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New (Huge) Preferred Walk-on

Courtesy of the Daily Herald

He did see 6-foot-7 Ryan Brown, headed to Northern Illinois as a preferred football walk-on, display nice first-quarter touch around the net for 6 of his 14 points, and center Kyle Nelson scored half his 10 points in that opening quarter.

OT Ryan Brown | St. Charles North HS (St. Charles, IL)
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6'7" 260 lbs

Rivals Profile: 2-stars, 5.4

Recruited by: Matt Limegrover

Notes: Older brother Patrick Brown played at UCF and signed on as a free agent with the Carolina Panthers/Patriots/Vikings last year.  Seems to be a project, but a 6'7" frame leaves you a lot of leeway to build a player.  Just the fact that he's a basketball player tells you something.  Exactly the type of athletic lineman that Coach Kill is looking for on this football team.

Don't forget that Joe Pawlak was a former walk-on that became a full-time starter at Right Guard this past season.  Can't wait to see this guy in a year or two after hitting the weight room.

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Was there a reason for him just walking on right now

by SRprepfootball on Feb 21, 2010 1:12 PM CST reply actions  

Because...

we ran out of scholarships?

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by Mike Breese on Feb 21, 2010 7:25 PM CST up reply actions  

I think it’s great that they’ve invited Ryan Brown to walk on. It’s always worthwhile to take a chance on a big guy or a fast guy because if the work out you’ve hit a home run and Ryan Brown is definitely a big guy. Imagine if he works out and they have three 6-7/6-8 o-linemen in the starting lineup a few years down the road.

by NIU1981 on Feb 22, 2010 10:20 AM CST reply actions  

Seems like a better D-line prospect, but thats why I’m not a coach. NIU has always had to take the “diamonds in the rough”; I think this kid is one of them.

by MiamiHuskie on Feb 22, 2010 7:39 PM CST reply actions  

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