Meet the Savannah-area eighth grade football player who received an SEC scholarship offer

At 6-foot-3 and 275 pounds at the age of 14, Robert Brown Jr. fits the description of a man child as he dominates on the football field.

Power Five college coaches have already taken notice as the Hinesville native picked up his first offer from Arkansas last week.

The standout offensive lineman played on the Bradwell Institute junior varsity squad as an eighth grader, and he is set to join a Savannah Christian squad fresh off a trip to the Class 3A finals next season, his father, Robert Brown Sr., said.

Brown Jr. has turned heads with his play at a number of high caliber football camps. He got the Razorback offer last weekend at the Born to Compete All-American game in Lilburn.

“It was crazy, I’m still in disbelief about it,” said Brown Sr., a standout lineman at Bradwell in his high school days. “Alex Benson, who runs the event, had us come into this meeting room, and I thought we might be having an interview with some recruiting writers. Then Alex came in with Arkansas running back coach Jimmy Smith on speaker phone and he made the offer.

“Robert and I and shed some tears when we heard that, and I wasn’t able to sleep for the next two nights because I was so excited. I keep asking myself if this is really happening with my son, who’s just an eighth grader. It was a blessed weekend.”

Brown Jr. joins a pair of current Savannah Christian stars as football players who received SEC offers before playing a down of high school football.

Junior defensive lineman Elijah Griffin, a 5-star prospect, picked up an offer from Georgia as an eighth grader in September of 2020.

And Damion Guyton, a talented edge who was recently named to the Maxpreps.com Freshman All-American team, picked up his UGA offer in June of 2023 before joining the Raiders.

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Author : Savannah Morning News

Publish date : 2024-01-18 09:08:32

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