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 16 games in his career

Senior (2020)
• Appeared in six 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 Minnesota (Oct. 24), at Indiana (Nov. 7), at Rutgers (Nov. 21)
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree

Junior (2019)
• Appeared in six 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 against Notre Dame (Oct. 26), at Maryland (Nov. 2), against Michigan State (Nov. 16), 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