Eric Brown
DS, Mississippi St.

Name	Jsy	College	HT	WT
Eric Brown	35	Mississippi St.	6002	208

40	BP	SS	LS	VJ	BJ	Grade	Rd.
4.55	12	4.06	11.10	40.5	10’05”	6.12	N/A

Background 1997: All-American Dream Team selection by NFL Draft Report....All-Southeastern Conference second-team choice.....recorded 55 tackles (39 solo) & ranked 2nd on team with 4 sacks for minus 29 yds....credited with 3 QB pressures....1996: Appeared in 8 games, recording 47 tackles (38 solos) with 2 sacks for minus 21 yds & a stop for 6- yd loss....recovered 2 fumbles & caused another....deflected 2 passes & had a pair of Int....Junior College: Lettered twice as a strong safety at Blinn (Texas) College....rated the best junior college defensive back by Super Prep magazine.....

High School Standout DB....also lettered in track....

Academics Majoring in Business Information Systems at Mississippi State.....

Stats ‘97 - 10/8 GP/GS, 55 TK, 39 SO, 16 AS, 2 FR, 1 FC, 1 Int, 3-3 TFL, 6 PBU, 4.0-29 Sacks, 3 Pres.....’96 - 8/6 GP/GS, 47 TK, 38 SO, 9 AS, 2 FR, 1 FC, 2 Int, 1-6 TFL, 2 PBU, 2.0-13 Sack, 2 Pres.....Totals: 18/14 GP/GS, 102 TK, 77 SO, 25 AS, 4 FR, 2 FC, 3 Int, 4-9 TFL, 8 PBU, 6.0-42 Sacks, 5 Pres.

Summary He lived up to his reputation as an outstanding athlete with a strong track background by having a great Indy combine and posting tremendous numbers for a DS. At this stage of his career he is probably a better run defender than cover guy. He has not played a lot of m/m coverage, but shows good skills and range in zone, covers a lot of ground, and appears to have good ball skills. He plays with good toughness and is willing to come up and hit vs. the run and is a solid tackler. He will intimidate WRs coming over the middle, and he can make some big plays in the run game. He may be a little bit of a straightline player and he will need work in m/m cover skills and techniques, and he may never look overly natural in turns and hips. He must improve in that area, or he will be a liability in pass defense and opposing teams will find him. One-dimensional run support DSs are a dying breed, but Brown has too much talent to get stuck with that tag.