6atNorthwesternW 23–⁠156128259–
Sep 13atUNLVW 48–⁠34613815426
Sep 20atArkansasL 14–⁠52529010–
Oct 4vs.Kent StateW 17–⁠141370377
Oct 11vs.Central MichiganL 17–⁠344760491
Oct 18vs.Miami (OH)W 51–⁠414128161–
Oct 25atEastern MichiganW 28–⁠17435010–
Nov 5atBall StateW 35–⁠21775014–
Nov 11vs.ToledoW 27–⁠2437316464
Nov 18atOhioW 21–⁠145700172
Nov 28atWestern MichiganW 31–⁠213520393
Dec 5vs.Bowling GreenW 51–⁠17970020–
Dec 23 ✦vs.MarshallL 23–⁠52463026–
2013 Northern Illinois 12 games, 46 catches, 752 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31atIowaW 30–⁠27792133–
Sep 14atIdahoW 45–⁠35557138–
Sep 21vs.Eastern IllinoisW 43–⁠39799051–
Sep 28atPurdueW 55–⁠24453217–
Oct 5atKent StateW 38–⁠24272153–
Oct 12vs.AkronW 27–⁠20351031–
Oct 19atCentral MichiganW 38–⁠1721801117
Oct 26vs.Eastern MichiganW 59–⁠20338228–
Nov 2atMassachusettsW 63–⁠19––––17
Nov 13vs.Ball StateW 48–⁠278209258–
Nov 26vs.Western MichiganW 33–⁠1410006
Dec 26 ✦vs.Utah StateL 14–⁠214630245
2012 Northern Illinois 11 games, 17 catches, 156 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 8vs.UT MartinW 35–⁠7332013–
Sep 15atArmyW 41–⁠401606–
Sep 22vs.KansasW 30–⁠231505–
Oct 6atBall StateW 35–⁠231606–
Oct 13vs.BuffaloW 45–⁠3––––12
Oct 20atAkronW 37–⁠72908–
Oct 27atWestern MichiganW 48–⁠3443129–
Nov 14vs.ToledoW 31–⁠24117017−2
Nov 23atEastern MichiganW 49–⁠7213010–
Nov 30vs.Kent StateW 44–⁠3723702514
Jan 1 ✦vs.Florida StateL 10–⁠31––––−20
2011 Northern Illinois 9 games, 23 catches, 317 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 10atKansasL 42–⁠45228118–
Sep 17vs.WisconsinL 7–⁠49346018–
Oct 1atCentral MichiganL 41–⁠485630243
Oct 8vs.Kent StateW 40–⁠10225014–
Oct 15vs.Western MichiganW 51–⁠22124024–
Nov 1atToledoW 63–⁠60356125–
Nov 8atBowling GreenW 45–⁠14348018–
Nov 15vs.Ball StateW 41–⁠38221014–
Dec 2vs.OhioW 23–⁠202607–

No box score in the source for Nov 25 vs. Eastern Michigan, so that game is not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 East–West Shrine Game (West team, lost 3–⁠19).

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′0⅛″
Weight205 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size10¼″
40-yard dash4.54 s
10-yard split1.55 sW
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.04 s
20-yard shuttle4.11 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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