2023 Football Roster
Roster
Brown, Jamari

Jersey Number 12
Jamari Brown
- Position:
- CB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Sunrise, Fla.
- High School/Previous School:
- Blanche Ely (Purdue)
Bio
Career Notes & Records
Has appeared in 48 career games between Purdue and Kentucky while starting 13 games at Purdue the last two seasons … Led Purdue in pass breakups (7) in 2021 ... Tied for eighth in the Big Ten in 2022 with three interceptions ... 73 career tackles, 60 solo tackles, with 14 tackles for loss and two career sacks ... three career interceptions ... 17 career pass breakups ... two forced fumbles and one recovery.
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2023 (Graduate Season)
Has appeared in two games... SE Louisiana (9/2): Made one solo tackle.
2022Â (Senior Season - Purdue)
Appeared in all 14 games with a pair of starts ... Finished the season with a career-high three interceptions, which tied for eighth in the Big Ten ... Recorded 15 tackles, including 14 solo and one assist ... Had a total of three pass break-ups ... Picked off a pass against Indiana State (Sept. 9) ... Intercepted one pass and recorded a season-high three tackles in the Big Ten Championship game against Michigan (Dec. 3) ... Intercepted one pass in the bowl game loss against LSU (Jan. 2).
2021 (Junior Season - Purdue)
Appeared in all 13 games, making 11 starts ... Stepped into the starting lineup against Notre Dame (Sept. 18) ... Made 32 tackles with 25 solos ... Totaled 1.5 tackles-for-loss, including one sack ... Broke up seven passes and forced two fumbles ... Broke up a pair of passes at Notre Dame (Sept. 18) ... Forced a pair of fumbles against Wisconsin (Oct. 23) ... Recorded five tackles against Tennessee in the Music City Bowl, including a fourth-down stop in overtime at the goal line to set up the win.
2020 (Sophomore Season - Kentucky)
Saw action in four games after being hampered by a hamstring injury (Ole Miss, Miss. State, Tennessee and NC State) ... Charted a tackle in the bowl in over NC State
2019 (Redshirt Freshman Season - Kentucky)
Played in 11 games with three starts (Toledo, EMU and Tennessee) ... Had 25 tackles, seven PBUs (second on the team behind Brandin Echols' nine), one TFL and one fumble recovery ... Totaled a career-high tying two PBUs and his first career TFL in the win over Arkansas ... Earned first career start in his first collegiate action vs. Toledo, charting two tackles and two PBUs ... Had a career-best four tackles at Georgia
2018 (Freshman Season - Kentucky)
Redshirted
High School
Tall cornerback received offers from every Power 5 conference in the nation ... One of the nation’s top-100 cornerbacks according to the 247 Sports composite ranking ... Missed time with injuries during his senior season but still had an interception, eight pass breakups, a fumble recovery and returned a kickoff for a touchdown ... Also saw playing time as a wide receiver
Personal
Parents are Lakiesha Owens and Jermuine Brown ... Birthdate: May 21, 2000 ... Major: Kinesiology, Physical Education and Coaching concentration ... Twitter handle is @Brown2Jamari
Has appeared in 48 career games between Purdue and Kentucky while starting 13 games at Purdue the last two seasons … Led Purdue in pass breakups (7) in 2021 ... Tied for eighth in the Big Ten in 2022 with three interceptions ... 73 career tackles, 60 solo tackles, with 14 tackles for loss and two career sacks ... three career interceptions ... 17 career pass breakups ... two forced fumbles and one recovery.
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2023 (Graduate Season)
Has appeared in two games... SE Louisiana (9/2): Made one solo tackle.
2022Â (Senior Season - Purdue)
Appeared in all 14 games with a pair of starts ... Finished the season with a career-high three interceptions, which tied for eighth in the Big Ten ... Recorded 15 tackles, including 14 solo and one assist ... Had a total of three pass break-ups ... Picked off a pass against Indiana State (Sept. 9) ... Intercepted one pass and recorded a season-high three tackles in the Big Ten Championship game against Michigan (Dec. 3) ... Intercepted one pass in the bowl game loss against LSU (Jan. 2).
2021 (Junior Season - Purdue)
Appeared in all 13 games, making 11 starts ... Stepped into the starting lineup against Notre Dame (Sept. 18) ... Made 32 tackles with 25 solos ... Totaled 1.5 tackles-for-loss, including one sack ... Broke up seven passes and forced two fumbles ... Broke up a pair of passes at Notre Dame (Sept. 18) ... Forced a pair of fumbles against Wisconsin (Oct. 23) ... Recorded five tackles against Tennessee in the Music City Bowl, including a fourth-down stop in overtime at the goal line to set up the win.
2020 (Sophomore Season - Kentucky)
Saw action in four games after being hampered by a hamstring injury (Ole Miss, Miss. State, Tennessee and NC State) ... Charted a tackle in the bowl in over NC State
2019 (Redshirt Freshman Season - Kentucky)
Played in 11 games with three starts (Toledo, EMU and Tennessee) ... Had 25 tackles, seven PBUs (second on the team behind Brandin Echols' nine), one TFL and one fumble recovery ... Totaled a career-high tying two PBUs and his first career TFL in the win over Arkansas ... Earned first career start in his first collegiate action vs. Toledo, charting two tackles and two PBUs ... Had a career-best four tackles at Georgia
2018 (Freshman Season - Kentucky)
Redshirted
High School
Tall cornerback received offers from every Power 5 conference in the nation ... One of the nation’s top-100 cornerbacks according to the 247 Sports composite ranking ... Missed time with injuries during his senior season but still had an interception, eight pass breakups, a fumble recovery and returned a kickoff for a touchdown ... Also saw playing time as a wide receiver
Personal
Parents are Lakiesha Owens and Jermuine Brown ... Birthdate: May 21, 2000 ... Major: Kinesiology, Physical Education and Coaching concentration ... Twitter handle is @Brown2Jamari
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