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
Career highs
9catches, career highvs. Bowling Green, 2014209receiving yards, career highvs. Ball State, 20132receiving touchdowns, career highfive times; last at Northwestern, 2014Team titles: MAC champions, 2011, 2012 and 2014
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Northern Illinois | 23 | 317 | 13.8 | 2 | 25 |
| 2012 | Northern Illinois | 17 | 156 | 9.2 | 2 | 25 |
| 2013 | Northern Illinois | 46 | 752 | 16.3 | 9 | 58 |
| 2014 | Northern Illinois | 68 | 1,065 | 15.7 | 6 | 64 |
| Career | 154 | 2,290 | 14.9 | 19 | 64 | |
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2013 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 0 | 17 |
| 2014 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 108 | 10.8 | 1 | 61 |
| Career | 22 | 160 | 7.3 | 2 | 61 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2012 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| On file | 1 | 14 | 15 | |
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Northern Illinois | 4 | WR | |
| 2011 | Northern Illinois | 4 | WR | |
| 2012 | Northern Illinois | 4 | WR | |
| 2013 | Northern Illinois | 4 | WR | |
| 2014 | Northern Illinois | 4 | WR | 6′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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Northern Illinois | 50 | 0.85 | 57th (n=341) | 0.81 | 42.7 | 6% |
| 2014 | Northern Illinois | 132 | 0.51 | 47th (n=496) | 0.52 | 66.9 | 12% |
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
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. | W 55–3 | 7 | 91 | 1 | 39 | 5 |
| Sep 6 | at | W 23–15 | 6 | 128 | 2 | 59 | – |
| Sep 13 | at | W 48–34 | 6 | 138 | 1 | 54 | 26 |
| Sep 20 | at | L 14–52 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs. | W 17–14 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 7 |
| Oct 11 | vs. | L 17–34 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | vs. | W 51–41 | 4 | 128 | 1 | 61 | – |
| Oct 25 | at | W 28–17 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Nov 5 | at | W 35–21 | 7 | 75 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 27–24 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 64 | 64 |
| Nov 18 | at | W 21–14 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Nov 28 | at | W 31–21 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 39 | 3 |
| Dec 5 | vs. | W 51–17 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 20 | – |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. | L 23–52 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 26 | – |
2013 Northern Illinois 12 games, 46 catches, 752 yards, 9 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at | W 30–27 | 7 | 92 | 1 | 33 | – |
| Sep 14 | at | W 45–35 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 38 | – |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 43–39 | 7 | 99 | 0 | 51 | – |
| Sep 28 | at | W 55–24 | 4 | 53 | 2 | 17 | – |
| Oct 5 | at | W 38–24 | 2 | 72 | 1 | 53 | – |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 27–20 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 31 | – |
| Oct 19 | at | W 38–17 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 17 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 59–20 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 28 | – |
| Nov 2 | at | W 63–19 | – | – | – | – | 17 |
| Nov 13 | vs. | W 48–27 | 8 | 209 | 2 | 58 | – |
| Nov 26 | vs. | W 33–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. | L 14–21 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
2012 Northern Illinois 11 games, 17 catches, 156 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | vs. | W 35–7 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Sep 15 | at | W 41–40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 30–23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Oct 6 | at | W 35–23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Oct 13 | vs. | W 45–3 | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| Oct 20 | at | W 37–7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Oct 27 | at | W 48–34 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 9 | – |
| Nov 14 | vs. | W 31–24 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | −2 |
| Nov 23 | at | W 49–7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | W 44–37 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 25 | 14 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 10–31 | – | – | – | – | −20 |
2011 Northern Illinois 9 games, 23 catches, 317 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | at | L 42–45 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 18 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | L 7–49 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Oct 1 | at | L 41–48 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 40–10 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Oct 15 | vs. | W 51–22 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | – |
| Nov 1 | at | W 63–60 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 25 | – |
| Nov 8 | at | W 45–14 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. | W 41–38 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Dec 2 | vs. | W 23–20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | – |
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).
| Drill | Combine 2015 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅛″ |
| Weight | 205 lb |
| Arm length | 32″ |
| Hand size | 10¼″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.54 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 sW |
| Vertical jump | 37″ |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ |
| Bench press | 17 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.04 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.11 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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