'06 GA RB Carlos Brown (Michigan signee)

[Highstreet]

Carlos Brown
Height: 6'0
Weight: 195
Forty: 4.57
School: Heard County (Georgia)
2004 stats (offense): 1,286 yds rushing, 21 TD's; over 2,000 yds total offense
2004 stats (defense): 60+ tackles, 6 fumbles caused, 3 fumbles recovered, 1 interception
GPA: 89/100
SAT: 890 (old scoring)
Favorites: tOSU, Michigan, Florida, FSU, and Clemson

Brown may be the #1 running back in Georgia for the upcoming season. His video was very impressive. Brown played RB, QB, W-Back, WR, S, and KR. There was even footage of him booting an extra point...

Carlos is interested in becoming a pilot after his career in football is over.

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Georgia Tech is expected to officially offer Brown soon. They are making him a top priority, so says GT assistant coach Patrick Nix (didn't he play at Aurburn?). Georgia and Aurburn have invited Carlos for unofficial visits. Michigan State has already offered.

[RugbyBuck]

Yes, Nix was a qb there. GT will need someone better than the backups they have to follow PJ Daniels. Glad to see us high on Brown's list, if for no other reason than it's more recruiting publicity for tOSU down here.

As much success as we have had under Cooper and Tressel, the Bucks are not necessarily on the screen for top-flight kids down here. I don't think it's that any of them have anything against us, it's more like they don't think of it as a real possibility. Getting Anderson this year should help. Being in on Tavares until the end should help. Being on this kid's list should help. UGA still doesn't have the state locked down, as much as Bulldogs would like to think otherwise. Jamal Lewis left and pushed TN to a NC. That was before Richt came over, but there is still much talent down here to be exploited.

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Ohio State, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and Miami make Carlos's top 5. Brown turned in the top 40 time at the Kennedy/CES Combine. This article makes mention of the fact Brown is an excellent student. Brown is hearing from MSU, Georgia, GATech, and Auburn the most. GATech, MSU, and Duke have offered.

It is a good sign imo, that tOSU is in his top 5 despite the fact that the other 4 members of his top 5 are different...

[LordJeffBuck]

Carlos' top five are Georgia Tech (offered), Ohio State, Auburn, Miami, and Georgia; he also has offers from Michigan State and Duke.

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Carlos picked up an offer from Ole Miss to go along with offers from Michigan State, Duke, Georgia Tech.

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3/10/05

From Scout.com...Auburn offered Carlos last week to go with offers from Ole Miss, Duke, Georgia Tech, and Mississippi State. He visited Georgia Tech last weekend for their junior day.

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3/11/05

Top RB target picks up offer from Auburn

Jeffrey Lee
AuburnSports.com Associate Editor

With Auburn not signing a running back in the 2005 class, the Tigers will look to sign a pair this year. Atop the list of candidates is Franklin (Ga.) Heard County's Carlos Brown.

Brown, who is 6-foot, 200 pounds, is one of the top running backs in the nation. He had already pocketed four offers before his Auburn recruiting coach Hugh Nall called Heard County coach Tim Barron with the good news.

"Auburn called and said they are going to offer," said Barron. "I talked to Hugh Nall last week and he said they were going to sign two running backs and that they were going to offer Carlos."

Brown already had offers from Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, Michigan State and Duke. He was excited with the other offers, but when he found out the call from Auburn came, it was different.

"I was walking into the library and (Coach Barron) said he talked to Auburn and they were going to offer," said Brown. "I was amazed and excited.

"It's Auburn," he added. "They were the No. 2 team in the nation. I was very proud and it felt great. That was big-time."

As a junior, Brown compiled more than 2,000 all-purpose yards including 1,284 yards and 18 touchdowns on the ground. He Also threw for a score, returned a punt for a touchdown and caught a touchdown. On defense, he totaled more than 60 tackles, six caused fumbles, three fumble recoveries and an interception.

"I've been in it for 11 years and I've never had an athlete as talented as Carlos," said Barron. "I've never had anybody who can run like him, and he's still going to get better. He's a great kid, but I don't think he realizes how good he can be."

Brown is a four-sport star for Heard County. He excels in basketball, baseball and track when he's not scoring touchdowns. He also gets the work done in the classroom.

"He runs track when he doesn't have a baseball game," said Barron. "He plays basketball and football, and throughout all of this he maintains an 88 average in all of his classes. He's just a good kid."

Barron has sent video highlights of Brown all over the country. College coaches and recruiters only confirm to him that Brown is the real deal when it comes to running the football.

"Nobody that I've sent video to has said they are not interested," said Barron. "Auburn is very interested and he's very interested in them."

One advantage Auburn has is the aviation program on campus. Brown wants to be a commercial pilot and with the Tigers offering a good aviation program, it is an advantage to them.

"He wants to be a commercial pilot and they have a program geared for that," said Barron.

Brown lists Auburn, Georgia Tech and Ohio State as the three schools he's interested in the most right now. He has attended Junior Days at Tech as well as Georgia and plans on making another trip to the Plains this spring. He and his coach visited Auburn over Christmas break to take in a bowl practice.

Brown hopes to do as much research as possible before deciding on a college of choice. He has plenty of time until February to do just that.

"I'm studying up on the schools and where I would fit in and play," said Brown. "Hopefully, I'll get to visit a lot of colleges (this spring and summer) and find the right one for me."

Brown, who runs a 4.50 40-yard dash, sports a 295-pound bench press, 495-pound squat and a 34.5-inch vertical leap. He has made an 890 on the SAT and plans to retake the test soon.

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3/17/05

Rivals.com has posted 4 videos of Brown in action. Wow is all I have to say, he looks like a stud.

[Highstreet]

Film Study 101:

Carlos Brown {GA}: Carlos is featured in two very high quality videos. In the first he is featured as a safety. It is a very short video, and he seems like a marginal defensive prospect. He looks like he needs to develop some confidence on that side of the ball to be a top notch talent. In the second video he is featured as a RB. He is a completely different player on offensive side of the ball. He lines up wherever he is going to get the touches in an option style offense. He shows great explosiveness at the line, and some open field shiftiness. Brown has the ability to take it all the way if he can operate with some space.



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Speed: A Agility: A Tackle Breaking: B Acceleration: A Overall: A-



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Speed: A- Agility: A- Tackle Breaking: B Acceleration: A- Overall: B+

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4/4/05

From the Auburn site...Carlos got an offer from Georgia last week. He went to a practice at Georgia Tech. He plans to visit Auburn, Georgia, and Georgia Tech this summer, and possible Ohio State and Michigan State.

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4/29

Carlos holds offers from Duke, Georgia Tech, Georgia, Auburn, Michigan State, Kansas State, Louisville, Oklahoma State, and Ole Miss. He is also receiving plenty of interest from tOSU, FSU, Florida, Tennessee, and Clemson. Carlos plans on camping as much as possible this summer but is not ready to name a leader or narrow his list.

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5/11

Carlos picked up an offer from South Carolina to bring his total to 12. Georgia, Ohio State, Auburn, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Ole Miss, Duke, and Alabama have already offered and FSU is supposedly coming through any day now.

[LordJeffBuck]

Carlos made the "Elite 11", a list of the top players in Georgia. Also on the list are OSU recruits Asher Allen, Marcus Ball, Bo Harris, Rashad Jones, and D'Vontrey Richardson.

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5/24 (GAVarsity)

Carlos claims written offers from Georgia Tech, Georgia, Auburn, and Duke as well as verbal offers from LSU and Ohio State. Carlos will look at possible playing time, vibes with the team, and academic programs to further his education.