'08 KS LB Arthur Brown (Miami Verbal) - Page 11 - Notre Dame Football Discussion

johnnd05 · 08-16-2007, 10:10 AM

Svoboda dug this one up. Make sure you read the last line.

Posted on Mon, Aug. 13, 2007 10:15 PM

Wichita linebacker drawing national attention

By TEREZ A. PAYLOR
The Kansas City Star

WICHITA | It’s the first day of high school football practice in Kansas, and at Wichita East, a player recently dubbed the best high school football prospect in the nation is just trying to work his way through the heat.

Yes, all eyes are on Arthur Brown, a senior linebacker who is being called the best player to come out of Wichita since Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders.

Two cameramen from local television stations come by to check out East’s first practice under new coach Brian Byers. They don’t talk to Brown, but they all make sure they get footage of him doing drills.

This is really just the beginning, and Brown knows it. But the thing is, he never expected any of this. He never thought he would become college football’s top recruiting prize.

But that’s what happened this summer when Scout.com, a respected national recruiting Web site, anointed Brown as the nation’s top prospect in the Class of 2008.

So yes, this is an important year for Brown. And Brown, a quiet, reserved kid, says the onslaught of attention he’s received has been overwhelming. He’s already done interviews with The New York Times and USA Today. Plus, he’s been in Sports Illustrated.

“I’m more of a laid-back kind of person,” says Brown, whose uncle, Lawrence Pete, played in the NFL for five years. “I have a lot to say, a lot for people to hear, but I don’t speak up most of the time. I don’t want to say I’m shy, but I guess I am a little bit.”

However, it only takes one look at his highlight tape to understand why he’s getting so much attention. Brown’s unique combination of size and speed — he is 6 feet 1, weighs 210 pounds and runs a 40 in 4.5 seconds — jumps out on film. So does the way he uses it to terrorize quarterbacks and running backs.

And he’s not the only member of the Brown family receiving attention. Brown’s younger brother Bryce, a running back, already is considered one of the top juniors in the nation.

Bryce, who is 5-11 and 215 pounds, rushed for 2,039 yards and 26 touchdowns for East last season. Arthur had 158 tackles and eight sacks. Together, their stats look like something out of a Madden video game.

“Arthur and Bryce are the highest-ranked guys we’ve ever had in Kansas,” said Rivals.com recruiting analyst Jeremy Crabtree. “We’ve never had two five-star guys like this, let alone top-15 guys in the entire country.”

That’s why Rivals lists Arthur as a five-star prospect and the nation’s 16th-best player, and Crabtree says Bryce has a good chance to be the nation’s top prospect in the class of 2009.

That’s why Wichita East’s game against Dodge City (which has a top recruit of its own in quarterback Kale Pick, who is headed to Arkansas) on Sept. 7 will be shown on ESPNU.

That’s why, despite the fact Arthur stopped taking phone calls, staffers at recruiting Web sites called his home three or four times every day earlier this summer.

But Brown knows he hasn’t really seen anything yet. Starting Sept. 1, college coaches can call him at home once a week. Brown, who has more than 50 scholarship offers, already gets about 15 letters a day from several high-profile colleges. USC’s Pete Carroll, Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops and Florida’s Urban Meyer have all come through Wichita to sell him on their football programs.

“Coach Meyer told me he’s selling me on championships and Tampa chicks,” Arthur said, laughing.

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**fitz_bu47** · 08-16-2007, 12:42 PM

Meyer is a dousche

grantphilly · 08-16-2007, 01:11 PM

Cant Wait Till The Irish Put The Gators In The Position Meyer Is In, In That Last Picture

johnnd05 · 08-16-2007, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grantphilly

Cant Wait Till The Irish Put The Gators In The Position Meyer Is In, In That Last Picture

!!

LOL! Reps.

johnnd05 · 09-12-2007, 09:54 AM

Announced his final sixteen. No Irish. No surprise.

GoshenGipper · 09-24-2007, 12:05 PM

Arthur has now cut his list down to his top ten, and this will be his final cut untill he announces his final decision on Dec 17th. They are...

Oklahoma
Florida
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Kansas St.
Alabama
N.Carolina
LSU
USC
Miami

**ND=NC** · 10-24-2007, 09:38 PM

Hold your horses! Arther and his brother are rumored to be in on campus for the Navy game.
This would be HUGE.

08-16-2007, 10:10 AM	#71 (permalink)
johnnd05 Johnny T. works for me Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Berkeley, Calif. Posts: 4,629 Cash: 20,285.97 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 20,285.97 Donate	Svoboda dug this one up. Make sure you read the last line. Posted on Mon, Aug. 13, 2007 10:15 PM Wichita linebacker drawing national attention By TEREZ A. PAYLOR The Kansas City Star WICHITA \| It’s the first day of high school football practice in Kansas, and at Wichita East, a player recently dubbed the best high school football prospect in the nation is just trying to work his way through the heat. Yes, all eyes are on Arthur Brown, a senior linebacker who is being called the best player to come out of Wichita since Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders. Two cameramen from local television stations come by to check out East’s first practice under new coach Brian Byers. They don’t talk to Brown, but they all make sure they get footage of him doing drills. This is really just the beginning, and Brown knows it. But the thing is, he never expected any of this. He never thought he would become college football’s top recruiting prize. But that’s what happened this summer when Scout.com, a respected national recruiting Web site, anointed Brown as the nation’s top prospect in the Class of 2008. So yes, this is an important year for Brown. And Brown, a quiet, reserved kid, says the onslaught of attention he’s received has been overwhelming. He’s already done interviews with The New York Times and USA Today. Plus, he’s been in Sports Illustrated. “I’m more of a laid-back kind of person,” says Brown, whose uncle, Lawrence Pete, played in the NFL for five years. “I have a lot to say, a lot for people to hear, but I don’t speak up most of the time. I don’t want to say I’m shy, but I guess I am a little bit.” However, it only takes one look at his highlight tape to understand why he’s getting so much attention. Brown’s unique combination of size and speed — he is 6 feet 1, weighs 210 pounds and runs a 40 in 4.5 seconds — jumps out on film. So does the way he uses it to terrorize quarterbacks and running backs. And he’s not the only member of the Brown family receiving attention. Brown’s younger brother Bryce, a running back, already is considered one of the top juniors in the nation. Bryce, who is 5-11 and 215 pounds, rushed for 2,039 yards and 26 touchdowns for East last season. Arthur had 158 tackles and eight sacks. Together, their stats look like something out of a Madden video game. “Arthur and Bryce are the highest-ranked guys we’ve ever had in Kansas,” said Rivals.com recruiting analyst Jeremy Crabtree. “We’ve never had two five-star guys like this, let alone top-15 guys in the entire country.” That’s why Rivals lists Arthur as a five-star prospect and the nation’s 16th-best player, and Crabtree says Bryce has a good chance to be the nation’s top prospect in the class of 2009. That’s why Wichita East’s game against Dodge City (which has a top recruit of its own in quarterback Kale Pick, who is headed to Arkansas) on Sept. 7 will be shown on ESPNU. That’s why, despite the fact Arthur stopped taking phone calls, staffers at recruiting Web sites called his home three or four times every day earlier this summer. But Brown knows he hasn’t really seen anything yet. Starting Sept. 1, college coaches can call him at home once a week. Brown, who has more than 50 scholarship offers, already gets about 15 letters a day from several high-profile colleges. USC’s Pete Carroll, Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops and Florida’s Urban Meyer have all come through Wichita to sell him on their football programs. “Coach Meyer told me he’s selling me on championships and Tampa chicks,” Arthur said, laughing. http://media.kansascity.com/smedia/2...filiate.81.jpg http://media.kansascity.com/smedia/2...filiate.81.jpg __________________ Stoney is a dead man.

09-12-2007, 09:54 AM	#75 (permalink)
johnnd05 Johnny T. works for me Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Berkeley, Calif. Posts: 4,629 Cash: 20,285.97 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 20,285.97 Donate	Announced his final sixteen. No Irish. No surprise. __________________ Stoney is a dead man.

09-24-2007, 12:05 PM	#76 (permalink)
GoshenGipper Rest In Peace Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Goshen, IN Posts: 8,212 Cash: 24,076.53 Bank: 1.00 Total Bankroll: 24,077.53 Donate	Arthur has now cut his list down to his top ten, and this will be his final cut untill he announces his final decision on Dec 17th. They are... Oklahoma Florida Georgia Tech Georgia Kansas St. Alabama N.Carolina LSU USC Miami __________________ Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army football team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down on the bewildering panorama spread on the green plain below. - Grantland Rice 1924 Brown, ND's first-year defensive coordinator, played at Michigan."(Brown) said if he would have gotten offered by Notre Dame," Slaughter said, "he would have gone to Notre Dame." I like to quote myself - GoshenGipper

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grantphilly Freshman Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: a place lot like hell Posts: 834 Cash: 943.15 Bank: 18,845.41 Total Bankroll: 19,788.55 Donate	Cant Wait Till The Irish Put The Gators In The Position Meyer Is In, In That Last Picture

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ND=NC Community Mod Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Crestview, Fl Posts: 4,338 Cash: 546.35 Bank: 15,506.38 Total Bankroll: 16,052.73 Donate	Hold your horses! Arther and his brother are rumored to be in on campus for the Navy game. This would be HUGE.