CLEMSON – Sammy Brown was livid as he walked off the field.
In the second round of the 2023 Class 5A Georgia High School Association football playoffs, his team, Jefferson, was leading 7-0 in the second quarter against Hiram. The Dragons could have gone up two scores, but Brown, who ran for their first touchdown, fumbled. The Hornets recovered it, scored and made the extra point to tie the game.
When the five-star prospect came to the sideline, his father and assistant coach, Michael Brown, gave him simple motivation:
“All right, make it up.”
Sammy Brown scored three more rushing touchdowns in Jefferson’s 42-21 victory. He finished with 354 rushing yards on 20 carries and 16 total tackles (three for loss).
“He’s probably learned as much out of his failures as he has his success,” his father said. “But he’s very comfortable in intense moments. He’s very comfortable having to be the guy that steps up and makes the play.”
This is the caliber of player Clemson football is getting in the 6-foor-2, 230-pound Brown. A consensus top-30 prospect nationally who earned the 2023 Butkus Award as the nation’s top high school linebacker, Brown committed to the Tigers in June and enrolled in December.
Brown will wear No. 47 and start spring as a middle linebacker, according to Clemson coach Dabo Swinney.
“We’ll see if he can make some progress in learning that this spring,” Swinney said.
Sammy Brown, a man with a mullet
Anyone who has seen Brown without his helmet on will immediately notice his hairstyle. His blonde mullet has become a staple of who he is, but he didn’t always have it. He used to wear a crew cut and flat top style, according to his father.
Clemson linebacker Sammy Brown (47) stretches during the first day of Spring practice at the Poe Indoor Practice Facility at the Allen N. Reeves football complex in…
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Publish date : 2024-03-04 13:03:01
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