Temple Owls · LB RoomLB
#30 Jayvant Brown
Class RS JR/TRFrom Kentucky (transfer)Ht / Wt 6'0" · 220 lbHometown Deerfield Beach, FL · St. Thomas Aquinas
Depth-chart placement
Current role
MLB2Placement
BackupRoom
LinebackerExperience
4-JRLast change
Updated 2026-07-29LB room context
View full depth chart →Jayvant Brown holds the MLB · Backup spot in Temple Owls’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Transfer history
2026Kentucky→Temple Owls
Production
2025 seasonLatest season · 2025
12
Tackles
1
TFL
1
Passes defended
Background & career
Jayvant Brown is a 6'0", 220-pound linebacker for Temple from Deerfield Beach, Florida. A four-star recruit in the 2023 class, he appeared in 11 games as a freshman at Kentucky in 2023, totaling seven tackles. He saw action in four games for Kentucky in 2024 before recording one tackle and redshirting. Brown transferred to Temple for the 2025 season, making his debut in week 1 against UMass with 2 tackles. Through 2025, he has recorded 12 total tackles, 7 solo tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 pass deflection. He was named Academic Player of the Week on 10/23.
Kentucky2023 – 2024
Temple2025 — presentPrevious schoolKentuckyRecruiting4-star · No. 417 nationalOriginDeerfield Beach, FL · St. Thomas Aquinas