Former Florida A&M Rattler All-American defensive back Levy Brown is off to an all-star pace as a rookie in the Arena Football League.
The Miami native, who stars for the AFL's New York Dragons, currently ranks first among Arena Football League rookies in tackles (65.5).
Among rookies, Brown ranks second in interceptions (5), ranks third in solo tackles (56) and has the third-most passes defensed (9).
Last season, Brown was the 2007 Arena Football League2 Defensive Player of the Year, after a record-breaking season with the Florida Firecats, where he recorded 132.5 total tackles and 14 interceptions.
In 2006, Brown recorded 66.5 total tackles and eight interceptions with the Firecats.
Brown spent three years at Florida A&M, playing from 2001 through 2003, finishing his career with 18 interceptions for 162 yards, along with 216.0 total tackles.
did he graduate?
ReplyDeletewho knows, but he wore the orange & green and represented us on the field well.
ReplyDeleteThere are alot of Rattlers (both athletes and none athletes) who attended and but didn't graduate. so let it go!
9:58--The "idea" of attending college is to earn a degree, first and foremost. Playing sports is an aside and a benefit. Yes, there are a lot of athletes who "attend" college, that is if they actually go to classes and do the work. But I thought the ultimate goal was to earn a college degree. Levy Brown and others may have "represented well," but still, did he earn a college degree? When he -- and others who played but didn't graduate -- are all broken up and banged down, and are too old to play anything, they will look back and wish that they had done what they were suppose to do in the first place: earn a college degree.
ReplyDeleteI am happy for Levy. If he didn't finish, I hope he comes back to finalize his coursework.
ReplyDelete2:01 pm,
ReplyDeleteI think you failed to grasp the point that 9:58 was was making, which is that there are Rattlers who are both athletes and non athletes who ---for whatever reason--- don't graduate.
For the record, Levy graduated in the summer of 2005, after shaking Ganious' hand he ran around the Civic Center twice before exiting the building. Ask anyone that went to the Summer 05 graduation, they will tell you.
ReplyDeleteThat's even better!
ReplyDeleteGo Levy! Go Levy !