Skip To Main Content

Columbia University Athletics

Ivy League, opens in new tab.

2024 Football Roster

0 CJ Brown

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 205
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Previous School Shadow Creek
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Psychology

Biography

2024: Team captain … Earned progmra’s Head Coach Career Achievement Award … Played in seven games … Totaled 29 tackles, including 2.5 for a loss and an interception … Notched four tackles and posted an interception in Columbia’s Ivy League title clinching win over Cornell … Registered five tackles in win over Yale … Set season-high with six tackles against Dartmouth … Posted five tackles with 1.5 for a loss in win over No. 18 Lafayette.

2023: Made 10 starts … Team captain … Registered 45 tackles with a sack and three tackles for a loss … Had six tackles in back-to-back games against Harvard and Brown … Also had six stops against Penn … Totaled six tackles at Princeton.

2022: Started all 10 games … Posted 37 tackles (125 solo) and two tackles for loss … Closed season with five tackles against Cornell … Made six stops at Harvard … Recorded six tackles in back-to-back games against Penn and Dartmouth … Intercepted a pass in season-opener at Marist.
 
2021: As a sophomore linebacker, started eight games and played in nine contests on year … Started eight straight games at rover linebacker from the season opener vs. Marist (Sept. 18) through the Yale game (Oct. 30) … Ranked No. 10 on the squad in tackles with 27 (14 solo), registered 3.0 tackles for loss for 14 yards, 0.5 sack for four yards, one pass breakup and a forced fumble … Recovered an on-side kick in limited action and made one tackle in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Missed the Harvard game (Nov. 6) due to injury … Made four tackles (three solo) and forced a fumble at Yale (Oct. 30) … Registered two tackles (one solo) at Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Made five tackles (one solo) with 0.5 tackle for loss for one yard vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Finished with four tackles (three solo) at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Made two tackles with a pass breakup at Princeton (Oct. 2) … Made a season-high seven tackles (four solo) with one tackle for loss for four yards vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25) … Made one tackle with 0.5 tackle for loss/0.5 sack in season opener and career debut vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
 
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Shadow Creek High School in Pearland, Texas, where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Brad Butler … Class 6A Texas Sportswriters Association All-State honorable mention selection as a senior … Two-time First Team Class 6A Region 3 District 23 All-District pick as an outside linebacker as both a junior and senior … Led the Sharks to a perfect 16-0 undefeated season and the state championship as a senior in 2019 … Named team captain as a senior … Played outside linebacker during his last three seasons and safety as a freshman … Over three-year, 40-game varsity career, made 121 total tackles (98 solo), 32 tackles for loss, averaged 3.9 tackles per game, finished with 6.0 sacks, intercepted seven passes and forced eight fumbles … Totaled 73 tackles with two sacks, intercepted five passes including three for touchdown, forced six fumbles and returned three fumbles for touchdowns as a senior … Named the Vype Player of the Game after returning two interceptions for touchdown, one sack and eight tackles … Led the Sharks to a state championship and University Scholastic League title as a senior and state runner-up finish as a junior … The Sharks defeated Ryan 28-22 at AT&T Stadium in Class 6A state title game … Finished with 82 tackles and four sacks, intercepted two passes and forced two fumbles as a junior … Led the Sharks to a 15-1 record, University Scholastic League title, a 15-game win streak and state runner-up finish as a junior … Dropped a 27-17 loss to Highland Park in the Class 6A state title game … Registered 40 tackles in eight games with eight sacks and forced three fumbles as a sophomore.
 
PERSONAL: Father played football at LSU...Enrolled at Columbia College.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2020First Year

    Linebacker
    5'11" 200 lbs
    40
  • 0

    2021Sophomore

    Linebacker
    5'10" 200 lbs
    0
  • 0

    2022Junior

    Linebacker
    5'10" 210 lbs
    0
  • 0

    2023Senior

    Linebacker
    5'10" 205 lbs
    0
  • 0

    2024Senior

    Linebacker
    5'10" 205 lbs
    0