Barion Brown
American football player (born 2003)
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Barion Brown (born December 12, 2003) is an American college football wide receiver and return specialist for the LSU Tigers. He previously played for the Kentucky Wildcats.
Return specialist
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Brown at August 2024 Autograph Signing | |
| No. 6 – LSU Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Positions | Wide receiver Return specialist |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Born | December 12, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 177 lb (80 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Pearl-Cohn (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| College | |
| Awards and highlights | |
| Stats at ESPN | |
Early life
Brown grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and attended Pearl-Cohn Comprehensive High School.[1] As a senior, he rushed for 897 yards and 10 touchdowns on 59 carries and also caught 22 passes for 303 yards and three touchdowns.[2] At the end of the season, Brown was named the Tennessee Titans Class 4A Mr. Football.[3] He also ran track at Pearl-Cohn and won state championships in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash as a junior and as a senior.[4] Brown committed to play college football at Kentucky after considering offers from Alabama, TCU, and Ole Miss.[5] He was the highest-rated receiver to sign with the school.[6][7]
College career
Kentucky
Brown entered his freshman season at Kentucky as the Wildcats' primary kick returner.[8] He returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown in his college debut against Miami of Ohio and was later named the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Special Teams Player of the Week.[9] Brown was also named the SEC co-Freshman of the Week for weeks 4 and 5.[10] He finished the season with 50 receptions for 628 yards and four touchdowns.[11] On December 5, 2024, Brown entered the transfer portal.[12]
LSU
Brown transferred to LSU on December 14, 2024.[13]
On November 29, 2025, before playing against Oklahoma, Brown used his cleats to tear up the grass on the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium during the team's pregame warmup, which became viral on social media.[14]
Statistics
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Led NCAA Division I FBS | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Kick returns | Punt returns | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2022 | Kentucky | 13 | 7 | 50 | 628 | 12.6 | 4 | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | 16 | 440 | 27.5 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Kentucky | 13 | 11 | 43 | 539 | 12.5 | 4 | 12 | 147 | 12.3 | 1 | 16 | 576 | 36.0 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Kentucky | 11 | 9 | 29 | 361 | 12.4 | 3 | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 1 | 18 | 449 | 24.9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | LSU | 13 | 9 | 53 | 532 | 10.0 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 15 | 445 | 29.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | 38 | 28 | 175 | 2,060 | 11.8 | 12 | 32 | 228 | 7.1 | 2 | 65 | 1910 | 29.4 | 6 | 11 | 85 | 7.7 | 0 | |
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 177 lb (80 kg) | 31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.40 s | 1.62 s | |||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[15][16][17] | ||||||||||||