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Lafayette College Athletics

2017 Football Roster

30 DeSean Brown

  • Pos. RB
  • Yr. Senior
  • Ht. 6-1
  • Weight 195
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.
  • High School Naperville North

Biography

2017: Team's second-leading rushing, carrying 62 times for 130 yards...started nine of the 10 games he played in his senior year...made 21 catches for 108 yards and a touchdown...made a nine-yard touchdown grab against Monmouth (9/9) when he also had a season-high 13 carries.

2016: Led the team in rushing for second straight season, garnering 341 yards on 96 carries which punching in three scores...played in eight games with six starts...made 11 catches for 66 yards...ran for a season-high 91 yards on 15 carries at Colgate (11/12), including a season-long 25-yard run...made three catches for 27 yards vs. Villanova (9/24)...scored touchdowns in the Fordham (10/8), Colgate and Lehigh games.

2015: Named team's Offensive Back MVP as a sophomore...started nine games and led the team with 580 rushing yards and five touchdowns...finished the season with 29 receptions for 294 yards...had five games in which he carried 15 or more times...ran a career-high 25 times at Bucknell (10/31), finishing with 110 yards and a touchdown...had best performance of season at Lehigh (11/21), rushing for a career-best 146 yards on 35 carries while making five catches for 88 yards to finish with 234 all-purpose yards.

2014: Played in 11 games as a freshman with two starts, seeing time on special teams and as a back-up tailback to four-time All-Patriot League selection Ross Scheuerman '15...finished second on the team in rushing with 41 carries for 247 yards, averaging a team best 6.0 yards per carry...secured five catches for 41 yards...ripped off a career-best 47-yard run in a win over Robert Morris (9/13)...carried eight times at Fordham (10/3) and Harvard (10/18).

AT NAPERVILLE NORTH: Two-time unanimous All-DuPage Valley Conference honoree...IHSCA 8A All-State selection...Daily Herald All-Area selection...served as a team captain as a senior...averaged six yards a carry while rushing for 745 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior...managed 52 catches for 664 yards and four TD's as a senior...garnered Academic All-Conference laurels in football, basketball and track and field...competed in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and triple jump in track and field and was a team captain...played shooting guard on basketball team...J. Kyle Braid Leadership Foundation selection...member of the Senior Board.

PERSONAL: Son of Levelle and Danielle Brown...father played football at Northwestern University and later in the Arena Football League...uncle, Chris Brown, played football at the University of Colorado and later with the Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans of the NFL...aunt, LaShawndra, played basketball at North Central College...has a younger brother, Dalen, and a younger sister, Devin...born 6/18/96.

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2014Freshman

    TB
    5'11" 195 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2015Sophomore

    TB
    6'" 200 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2016Junior

    TB
    6'" 205 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2017Senior

    RB
    6'1" 195 lbs
    30