Stephen Brown

Stephen Brown

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Cullowhee, N.C.

High School:
Smoky Mountain HS

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 188

Position:
P/PK/H

2006 (Jr.): Saw action in 10 of the 11 games ... Seven of his eight punts on the season were downed inside the opponent's 20 with just one touchback ... Averaged 31.6 yards per punt with a season-long of 43 which was one of two 40-yard boots on the year ... Punted a season-high three times at Wofford amassing 94 yards for an average of 31.3 yards per kick ... Two of his three pooch punts at Wofford were downed inside the 20.

2005 (So.): Named to the TIAA-CREF Southern Conference Fall All-Academic Team ... Played in all nine games, seeing action as the placekicker, punter and holder ... Helped WCU rank third in the SoCon in net punting (33.7), serving as the pooch punter ... Averaged 37.1 yards per punt ... Of his 10 punts, six were downed inside the opponent's 20 ... Started the season as the placekicker as well ... Scored 13 points, making 10-of-11 extra points and making 1-of-3 field goals ... His lone field goal, a 23-yarder, accounted for WCU's only points in a 7-3 loss at Cincinnati ... Made 3-of-3 PATs versus Mars Hill, 5-of-6 versus Furman and 1-of-1 versus both Citadel and Georgia Southern ... Gave placekicking duties to Jonathan Parsons for the second half of the season, helping the freshman make all 16 of his kick (13 PATs and three FGs) ... Three of his four punts versus Mars Hill were pinned the Lions' inside their own 20 ... Averaged 42.0 ypp versus Furman ... Had a career-long punt of 45 yards versus Elon.

2004 (RFr.): Played in nine games, serving as Western's holder for placement kicks and as the pooch punter ... Helped WCU rank second in the SoCon in net punting (34.0 average) and 25th in the nation in punt return defense (6.61 yards/return) ... Had nine punts on the season, averaging 31.8 yards per punt ... Of his nine punts, eight landed inside the opponent's 20 ... His last punt of the season was the only one to not stay inside the 20, being a touchback versus App State ... Also scored three points, making all three of his PAT attempts in the Cats' win over West Virginia State.

2003 (Fr.): Redshirted.

Prior to Western: Named first team All-Western North Carolina by the Asheville Citizen-Times ... As a senior, converted 25-of-28 extra points and 7-of-9 field goals ... Also tabbed all-conference and all-region ... Set Smoky Mountain HS record for field goals made in a season (seven) and career (eight) ... As a junior, converted 16-of-20 PATs and 1-of-2 field goals.