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Heisman / Players / Camden Brown /Georgia Southern

Camden Brown

WR · Georgia Southern · Sr · #4

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

1,079 REC YDS · 65 REC · 14 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Georgia Southern for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Georgia Southern for 2026

Updated May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Wide receiver · Georgia Southern

Returning around him

  • 92% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -1 net (17 in / 18 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Georgia Southern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #93 · 2026 recruiting class #80

WR · GEORGIA SOUTHERN · SUN BELT

Camden Brown

  • 4
  • #4
  • 6-2 | 200 lb
  • Monroe, LA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

94

Elite in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 98th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1522

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2022

Auburn · WR

2023

Auburn · WR

2024

Auburn · WR

2025

Georgia Southern · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2022–2025
1232022
1052023
61.02024
1,0792025

+777%

Up 777% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
2 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#20 in market ▼ from #17 · 6 books

+35002.8% implied▼ lengthened from +2500

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey4
Measurements6-2 | 200 lb
HometownMonroe, LA
Primary teamGeorgia Southern

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Georgia Southern 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 17, 2024
Season Move Context
2025 Auburn -> Georgia Southern 3-star | 0.8400 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#1522Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2023Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

Achievements

  • Volume King 1.3% Volume King 2,500+ passing yards, 1,200+ rushing yards, or 900+ receiving yards in a single season (position-appropriate threshold). Held by 1.3% of the 2025 pool. 1079 receiving yards — clears the 900-WR volume bar.
  • Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (1079).

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Camden Brown

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

50

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 2 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "Georgia Southern, Camden Brown Eye Potential NFL Draft Selection &nbsp;&nbsp; WT"Own fansNational: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here]( https://www.r"National
  • Own fans · n=2
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Camden Brown

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Yards per reception

16.6

yds

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #47 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 91st

Why it matters

#47 of 531 All FBS WRs at 16.6 yards per reception (65 catches).

Vs cohort

This player 16.6 (91th)

HIGH · n=65 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving yards (total)#11 / 531
  • Receiving TDs#2 / 531

Signature Moment

Week 14 at Marshall — 157 ypr

Result W 24-19

The week the volume broke through — put up 157 yds at Marshall.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

final
Through 13g
1,079Rec yards
65Receptions
14Rec TDs
Per game
83Rec yards
5Receptions
1Rec TDs
Final
1,079Rec yards
65Receptions
14Rec TDs

✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 1,079.

✓ Hit 1,000-yard receiver · finished with 1,079.

✓ Hit 60-catch season · finished with 65.

✓ Hit 8 receiving TDs · finished with 14.

✓ Hit 10 receiving TDs · finished with 14.

Why the honors trail matters

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Camden Brown already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #1522 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 9.1% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 65 14 rec TD | #36/1110 (97th pct)
Receiving yards 1,079 16.6 per catch | #11/1107 (99th pct)
Scrimmage yards 1,079 Total offensive yardage | #11/1107 (99th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Target magnet | Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.

Target magnetBig-play receiver

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
65 97th
YDS
1,079 99th
YPR
16.6 84th
TD
14 100th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 14-42@ Fresno State45513.8118
Wk 2L 20-59@ USC37525.02322 TD catches
Wk 3W 41-34vs Jacksonville State23316.5118
Wk 4W 45-17vs Maine611819.7144
Wk 5L 10-35@ James Madison511122.2043
Wk 7L 35-38vs Southern Miss1215813.2126Season-high 158 yds
Wk 8W 41-24vs Georgia State34816.02202 TD catches
Wk 9L 24-34@ Arkansas State5448.8124
Wk 11W 25-23@ App State69716.2038
Wk 12W 45-40vs Coastal Carolina513326.63733 TD catches
Wk 13L 10-45vs Old Dominion3206.7010
Wk 14W 24-19@ Marshall915717.42432 TD catches
BowlW 29-10@ App State23015.0021
Total65107916.71473
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Auburn5-7HC: Cadillac Williams · Run-heavy
2023Auburn6-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy
2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced
2025Georgia Southern7-6HC: Clay Helton · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Georgia Southern651,07916.614--
2024Auburn7618.71--
2023Auburn1010510.50--
2022Auburn912313.72--
Career4 loaded seasons911,36815.017--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 9.1% 18.0% pass-game share | #135/1137 (88th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 14 Across offense and returns | #2/1111 (100th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 65 #36/1110 97th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 1,079 #11/1107 99th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 14 #2/1111 100th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 16.6 #175/1106 84th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 18.0% #135/1137 88th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 73 #75/1105 93rd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 10.0% #238/1137 79th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 9.8% #125/1137 89th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 9.1% #136/1137 88th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 9.0% #296/1137 74th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 8.9% #127/1137 89th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 8.8% #109/1137 91st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

ALL-CONF HM

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16

Why he’s here

All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.

What moves him up

A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.

What moves him down

A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home6g5.285.016.41.3
Road7g4.981.316.90.9

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins7g4.788.018.21.3
Losses6g5.377.215.00.8

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-77g4.982.917.90.9
Weeks 8+6g5.283.215.31.3

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

94Elite
5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (99th). Strength: rec yards (98th).

Rec TDs#2 / 558 · 100th pct
14rece
Rec yards#11 / 558 · 98th pct
1079rece
Receptions#36 / 558 · 93rd pct
65rece
Yards / catch#68 / 558 · 88th pct
16.6rece
Long catch#69 / 558 · 87th pct
73rece

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 5 metrics
Camden BrownGeorgia SouthernChris Brazzell IITennessee· 98% simAnthony SmithEast Carolina· 96% simEric McAlisterTCU· 95% sim
Rec TDs
100
Brown
97
II
92
Smith
98
McAlister
Rec yards
98
Brown
97
II
98
Smith
99
McAlister
Receptions
93
Brown
91
II
93
Smith
97
McAlister
Yards / catch
88
Brown
87
II
87
Smith
87
McAlister
Long catch
87
Brown
86
II
86
Smith
98
McAlister

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Deep Threat

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to C.J. Daniels’s 2021 season.

C.J. Daniels

71%match

Liberty · 2021

#2

Carnell Tate

Ohio State · 2025

All-Big TenNFL Rd 1 · Pk 4
75%
#3

Ali Jennings

Old Dominion · 2022

72%
#4

Eric McAlister

TCU · 2025

All-Big 12
67%
#5

Tre Harris

Ole Miss · 2023

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 23
66%

Matches C.J. on

Height
Weight
TD rate

Differs from C.J. on

Reception volume (higher)
Class year (higher)

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Romeo Doubs’s path through Nevada.

Romeo Doubs

100%match

Nevada · 2021

All-Mountain WestNFL Rd 4
#2

Antonio Nunn

Buffalo · 2020

All-MAC
100%
#3

Jaray Jenkins

LSU · 2022

99%
#4

Seth Williams

Auburn · 2020

99%
#5

Chas Nimrod

South Florida · 2025

99%

Matches Romeo on

Height
Weight
Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Eric McAlister's senior season at TCU (2025).

Eric McAlister

71%match

TCU · 2025

All-Big 12
#2

Jack Bech

TCU · 2024

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 26
70%
#3

Eli Pancol

Duke · 2024

68%
#4

Nick Nash

San José State · 2023

Consensus All-American
67%
#5

Josh Kelly

Washington State · 2023

67%

Matches Eric on

Total EPA (college ability)
Height
Reception volume

Differs from Eric on

TD rate (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

Pass share

48.9%

429 pass / 448 run

Plays / game

67.5

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

8.6%

325 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach
2022
Clay Helton
Georgia Southern
2023
Clay Helton
Georgia Southern
2024
Clay Helton
Georgia Southern
2025
Clay Helton
Georgia Southern

Played his entire career under Clay Helton.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownMonroe, LA
Height6'2"
Weight200 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey4

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-Sun Belt

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2025 All-Sun Belt all_conference Georgia Southern | Sun Belt WR

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Auburn WR4 #1522 #2023 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Auburn WR4 #1996 #2089 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 Auburn WR4 #1426 #1766 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Georgia Southern Sun Belt WR 4 No. 4 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Monroe, LA
2024 Auburn SEC WR 4 No. 4 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Monroe, LA
2023 Auburn SEC WR 4 No. 4 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Monroe, LA
2022 Auburn SEC WR 4 No. 4 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Monroe, LA