Matt Brown

Class:
Senior
Position:
LB
Height:
6-0
Weight:
215
Hometown:
Solon, Ohio
High School:
Solon

At Michigan
• Three-time letterwinner (2018-19-20)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2018-19-20)
• Appeared in 13 games in his career

Senior (2020)
• Appeared in five games on special teams to earn his third varsity letter
• Contributed on special teams against Michigan State (Oct. 31), Wisconsin (Nov. 14), Penn State (Nov. 28), at Indiana (Nov. 7), at Rutgers (Nov. 21)
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree

Junior (2019)
• Appeared in four games on special teams to earn his second varsity letter
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree
• Named Scout Team Player of the Game for his role in preparing his teammates to face Indiana
• Saw action on special teams at Maryland (Nov. 2), at Indiana (Nov. 23), against Ohio State (Nov. 30), and Alabama in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl (Jan. 1)

Sophomore (2018)
• Played in four games and appeared at fullback in three to earn his first varsity letter
• Appeared in his first game as a Wolverine at fullback against Western Michigan (Sept. 8)
• Played fullback against Nebraska (Sept. 22) and Wisconsin (Oct. 13)
• Contributed on the kickoff return unit against Florida in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (Dec. 29)
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree

Freshman (2017)
• Did not see game action

Prep
• Attended Solon High School (2017) coached by Jim McQuaide
• Academic All-Ohio (2017), Honor Roll graduate and National Honor Society member
• National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete
• Medallion Award Winner (highest GPA on any team)

Key statistics
• Collected 155 tackles, 22 for loss, along with 2 interceptions and 3 fumble recoveries as a senior
• Led Solon High School to an 10-2 record and advancing to the Division 1 Regional semifinals

Honors and Rankings
• USA-Today All-Ohio Defensive Player of the Year
• Named Ohio’s Division I Defensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press
• Member of Maxpreps 2016 Football All American team
• OHSAA Defensive Player of the Year honors
• Also lettered in lacrosse, where he was two-time All-State (second team, senior; third team, junior) and was Defensive MVP as a junior and Team MVP as a senior
• Two-time All-Greater Cleveland Conference and two-time first team All-Northeast region honoree

Personal
• Matthew Brown was born May 14, 1999
• Son of Peter and Stefanie Brown
• Brother, Alex, plays lacrosse at the University of Albany, and also has a sister, Maggie
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in economics with a minor in business administration