Richwoods HS: Two-year starter for head coach Roland Brown ... Illinois High School Football Coaches Association (IHSFCA) Class 6A All-State Honorable Mention selection in 2012 as a senior ... Peoria Journal Star All-Area selection ... earned Mid-State 6 All-Conference honors, after helping team to a league title and the second round of the IHSA Class 6A state playoffs as a senior ... earned all-conference honors as a junior, while helping team to a runner-up finish in the 2011 IHSA Class 6A state playoffs ... also an all-conference shot put and discus thrower as part of the track team.

Personal: Born July 15, 1994, in Peoria, Ill. ... son of Roland and Renee Brown ... has two brothers, Ryan and Cole ... his father, Roland, serves as the head football and track coach at Richwoods and ran track collegiately at Western Illinois ... his cousin, Daniel Dwyer, is an outfielder for the ISU baseball team ... plans to major in renewable energy.