Eighth Offer in the Bag for Brown

Wilmington, Del., product Justin Brown is gearing up for baseball season right now where he was a first-team All-Conference pitcher and centerfielder for Concord High School last year. He also just picked up his eight offer for football from Virginia Tech and is expecting more to come soon from the things he’s hearing.

Virginia Tech joined Iowa, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Penn State, Pittsburgh and Rutgers this month in offering Concord High School wide receiver Justin Brown. Right now the 6-foot-2.5, 190-pound athlete has no favorites, but did discuss his latest offer as well as another program showing him significant interest.

“Virginia Tech actually offered me a while back,” Brown stated. “I talked to Coach (Kevin) Sherman a bit, thanked him for the offer and then talked to him about their offense. He said he really liked my combination of size, speed and athleticism and thought I could do good things for them.”

“Virginia Tech is a good program and I know that he is a good coach because they have a whole crew of receivers going in the draft this year,” Brown added. “Having them be such a great program is a plus, but also knowing that they offer a premium education is great. I watched Eddie Royal this year and he is a very quick, very good receiver. I’m definitely going to visit them this summer.”

“Illinois got my film today and are evaluating it too. They have a really good program and went to the Rose Bowl this year, so you know they’re doing something right out there turning that program around.”

As a junior, Brown caught 19 passes for 556 yards and eight touchdowns. He was named first-team All-County at wide receiver, defensive back and punter. He was also named second-team All-State at wide receiver, first-team All-State at defensive back and third-team All-State as a punter.