Iowa Hawkeyes · S RoomS

#2 Tyler Brown

Class  JR/TRFrom  James Madison (transfer)Ht / Wt  5'10" · 201 lbHometown  Annapolis, MD · Archbishop Spalding

Depth-chart placement

Current role

FS1

Placement

Starter

Room

Safety

Experience

3-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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S room context

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Tyler Brown holds the FS · Starter spot in Iowa Hawkeyes’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

SS · StarterAnthony HawkinsStarter

FS · StarterTyler BrownStarter

SS · BackupTy HudkinsBackup

FS · BackupXavier StylesBackup

Transfer history

2026James Madison→Iowa Hawkeyes

Background & career

Tyler Brown is a free safety from Annapolis, Maryland, who attended Archbishop Spalding High School before playing at James Madison University. At Archbishop Spalding, he recorded 125 career tackles with 10 interceptions and 17 pass break-ups across four seasons, helping the school win MIAA Class A championships in 2022 and 2023. In 2024 at JMU, Brown appeared in all 13 games and accumulated 13 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery. During his 2025 season, he started all 14 games at free safety, posting 80 tackles with five for loss, one sack, one interception and six pass break-ups. Brown earned Honorable Mention All-Sun Belt honors and a Sun Belt Elite Award for the 2025 campaign. Now a junior transfer, he joins Iowa as a defender who started all contests in his final season at JMU.

Louisiana2019 – 2021

2022

Colorado2023 – 2025

James Madison2026

Iowa2026 — present

Previous schoolJames MadisonRecruiting3-star · No. 2443 nationalOriginAnnapolis, MD · Archbishop Spalding