The 2009 Scouting Report: Savored a breakout redshirt freshman year ... Slated to start at one defensive end position, opposite All-America candidate Corey Wootton ... Gives the Wildcats one of the top defensive end tandems in the country ... Tabbed a third-team preseason All-Big Ten selection by Athlon Sports and fourth-team by Phil Steele's ... Coaching staff says there is no better worker in the weight room -- he is tireless and has terrific strength numbers ... Always looking for ways to improve as a player, both on and off the field ... A former linebacker who continues to develop at the end position ... Set a weight-room hang clean record (for athletes under 245 pounds) in 2008 (355 pounds). 2008: Named a Sporting News and Rivals.com second-team Freshman All-American ... ESPN.com first-team All-Big Ten Freshman team ... Suffered a knee injury at Minnesota and sat out the remainder of the regular season but returned to play in 2008 Valero Alamo Bowl ... Recorded four tackles and 0.5 TFL's vs. Missouri ... Was a key reserve as the first to spell Corey Wootton or Kevin Mims at defensive end ... At time of injury, was tied for fifth in Big Ten with two forced fumbles and ranked 11th in sacks per game ... Earned Big Ten Conference and team Defensive Player of the Week honors for his efforts against Ohio ... Filled the stat sheet while setting career highs with seven tackles (five solo), 4.0 TFL's, 3.0 sacks, one forced fumble, one blocked field goal and one QB hurry ... Also earned an ESPN College Gameday Helmet Sticker for his career day ... Followed up the Ohio outing with another solid effort at Iowa, which included snaring his first career interception ... Also had a forced fumble on special teams and two tackles ... Against Southern Illinois, rang up three tackles, including his first career TFL (loss of 4 yards) ... At Duke, registered four total tackles ... Two tackles vs. Michigan State ... Recorded four tackles, including 2.0 TFL's and 1.0 sacks against Purdue ... Named team's defensive big playmaker vs. the Boilers. 2007: Did not see action ... Named team's defensive practice player of the week vs. Ohio State. High School: Rivals.com All-Region, SuperPrep All-Midwest and Velocity/PrepStar All-Region defensive end ... Ranked 20th among all players (third among defensive ends) in Rivals.com Ohio player ranking, 28th among all players in SuperPrep Ohio player ranking and 15th by Ohio High Magazine ... Ranked 31st-best strongside defensive end nationally by Rivals.com, 58th-best defensive end nationally by Rivals.com and 43rd-best defensive end nationally by ESPN/Scouts, Inc. ... Injured his knee in the third game of his senior season and missed the remainder of the year ... As a junior, earned first-team All-Tri-County, All-County, All-Quad County and All-Northeast Ohio Inland District honors ... Vindicator "Elite 11" honoree ... In 2005, totaled 100-plus tackles (as a middle linebacker) and four forced fumbles ... Had 21 tackles his senior season before suffering the injury ... Totaled 11 tackles, as well as three receptions (two for TD's), against Minerva his senior year ... Played tight end for the Blue Devils in 2006 ... Blue Devils went 7-3 his junior year ... Team captain ... Also lettered in track ... Graduated with honors ... Presidential Merit Award ... Received football conference's All-Academic Award ... Recipient of U.S. Marine Corps Award (given for courage) ... Coached by Jim Tsilimos. Personal: Born Vincent Alan Browne ... Son of Ed and Mary Browne ... Major is undeclared. Browne's Career Stats
INTERCEPTIONS G No Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G 2008................ 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 TOTAL............... 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 |
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