LB · Arizona Cardinals · #5
Baron Browning
LOLB2- College
- Ohio State
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 255 lb
- Experience
- 6th season
Tackles
9▼ 24 vs '25
119th of 123 LBs
Stops
10▼ 10 vs '25
100th of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
1.1▼ 0.9 vs '25
7th of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
11.1%▼ 2.4 vs '25
89th of 123 LBs
Coverage
7 targets
42.9 cmp% · 10.4 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ LACW | 27 | 49.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs SEAL | 34 | 49.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ SFL | 27 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ NYGL | 31 | 46.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 vs DETL | 28 | 41.8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 @ LAW | 28 | 48.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs DENL | 31 | 50.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 206 | 47.8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2025 with Cardinals
$15Mover 2 years
- Avg. per year
- $7.5M
- Guaranteed
- $10M 67%
- 2026 cap hit
- $9.4M 2.9% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2026
2025
2026 · now
Year 2 of 2 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 206 | 47.8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 11.1 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 120.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 519 | 50.4 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 13.5 | 2.0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 52.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 379 | 46.7 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 23.1 | 2.0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 92.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 446 | 68.4 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 70.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 571 | 60.1 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 21.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | 528 | 82.0 | 58 | 23 | 2 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 95.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 71 | 2,649 | 58.6 | 157 | 105 | 23 | 10.8 | 14.5 | 32 | 47 | 83 | 83.0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 |