2014 Football
Octavius Brown
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 300
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Trenton, S.C.
- High School:
- Strom Thurmond
- Prev School:
- Georgia Military Academy
- Position:
- DT
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
2013 (Junior) | Game-By-Game Stats
Played in 11 games and started the season opener againstDayton...credited with 18 total tackles, including seven solostops...had a season-best six tackles in season finale againstSouth Dakota State (three solos and three assists)...against Daytonregistered four total stops, three of which were assisted...hadthree tackles in win at South Dakota...had two tackles in contestvs. North Dakota State...had a solo stop in win over MoreheadState...posted tackles in six games...named Hopkins DefensiveLineman of the Game vs. Dayton and South Dakota State...earned hisfirst letter.
Georgia Military Academy: Finishedwith 36 total tackles as an interior lineman...credited with 27solo stops and nine assisted tackles...had a season-high sevenstops against Hargrave Military Academy...had six stops vs.Snow...Bulldogs lost 30-23 to Navarro in the 2012 Heart of TexasBowl...was a two-year starter...coach was Bert Williams.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was the 2010 Region IIIDefensive Player of the Year...named to the South Carolina FootballCoaches Association Palmetto Champions All-Star Team for Class AAALower State...served as a defensive stopper up the middle fora stingy Strom Thurmond defense that allowed just 11.6 points pergame as a senior...credited with 17 tackles for loss as asenior...had a standout performance in the Shrine Bowl leadingSouth Carolina to a 42-10 win over North Carolina...started at noseguard for the Sandlappers and had three hurries, three tackles asack and a key forced fumble...was the first Strom Thurmond playerto be selected for Shrine Bowl since 2005 and just 14th in schoolhistory (dating back to 1962)...was a three-year starter for theRebels...was a three-time Region 3-2A all-region pick and madeWJBF/Augusta Chronicle All--Area team on two occasions...coach wasLee Sawyer...also competed in track and field.
PERSONAL: Parents are Endie Curry andMcArthur Brown...major is pre-business...is the 2014-15 recipientof the Cramb, Jack Sr. and Jean Scholarship.
