Jordan Brown
6 Jordan Brown
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Glastonbury, Conn.
  • High School:
    Glastonbury
  • Position:
    RB
  • Major:
    Undeclared

Bio

As a junior: Enjoyed a record-breaking junior campaign for the Black and Gold ... Named the Northeast Conference Offensive Player of the Year ... Also earned First Team All-NEC at running back and return specialist ... Earned Third Team All-America honors from The Sports Network/Fathead.com ... Named to the Walter Payton Award Watch List, finishing ninth in the voting ... Earned Second Team All-America honors from Beyond Sports College Network ... Earned College Sporting News All-America honors ... Named All-New England by the New England Football Writers ... Named a First Team ECAC All-Star ... Led the country in rushing yards (1,815) and rushing yards per game (165.0) ... Finished second in the country with 2,500 all-purpose yards and all-purpose yards per game (227.3) ... Scored 19 rushing touchdowns, caught two touchdowns and returned a punt for another score ... Set program records for rushing attempts in a season (329), most 100-yard rushing games in a season (11), most 100-yard rushing games in a career (20), all-purpose yards in a season (2,500), all-purpose yards in a career (5,187), most points in a season (134), most points in a career (242), most touchdowns in a season (22) and most touchdowns in a career (40) ... Named the Northeast Conference Co-Player of the Week on Nov. 14 and the Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 19 and Oct. 17 ... Named National Punt Returner of the Week by the College Football Peformance Awards on Sept. 19 and also earned Honorable Mention Running Back of the Week five times from the CFPA ... Rushed for over 100 yards in every game, including three games in which he surpassed the 200-yard plateau ... Ran for a season-high 248 yards against Sacred Heart on Sept. 16 and 243 yards vs. Saint Francis (PA) on Nov. 12 ... Scored three rushing touchdowns in three games this season, including back-to-back games against Stonehill (Oct. 8) and Monmouth (Oct. 15) ... Totaled 334 all-purpose yards against Sacred Heart, including a 54-yard punt return, falling just six yards shy of tying the program record for a single game ... Became the first Bulldog player to eclipse 5,000 all-purpose yards in a career.

As a sophomore: 2010 First Team All-NEC selection at running back ... Received the Gold Helmet Award by the New England Football Writers Association and the Gridiron Club of Great Boston for his performance against Fordham ... Selected as the NEC Special Teams Player of the Week after the matchup with Fordham ... Named honorable mention running back for Division I(FCS) in Week 2,3 and 8 by the College Football Performance Awards ... Recorded the second longest punt return for a touchdown in Bryant history against Sacred Heart (73 yards) ... Rushed for at least 100 yards in nine out of the 11 games ... Recorded a career-high 200 yards rushing on 38 carries against Albany ... Received his second Gold Helmet Award of the season after his performance against the Great Danes ... Finished the year with 1,410 yards rushing, the second most yards rushing in a single season in school history (Lorenzo Perry – 1,924 in 2006)... Brown is currently sixth all-time with 1,447 career rushing yards and tied for fifth with 15 rushing touchdowns ... Brown's 15 rushing touchdowns on the season is the third-most all-time ... His 1,896 all-purpose yards were also the second best in program history and his 108 points scored were the second most behind Perry's 126 in 2006 ... Brown set a record this year with two punt returns for touchdowns.

As a freshman: Saw action in all 11 games as a freshman ... Backup tailback and team's top return specialist ... Rushed for a season-high 5 times for 23 yards against Saint Francis at home ...Had a long run of 18 yards ... Returned 29 kickoffs for 609 yards witha  long of 49 yards coming against Saint Francis ... Season-best 5 kick returns for 113 yards against Albany ... 44-yard kick return vs. Fordham ... Returned 13 punts on the season for 139 yards including a long of 59 yards against Central Connecticut ... Ranked fourth in the NEC Conference with a 21.0 yards per kick return average ... Co-Recipient of Special Teams Player of the Year along with senior Aaron Bryant at end of year awards banquet.

Before Bryant: 2009 graduate of Glastonbury High School ... Four-year starting running back and defensive back ... Team went 13-0 in 2008 in winning the Class LL State Championship ... New Haven Register Player of the year and Register All-State ... Hartford Courant All-State and Courant Player of the Year in 2008 ... Glastonbury's all-time career rushing leader and 2008 leading rusher ... Rushed for a school-record 2,134 yards and 34 touchdowns ... Returned three punts for touchdowns and picked up nine interceptions in his career ... CHSCA Coca-Cola Player of the Year and Class LL Championship game MVP ... CIAC All-State Running Back.

Personal: Born March 31, 1991 ... Son of Robert & Sheila Brown ... One brother, Julius ... One sister, Jade.