Defensive back, Sam Houston (from Northern Illinois, Bowling Green), 2020–25
C.J. Brown
- Number
- No. 24
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Canton, MI
C.J. Brown played defensive back at Northern Illinois (2020–23), Bowling Green (2024) and Sam Houston (2025).
At a glance
Career highs
14tackles, career highvs. Western Michigan, 2021Team titles: MAC champions, 2021
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 107 | 60 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 71 | 34 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Bowling Green | 73 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 64 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Career | 337 | 191 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | 24 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 24 | DB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 24 | DB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 24 | DB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Bowling Green | 24 | DB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 24 | DB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 5′10″ | 190 |
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.
Game by game
2025 Sam Houston 10 games, 64 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 | at Western Kentucky | L 24–41 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 29 | vs. UNLV | L 21–38 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 6 | at Hawai’i | L 20–37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 20 | at Texas | L 0–55 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | at New Mexico State | L 10–37 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs. Jacksonville State | L 27–29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at Oregon State | W 21–17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. Delaware | W 26–23 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at Middle Tennessee | L 17–31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Florida International | L 16–56 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2024 Bowling Green 13 games, 73 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. Fordham | W 41–17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Penn State | L 27–34 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | at Texas A&M | L 20–26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Old Dominion | L 27–30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at Akron | W 27–20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Northern Illinois | L 7–17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Kent State | W 27–6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | at Toledo | W 41–26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | at Central Michigan | W 23–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Western Michigan | W 31–13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Ball State | W 38–13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Miami (OH) | L 12–28 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. Arkansas State | L 31–38 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Northern Illinois 3 games, 11 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Boston College | W 27–24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Southern Illinois | L 11–14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | atAkron | W 55–14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Northern Illinois 12 games, 71 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Eastern Illinois | W 34–27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Tulsa | L 35–38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Vanderbilt | L 28–38 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | at Kentucky | L 23–31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | atBall State | L 38–44 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Toledo | L 32–52 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at Eastern Michigan | W 39–10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Ohio | L 17–24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs.Central Michigan | L 22–35 | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | atWestern Michigan | W 24–21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs.Miami (OH) | L 23–29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Akron | L 12–44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2021 Northern Illinois 14 games, 107 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Georgia Tech | W 22–21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Wyoming | L 43–50 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | at Michigan | L 10–63 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Maine | W 41–14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs.Eastern Michigan | W 27–20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | atToledo | W 22–20 | 8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs. Bowling Green | W 34–26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | atCentral Michigan | W 39–38 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | atKent State | L 47–52 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs.Ball State | W 30–29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | at Buffalo | W 33–27 | 12 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs.Western Michigan | L 21–42 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | vs.Kent State | W 41–23 | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. Coastal Carolina | L 41–47 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Northern Illinois 4 games, 11 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4 | vs.Buffalo | L 30–49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | atWestern Michigan | L 27–30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | vs.Toledo | L 24–41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 12 | atEastern Michigan | L 33–41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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