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#4
Roger
Brown
Junior
DB
Charlottesville,
VA/ Albemarle
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At
Delaware:
2004:
One of team's fastest player...returns
for third season as a key member of UD
defensive secondary...part-time starter
who will battle sophomores Rashaad Woodard
and Zach Thomas for starting right
cornerback spot opposite of All-American
candidate Sidney Haugabrook...has played
in 23 career games with five starts and
has posted 42 tackles (22 solo), broke up
five passes, and intercepted two
passes...has returned full-time to
defensive back position after being used
as a running back during spring
drills...carried eight times for 22 yards
in spring game...has been clocked at 4.36
in the 40-yard dash...team's strongest
defensive back with a 335 lb. bench press
in spring testing...
2003:
Earned second letter as a part-time
starter at cornerback...appeared in 14
games and started contests vs. The
Citadel, Richmond, and
Northeastern...missed games vs. Rhode
Island and Navy (sprained left knee vs.
New Hampshire) posted 31 tackles for the
season (14 solo) and two tackles for
loss...also broke up five passes and
intercepted a pass vs.
Massachusetts...career-high six tackles
vs. The Citadel and had four stops each
vs. Maine and Villanova...
2002:
Joined defensive tackle Tom Parks and
deep snapper Brett Wharton as only true
freshmen to see action...played in nine
games with two starts (Northeastern and
Maine)...played key role as fifth back in
passing situations...posted 11 tackles
(eight solo)...had best game vs. James
Madison when he had four tackles,
intercepted a pass, and covered almost 50
yards to run down JMU's Jason Mallory at
the one-yard line, avoiding a certain
Dukes touchdown in a 23-10 win...also had
three tackles vs. Northeastern...missed
three games late in season
(hamstring)....
High
School Honors: Two-year standout at
Albemarle High School under coach Rick
Vrhovac...led team to 6-4 record three
years in a row...honorable mention
All-State as a senior when he rushed for
over 1,700 yards...named Central Virginia
Player of the Year, district Player of the
Year, and also first team All-Northwest
Region, first team All-Commonwealth
District, and first team All-Central
Virginia...rushed for over 1,500 yards as
a junior when he was second team
All-Northwest Region, first team
All-Western District, and first team
All-Central Virginia...played in the
Virginia state All-Star game...standout
sprinter for track team, placing second in
the 100 meters (10.67) at the 2000 AAA
state meet...regional and district
champion in the 100 meters and 200
meters...ranked as one of the Top 20 high
school sprinters in the nation...member of
Patriot Athletic Leaders and Men on a
Mission clubs...
Personal:
Roger Darrell Brown...born Feb. 9,
1984...son of Norman and Patricia
Johnson...sport management major with a
minor in business...active with the
Greater Newark Boy's and Girl's
Clubs...standout member of the Delaware
track and field teams for coach Jim
Fischer...indoors, owns the second best
200 meter time in school history (22.06)
and ranks No. 4 in the 55 meters (6.44)
and No. 5 in the 60 meters
(6.96)...outdoors, has a career best 10.84
in the 100 meters and 22.29 in the 200
meters...placed fifth in both the 100
meters and 4x100 meter relay (with UD
football teammates Rashaad Woodard and
Sidney Haugabrook) at the 2004 Colonial
Athletic Association Outdoor Championships
and placed 17th in the 55 meters at the
2004 IC4A Indoor Championships...in his
first track season in 2002-03, placed
second in the 100 meters and 4x100 meter
relay and third in the 200 meters at the
CAA Outdoor Championships, leading
Delaware to a second place team
finish...cousin, Roger Allen, played
college football at Elon College in
1997-01.
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