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Sydney Brown

Illinois · Safety · 2018-22

TKL
307
INT
10
PD
16

Career totals · 5 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Brown was a first-team all-conference pick in 2022.

From 2018 to 2022, Brown recorded 307 tackles and 10 tackles for loss. In 2018, 2019 and 2022, Brown also had 10 interceptions.

Brown was the No. 66 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 83 overall, the highest safety rating at Illinois since 1990 and No. 15 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2019
    • Third-team all-conference
  2. 2022
    • First-team all-conference
  3. 2023
    • No. 66 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Sydney Brown season-by-season statistics at Illinois
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
201855251
2019882.513
2020360.500
2021691.530
2022593.576
Total307101610

Seasons with tracked stats at Illinois. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Illinois Teammates

  1. 86Devon Witherspoon2019-22CB
  2. 86Jer'Zhan Newton2020-23EDGE
  3. 77Quan Martin2018-22S
  4. 77Pat Bryant2021-24WR
  5. 75Gabe Jacas2022-25LB
  6. 74Isaiah Williams2019-23WR
  7. 74Jake Hansen2016-21LB
  8. 74Chase Brown2019-22RB
  9. 72Kendall Smith2017-22S
  10. 72Kerby Joseph2018-21S

Full Illinois all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Sydney Brown (American football)) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.