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Heisman / Players / Marshaun Brown /Nevada

Marshaun Brown

WR · Nevada · So · #9

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

164 REC YDS · 16 REC · 1 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Nevada for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Nevada for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Nevada

Returning around him

  • 66% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -7 net (14 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Nevada · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #119 · 2026 recruiting class #88

WR · NEVADA · MOUNTAIN WEST

Marshaun Brown

  • 2
  • #9
  • 6-4 | 198 lb
  • Reno, NV

CFB Zeitgeist Score

15

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 24th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#3307

<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 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
14.02023
62.02024
1642025

+1071%

Up 1071% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Nevada
2023–2025
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
Class2
Jersey9
Measurements6-4 | 198 lb
HometownReno, NV
Primary teamNevada

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 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

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#3307Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#3725Where 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.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

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 Marshaun Brown

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Marshaun Brown

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

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

projecting to 13-game
Through 6g
164Rec yards
16Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
27.3Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
355.3Rec yards
35Receptions
2Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 164): needs 76.6/game over remaining 7.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 164): needs 119.4/game over remaining 7.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 16): needs 6.3/game over remaining 7.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 16): needs 9.1/game over remaining 7.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 1/game over remaining 7.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 1.3/game over remaining 7.

What made this player interesting

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

Marshaun Brown's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Nevada, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #3307 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 6.8% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

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 16 1 rec TD | #465/1110 (58th pct)
Receiving yards 164 10.3 per catch | #520/1107 (53rd pct)
Scrimmage yards 164 Total offensive yardage | #520/1107 (53rd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
16 58th
YDS
164 53rd
YPR
10.3 35th
TD
1 64th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 7L 10-44vs San Diego State11616.0116
Wk 8L 22-24@ New Mexico77510.7020Season-high 75 yds
Wk 9L 3-24vs Boise State4358.8014
Wk 12W 55-10vs San José State23216.0022
Wk 13W 13-7@ Wyoming122.002
Wk 14L 17-42vs UNLV144.004
Total161649.6122
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

2023Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Run-leaning
2024Nevada3-10HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning
2025Nevada3-9HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2025Nevada1616410.21--
2024Nevada56212.40--
2023Nevada11414.00--
Career3 loaded seasons2224010.91--
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 6.8% 15.3% pass-game share | #230/1137 (80th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 1 Across offense and returns | #396/1111 (64th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 16 #465/1110 58th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 164 #520/1107 53rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #396/1111 64th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 10.3 #724/1106 35th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 15.3% #230/1137 80th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 22 #722/1105 35th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 13.8% #76/1137 93rd pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 10.3% #220/1137 81st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 6.8% #291/1137 74th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 5.8% #345/1137 70th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 5.1% #380/1137 67th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 4.2% #612/1137 46th pct Middle-down loadvs 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.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

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 · 6 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home4g2.021.811.20.2
Road2g4.038.56.30.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins2g1.517.09.00.0
Losses4g3.232.59.90.2

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-71g1.016.016.01.0
Weeks 8+5g3.029.68.30.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

15Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (5th).

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct
1rece
Yards / catch#452 / 558 · 19th pct
10.3rece
Receptions#465 / 558 · 15th pct
16rece
Rec yards#508 / 558 · 9th pct
164rece
Long catch#524 / 558 · 6th pct
22rece

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
Marshaun BrownNevadaMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 56% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 49% simAaron TurnerRice· 48% sim
Rec TDs
24
Brown
24
III
7
Gibson
68
Turner
Yards / catch
19
Brown
9
III
15
Gibson
1
Turner
Receptions
15
Brown
92
III
92
Gibson
92
Turner
Rec yards
9
Brown
70
III
74
Gibson
48
Turner
Long catch
6
Brown
16
III
56
Gibson
65
Turner

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

Player DNA

The Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Damonte Coxie’s 2020 season.

Damonte Coxie

76%match

Memphis · 2020

#2

Isaiah Horton

Miami · 2023

80%
#3

Malick Meiga

Coastal Carolina · 2025

77%
#4

Joseph Manjack

Houston · 2022

77%
#5

Roman Mothershed

Troy · 2025

77%

Matches Damonte on

Reception volume
TD rate
Yards / reception

Differs from Damonte on

Class year (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Shamar Porter's junior season at UConn (2025).

Shamar Porter

77%match

UConn · 2025

#2

Chris Brazzell II

Tennessee · 2024

All-AACNFL Rd 3 · Pk 19
73%
#3

Aidan Mizell

Florida · 2025

71%
#4

Jojo Phillips

BYU · 2025

71%
#5

Kaleb Webb

Maryland · 2025

69%

Matches Shamar on

Total EPA (college ability)
Height
EPA / play (adj)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jeff Choate

Pass share

42.6%

306 pass / 413 run

Plays / game

59.9

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.8%

251 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Ken Wilson
Nevada
2024
Jeff Choate
Nevada
era →
2025
Jeff Choate
Nevada

Coaching transition mid-career: Ken Wilson → Jeff Choate. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownReno, NV
Height6'4"
Weight198 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey9

Trophy Case · Detail

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

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

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

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Nevada WR2 #3307 #3725 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West
2023 Nevada WR2 #5192 #6020 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Nevada Mountain West WR 2 No. 9 | 6-4 | 198 lb | Reno, NV
2024 Nevada Mountain West WR 2 No. 9 | 6-4 | 198 lb | Reno, NV
2023 Nevada Mountain West WR 2 No. 9 | 6-4 | 198 lb | Reno, NV