page_title: Jayon Brown
section_title: 2018 season
hierarchical_section_title: Jayon Brown / Professional career / 2018 season
caption_attribution_description: English: Jayon Brown with the Tennessee Titans on August 9, 2018
context_page_description: Jayon Lee Brown is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Titans in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He played college football at UCLA.
context_section_description: On January 20, 2018, the Titans hired Houston Texans' defensive coordinator Mike Vrabel to be their new head coach. Ten days later, the Titans hired Baltimore Ravens' defensive cooridinator Dean Pees to be their new defensive coordinator after Dick LeBeau retired. Throughout training camp, Brown competed to be a starting inside linebacker against offseason acquisition Will Compton and first-round pick Rashaan Evans. Head coach Mike Vrabel named Brown the backup inside linebacker to start the regular season, behind veterans Wesley Woodyard and Will Compton.
  On September 30, 2018, Brown earned his first NFL start and recorded ten combined tackles (six solo) and one sack during a 26–23 overtime victory against the Philadelphia Eagles. The following week, Brown collected a season-high-tying ten combined tackles (eight solo) and another sack as the Titans lost 13–12 at the Buffalo Bills. After a Week 8 bye, Brown made four combined tackles and strip-sacked on quarterback Dak Prescott to mark the first of his career during a 28–14 win at the Dallas Cowboys. Pees continued to use Brown in nickel situations as a hybrid linebacker in 2018. In the regular-season finale against the Indianapolis Colts, Brown had his first NFL interception by picking of Andrew Luck and returned it 22 yards for a touchdown. He later forced a fumble and recovered it.
  In 2018, he finished second on the defense with 107 tackles and six sacks, and his 18 quarterback pressures tied for the second-highest total on the team. He was one of only six NFL linebackers with at least six sacks, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery during the season.
caption: Brown in a 2018 preseason game.
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