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Thomas Brown
# 20
Tailback - TB
Height: 5-8  Weight: 200
Senior
Previous Affiliations
   Tucker
Previous Experience
  3L
Hometown
   Tucker, Ga.
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Courtesy: UGA Sports Communications
Release: 06/19/2006

Born: May 15, 1986
Major: Public Relations

Sr., 5-8, 200
Tucker, Ga. (Tucker)

Career Highs: 23 attempts at Arkansas in 2004; 180 rushing yards vs. Ole Miss in 2007; 7 games with 100+ yards rushing; 3 TD (2x), last vs. Ole Miss in 2007; long rush of 53 yards vs. No. 18 Auburn in 2007; 5 receptions (2x), last at No. 16 Alabama in 2007; 49 receiving yards at No. 3 Auburn in 2004; long reception of 26 yards at Mississippi St. in 2005

2007: Appeared in nine games making six starts with 129 carries for 706 yards and nine TDs
*Made 17 carries for 139 yards and a TD at Georgia Tech
*Tallied 73 yards and a TD on 22 carries vs. Kentucky
*Returned to action vs. No. 18 Auburn and rushed for 81 yards and a TD on 14 carries including a long-run of 53 yards
*Made six carries for 20 yards and three kickoff returns for 55 yards before suffering a broken collar bone at Tennessee
*Named SEC Offensive Player of the Week (10/1) for efforts against Ole Miss
*Tallied career-high 180 yards rushing on 16 carries and tied career-high with three TD vs. Ole Miss including TD runs of 41 yards and 50 yards, the second-longest TD run of his career; It marked the most rushing yards by a Bulldog since 2001 when Verron Hanes had 207 vs. Ga. Tech; Brown also made
one catch for 11 yards and two kickoff returns for 18 yards
*Tied for a team-best 74 rushing yards on 20 carries and had fi ve receptions for 39 yards and a TD at No. 16 Alabama; also had three kickoff returns for 68 yards
*Rushed 10 times for 42 yards and one TD vs. W. Carolina
*Had 12 carries for 49 yards and four kickoff returns for 112 yards vs. S. Carolina
*Made 12 carries for 48 yards and two TDs including a 14-yd. TD that was UGA's first TD of 2007 and returned three kickoffs for 80 yards vs. Oklahoma St.
*Named to the Doak Walker Award Candidate Watch List
*Held out of contact during spring


2006: Started five of Georgia’s first seven games at tailback, leading the team in rushing at S. Carolina with 69 yards on 16 carries
*Tied school record with 99-yard KO return for TD against Tennessee
*Knee injury against Vanderbilt held him out the remainder of the year
*At the time of his injury, Brown was third in the SEC with 15 KO returns for 379 yards (25.3 avg.)
*Four carries for 25 yards in annual spring G-Day game
*Named Best All-Around Offensive Player, Most Consistent Running Back, and recipient of the Coffee County Hustle Award at conclusion of spring drills
*Recipient of Peter and Kay Amann Football Scholarship
*Maxwell Award Watch List

2005: Selected to Doak Walker Watch List
*Rushed for 67 yards on eight carries in annual spring G-Day game
*Named Most Consistent Running Back following spring drills
Ran for a career-high 144 yards and one touchdown against South Carolina, which was his fifth 100-yard rushing game of his two-year career
*Notched his first career touchdown pass (to Joe Tereshinski III) versus Florida
*Led the Bulldogs in rushing in the SEC Championship Game with 62 yards and in the Nokia Sugar Bowl with 78 yards
*Led Bulldogs with 736 total rushing yards
*Best Game - 144 rushing yards on 20 carries, 1 TD vs. South Carolina
*Recipient of Peter and Kay Amann Football Scholarship
*Part of SEC Championship team that went 10-3

2004:
Played in 11 games including three starts
*Led team in rushing with 172 carries for 875 yards (6th best in the SEC) and eight TDs which also led the team
*Best games vs. Kentucky (22x130 yards and three TDs), Vanderbilt (17x122 yards), Arkansas (23x107 yards)
*He and fellow freshman Danny Ware combined for 190 yards on 34 carries in Georgia’s 45-16 win over LSU and combined for 249 yards on 41 carries in 33-3 victory over Vanderbilt
*Named recipient of the Offensive Newcomer of the Year Award at the conclusion of the 2004 season
*Also recipient of Victors Club Award for outstanding grades in eight or more games
*Leading rusher in 2005 Outback Bowl victory over Wisconsin with 111 yards on 16 carries
*Named to SEC Coaches All-SEC Freshman Team
*Team went 10-2 capped by an Outback Bowl victory

High School:
Tucker, coached by Bill Ballard
*Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11, Super Southern 100 and Class AAAA All-State
*Fox Sports Net All-South second team
*SuperPrep Elite 50 in the country, All-America, and All-Dixie teams
*Rivals.com Top 100, Southeast Elite, Georgia Top 50 and the No. 4 running back in America
*Tom Lemming’s Top 100 and Top 10 running backs
*TheInsiders.com National Hot 100, South Hot 100, All-South first team
*Prepstar Dream Team 100
*Played in just seven games as a senior due to a broken leg he suffered in a game vs. South Forsyth
*Rushed for 1,632 yards and 13 TDs as a junior and in seven games during his senior year rushed for 941 yards and 17 TDs
*Team finished with a 12-1 record in junior season and a 12-2 record in his senior season
*Also started at defensive back


Rushing
Year    G/GS    Att.    Yards    Per/Att.    Per/Gm.    TD              LG
2004    11/3    172    875    5.1    79.5      8       46  LSU
2005     12/12    147    736    5.0    61.3      4    52 WVU
2006    7/5    62    256    4.1    36.6      1    24 UT
2007    9/6    129    706    5.5    78.4    9           53 AU
Total     39/26    510    2,573    5.0    66.0    13          53 AU

Receiving
Year    G/GS    Rec.    Yards    Per/Rec.    Per/Gm.    TD    LG
2004    11/3    16    150    9.4    13.6    0    18 AU
2005    12/12    6    67    11.2    5.6    0    26 MSU
2006    7/5    7    71    10.1    10.1    0    20 SC
2007    9/6    10    84    8.4    9.3    2    12 UA
Total     39/26    39    373    9.6    9.6    0    26 MSU   
Passing
Year    G/GS    Att    Cmp    Pct.    Yds.     INT    TD    LG
2005    11/11    1        1    1.000    9    0    1    9 UF
Total    11/11    1        1    1.000    9    0    1          9 UF

Kick Returns
Year    Ret.    Yards    Avg    TD    LG
2005    2    19    9.5    0    10 WVU
2006    15    379    25.3    1    99 UT
2007    15    333    22.2    0    40 SC
Total    32    731    22.8    1    99UT

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