Arthur Brown

Height:
6-1
Weight:
223
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
East
Prev School:
Miami

-- Lott IMPACT Trophy Finalist
-- Bednarik Award Semifinalist
-- First Team All-American (Football Writers Association of America)
-- Second Team All-American (Walter Camp, Associated Press)
-- Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches)
-- First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, Associated Press)
-- Nagurski, Butkus, Lombardi and Walter Camp Award Watch Lists

CAREER: A very talented player who stepped up and became not only a team leader but also one of the top linebackers in the Big 12... Left K-State after being drafted in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

2012 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): A finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award, and a member of the watch lists for the Nagurski Trophy, Butkus, Lombardi and Walter Camp awards... Named a First Team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and a Second Team All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation, Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, CBSSports.com and Scout.com... Earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors from the league’s coaches, while he was a First Team All-Big 12 performer by the league’s coaches, Associated Press, ESPN.com and San Antonio Express-News... Also earned All-Big 12 honors from CBSSports.com and the Kansas City Star... Was also a First Team Midseason All-American by Phil Steele and ESPN.com... Finished the regular season tied for ninth in the Big 12 in tackles… Finished with five stops, including one for a loss, and two pass break ups in the season opener against Missouri State… Was dominant against Miami, leading the team with 10 tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and one fumble recovery; North Texas: Set a new career high with 13 tackles despite not playing an entire series… Led team with eight stops at Oklahoma… Made five tackles against Kansas, including one for a loss, and came back with six more against Iowa State… Earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors following the West Virginia game by carding eight tackles, including two for a loss, while he became the first player in 2012 to pick off Geno Smith after a then-NCAA record-setting 273 straight attempts without an interception... Was also the first player in 2011 to pick off Robert Griffin III (110 attempts)… Tallied five tackles and his second interception of the year against Texas Tech, which he returned 37 yards for his first career touchdown… Registered seven stops against Oklahoma State… Tallied 11 tackles at Baylor, including a career-high-tying nine solo stops… Finished the regular season with 11 tackles against Texas to lead the team.

2011 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Earned honorable mention All-America honors from Sports Illustrated... Named First Team All-Big 12 by the league's coaches, Associated Press, Kansas City Star, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Rivals.com, while he was named the Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year by the league's coaches, Associated Press, Kansas City Star, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and ESPN.com... Was a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award and was named to the watch lists for the Nagurski and Butkus Awards... Named the Midseason Defensive Player of the Year by ESPN.com and a first team midseason All-American by Phil Steele... Recorded a team-leading 101 tackles, including 9.5 for loss at two sacks... Was the first Wildcat to reach the 100-tackle mark since Brandon Archer in 2006... Finished eighth in the Big 12 in total tackles... Led team with seven tackles in season opener against Eastern Kentucky, including a half sack, and came back with a career-high 12 tackles, including a career-best 2.0 TFLs against Kent State... Registered six tackles, including a half TFL at Miami... Led team with eight tackles, including 1.5 sacks, against No. 15 Baylor... Recorded the first interception of the year on Heisman Trophy Winner Robert Griffin III, which led to the game-winning field goal... It was the only second-half interception thrown by Griffin III all year... Earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors following the game against BU... Tallied at least five tackles in each of the final nine games, including a career-high tying 12 against Iowa State... Set new career best in solo tackles against the Cyclones with nine... Made six spots, including two for losses, in the Cotton Bowl.

2010: Sat out after transferring from the University of Miami.

2009 (Miami): Played in all 12 regular season games and the Champs Sports Bowl... Registered 13 tackles, including a half tackle for loss and recovered one fumble... Had three stops at South Florida and two tackles against both Florida A&M and Central Florida... Recovered fumble came at Wake Forest.

2008 (Miami): Played in 11 games as a freshman, mostly on special teams but saw some action at linebacker against Duke... Had four tackles on the year.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Wichita East under coach Brian Byers ... Played in the U.S. Army All-American game... Made 151 tackles, 10 sacks and one fumble recovery for a touchdown, despite missing two games as a senior... Totaled 132 tackles and 12 sacks as a junior... Selected as a Parade All-American and named to USA Today's All-USA team... Also an EA Sports All-American.

PERSONAL: Arthur Brown was born June 17, 1990, in Wichita, Kan... Son of Arthur and Leionnie Brown... Majoring in social sciences.