The case
Produced 107 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and five sacks in 13 starts during 2025, earning first-team All-ACC honors.
LB · Clemson · Junior
Sammy Brown
CHROME AUTOPAPER AUTO
PPG82.1OVERALL#1LB#14-GAME FORM63.1LATEST GAME70.0
CHROME PROSPECTBCP-33Chrome auto · BCPA-SB
PAPERBPP-33
CHROMEBCP-33
CHROME AUTOBCPA-SB
PAPER AUTOBPPA-SB
PLAYER STATS
2026 season & career
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SCOUTING NOTEBOOK
The read right now
The repeated disruption is a stronger signal than tackle volume alone. Coverage responsibilities and projection still need independent evaluation.
The production
2026 opening games: 10 tackles at LSU; six tackles, half a tackle for loss and a pass breakup against Georgia Southern.
Latest game
Credited with a sack against North Carolina when his pressure forced intentional grounding. Preserve that context rather than treating it as a conventional tackle of the quarterback.
NEXT CHECK
Track repeat pressure creation together with coverage responsibilities.
BOWMAN CHECKLIST
His 2026 Bowman cards
Paper and Chrome are separate prospect entries. Prospect autographs add a verified signature checklist appearance; inserts and variations are separate collecting paths. This is a format hierarchy, not a price or scarcity ranking.
Topps describes parallels, but a complete first-party football odds/serial-number matrix was not available in this audit. No baseball parallel structure is imported. Serial numbering is not an estimate of total print run.
2 base appearances · 2 autograph appearances · 0 insert / variation appearances. Counts describe checklist rows, not distinct print runs.
These are the official checklist appearances we have mapped. We only show serial numbering when we can source it.
| Checklist | Card number | Printed school | Check it / find it |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPER PROSPECTS | BPP-33 | Clemson® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Sammy Brown BPP-33 |
| CHROME PROSPECTS | BCP-33 | Clemson® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Sammy Brown BCP-33 |
| CHROME PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BCPA-SB | Clemson® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Sammy Brown BCPA-SB |
| PAPER PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BPPA-SB | Clemson® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Sammy Brown BPPA-SB |
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RESEARCH FILEIdentity, open questions & evidence gapsOpen file
Clemson; LB; Junior; 6-2; 235 lb.
Source 1: Clemson: Sammy Brown official profile ↗- school
- Clemson (verified)
- position
- LB (verified)
- class
- Junior (verified)
- Date of birth
- Unknown (unknown)
- measurements
- 6-2 / 235 lb (verified)
- recruiting
- High-school recruiting history not yet independently verified. (unknown)
- 2026 statistics
- Dated game evidence through 2026-09-19; complete season totals not verified. (partial)
- Draft eligibility
- Unknown (unknown)
- NFL consensus
- Unknown (unknown)
- Next catalyst
- Track repeat pressure creation together with coverage responsibilities. (editorial)
- Full date of birth not verified; age is not inferred from class.
- Complete 2026 cumulative statistics through September 21 are not verified; dated games and prior seasons remain separately labeled.
- Draft eligibility and a current independent NFL consensus remain unverified; a school award or watch list is not consensus.
- Verified athletic testing, availability history and position-specific advanced charting are incomplete.
PPG METHODHow the 82.1 grade was built60% supported
We have support for 60% of the normal grade inputs. A player needs at least 60% before we publish a PPG. Missing pieces stay missing.
| Component | Weight | Score / confidence | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | 25% | 80medium | 13.5 tackles for loss and five sacks supplement 107 tackles; coverage efficiency remains unavailable.Source 1: Clemson: Sammy Brown official profile ↗ |
| ageClass | 15% | 80medium | Repeated disruption across his first two seasons supports an early-production signal.Source 1: Clemson: Sammy Brown official profile ↗ |
| role | 15% | 85medium | 13 starts and 734 snaps in 2025 establish full-time responsibility.Source 1: Clemson: Sammy Brown official profile ↗ |
| physical | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
| pedigree | 5% | 90medium | Official biography identifies a consensus five-star, top-30 recruit.Source 1: Clemson: Sammy Brown official profile ↗ |
| consensus | 20% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
| risk | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
GRADE HISTORYGrade history82.1 PPG · 8 checks · unchanged
No meaningful grade movement yet. We keep the checks so the first real change has a clean baseline.
| Date | PPG | 7d / 30d / season | Rank | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17T12:00:03.513Z | 82.1 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 1 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-17T12:01:03.832Z | 82.1 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 1 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 · correction |
| 2026-09-17T12:13:29.755Z | 82.1 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 1 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T11:45:00.635Z | 82.1 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 1 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T16:34:28.321Z | 82.1 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 1 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T12:51:43.562Z | 82.1 | +12.0 / Not measured / Not measured | 1 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T14:48:24.458Z | 82.1 | +12.0 / Not measured / Not measured | 1 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-24T04:16:58.722Z | 82.1 | +12.0 / Not measured / Not measured | 1 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
PROVENANCE
Sources
Card identity checked 2026-09-16 · Player research updated 2026-09-22
Open 4 sources
- 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-16
- Clemson: Sammy Brown official profile ↗ · Clemson · checked 2026-09-16
- Sammy Brown: official observation, 2026-09-19 ↗ · clemsontigers.com · checked 2026-09-22
- ESPN: Sammy Brown vs. North Carolina Tar Heels ↗ · ESPN · checked 2026-09-23