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Derrick Brown

Defensive Tackle, Carolina Panthers · #95.

Player facts

Team: Carolina Panthers
Position: Defensive Tackle
Number: 95
Born: Apr 15, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace: Sugar Hill, GA, USA
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 320 lbs
College: Auburn
Experience: 7 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	11	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	1	0	0
Career	332	177	155	13	1	0	0	2	2	1.0	0	2	31	47	42	0

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 4	vs DET	W 32-26	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ CLE	L 21-18	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ ATL	W 34-3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs CHI	L 59-37	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 4 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Derrick Brown (born April 15, 1998) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers, earning unanimous All-American honors and being named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2019. Brown was selected seventh overall by the Panthers in the 2020 NFL draft and earned his first Pro Bowl selection following the 2023 season.

From Wikipedia’s article on Derrick Brown (American football), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Brown attended Lanier High School, where he played defensive tackle. During his high school career, he recorded 270 tackles, 33.5 quarterback sacks, five forced fumbles and three interceptions.

The 247Sports Composite ranked Brown as the No. 9 overall recruit, No. 4 defensive tackle and No. 1 player in Georgia in the class of 2016. A five-star recruit, he committed to play college football for the Auburn Tigers on February 3, 2016.

College career

As a freshman in 2016, Brown played in all 13 games and recorded 11 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack, and recovered a fumble. As a sophomore in 2017, he started all 14 games and recorded 56 tackles, including nine tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles.

As a junior in 2018, Brown recorded 48 tackles, including 10.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. He earned second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors. As a senior in 2019, he recorded 55 tackles, including 12.5 tackles for loss and four sacks, along with two forced fumbles and four pass breakups. He earned unanimous All-American honors and was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year. He also won the Lott IMPACT Trophy and the Senior CLASS Award.