18 safety in the 2017 recruiting class and the No. Coming out of high school, Brown was ranked as the No. Playing the boundary CB position wasn’t always what Brown thought he’d do, though. Montaric Brown: 17.5 /813yHtqKPj- PFF College March 14, 2022 Lowest passer rating allowed in man coverage last season According to Pro Football Focus, Brown allowed the third-lowest passer rating in man coverage at just 17.5. He would lead the team in pass breakups, too. His five interceptions in 2021 as a redshirt senior led the SEC. He posted 132 tackles, four tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, 23 pass breakups and seven total interceptions. So I’m just thankful to the organization for believing in me and drafting me.”īrown finished his career at Arkansas as a First Team All-SEC CB, finishing with 34 starts and 42 games played. And I knew my dreams were about to come true. “Seeing that Jacksonville number pop up on my phone, I just got excited. Brown reiterated that it didn’t matter when he was selected, of course, everyone wants to go higher than they actually do, but what mattered was that he was selected and his dreams could be fulfilled. And for me to get that number called, man, it was just unbelievable,” Brown said, having played football since middle school.īrown was selected with the Jaguars’ final pick of the draft, pick No. You see other guys growing up, going through this process and you know, just seeing them get that number called. I waited a long time - I wasn’t expected to wait that long, but I just trusted it and I’m excited to be drafted during that time. “I had family and friends around me just calming me down and just making sure I had a good mind and they were keeping me excited,” Brown said of waiting around to be selected on Day 3. To join the ranks of the elite, and fulfill his dreams, that’s all that matters. Still, to be selected at all was all that mattered for the former Arkansas Razorbacks CB. The anxiety levels were “pretty high,” Brown told BigCatCountry last week via a phone interview. It took some time for Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Montaric “Buster” Brown to receive the phone call that will change his life forever.
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