2017 Football Roster
Sep 12 (Fri)
6:30 p.m.
Andre Brown Jr.
- Weight:
- 195
- Height:
- 6-0
- Position:
- DB
- Year:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Decatur, Ga.
- High School:
- Columbia
Brown graduated with a human resources management degree in May 2019, and he enrolled in the public affairs master of public administration program. The Decatur, Ga., native finished his career with 114 tackles, 88 solo, six for loss, 13 pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble in 45 games (34 starts).
2019 Honors: Earned the team's Harold Mauro “Loyalty to IU Football” Award.
2019 (Senior): Started five times at cornerback and played in all 13 games ... made 17 tackles, 15 solo, with one for loss and two pass breakups ... tallied four solos and one PBU in the season-opening win vs. Ball State (8/31) ... added four stops in the victory at Nebraska (10/26) ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2018 (Junior): Started all 12 games at cornerback ... registered 29 tackles, 24 solo, with two for loss and a team-high six pass breakups ... tallied a career-high two PBUs with three stops, one for loss, in the Virginia win (9/8) ... delivered six tackles at No. 3 Ohio State (10/6) ... compiled a career-high six solos, one for loss, with two breakups against Purdue (11/24) ... IU defensive player of the week (Michigan) ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2017 (Sophomore): Started nine times and played in 11 games at cornerback ... collected 33 tackles, 22 solo, with three for loss, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery (returned for a touchdown) and one pass breakup ... forced the fumble and returned it 22 yards for a score in the Georgia Southern win (9/23) ... added five solo stops ... made a career-high eight tackles, one for loss, in the victory at Illinois (11/11) ... posted four stops at No. 4 Penn State (1 TFL, 9/30) and at No. 18 Michigan State (half-TFL, 10/21) ... IU defensive player of the week (Georgia Southern) ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2016: Suffered a season-ending injury and received a medical redshirt ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2015 (Freshman): Started eight times at cornerback and appeared in nine games before suffering a season-ending injury ... made 35 tackles, 27 solo, with one fumble recovery and four pass breakups ... posted season-highs in stops (6) and solos (5) to go along with one PBU in the Florida International win (9/12) ... collected five tackles at Penn State (10/10) and against Rutgers (10/17) ... recorded four stops and one pass breakup at No. 7 Michigan State (10/24) and vs. No. 10 Iowa (11/7) ... earned his first-career start and recovered his first-career fumble in addition to a pair of tackles in the season-opening Southern Illinois victory (9/5) ... IU defensive player of the week (Wake Forest).
Prep/Personal: Defensive back and quarterback for head coach David Edwards at Columbia High School ... posted 70 tackles, three for loss, three interceptions - two returned for touchdowns, three fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles and four pass breakups in 2014 ... honorable-mention all-state selection was invited to the U.S. Army National Combine ... the region’s most valuable player appeared in the Rising Seniors Bowl ... earned all-county and all-region honors in 2013 and 2014 ... rated the No. 36 athlete nationally by 247Sports ... three-year football and two-year baseball and track and field letterwinner ... member of the National Honor Society ... grade point average was in the top five percent of his class ... parents are Monica Brown and Andre Brown Sr. ... born on Oct. 22, 1997.
