'09 TN WR Marlon Brown (Official Offer)

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Memphis (TN) Harding Academy

Ht: 6-foot-5
Wt: 205 lbs
Class: 2009 (High School)

Rivals: 2009 Top 100

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From the ND site. Notre Dame, Texas Tech, and Miami offered Brown this week. He says he now holds offers from those schools plus Tennessee, Ole Miss, Auburn, Colorado, Clemson, Stanford, and Ohio State.

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College coaches from the nation's top powers, recruiting analysts and fans will all be closely following the pursuit of Harding Academy's Marlon Brown, a 6-5 wide receiver.

Harding wide receiver Brown has the skills to become top prospect
By Jason Smith (Contact)
Friday, February 8, 2008

The highlight DVD begins with Marlon Brown, all 6-foot-5 and 205 pounds of him, hurdling over a would-be tackler like a deer would a fence.

"Did you notice the cut before that?!" asks Harding Academy football coach Ryan Derrick. "I mean, just a 6-5 kid doing that, to me, is absolutely unbelievable."

With the 2008 National Signing Day now in the books, Brown, whose size and skills have landed him scholarship offers already from Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Stanford to name a few, is almost certain to be Shelby-Metro's top prep football prospect in 2009.

In fact, he may go down as the area's most coveted high school prospect ever, considering Shelby-Metro has never before produced a "five-star" prep prospect according to Rivals.com, which ranks Brown the No. 13 overall junior prospect nationally and one of 14 "five-star" prospects in the Class of 2009.

"I think he's one of the top handful of prospects in the country. He's a guy that we're going to be keeping our eye on for the next 365 days," Rivals.com editor-in-chief Bobby Burton said Thursday.

"He is athletic, catches the ball well and runs well after the catch for a guy with that kind of size. ... He's another of those guys that, you know, is a big, ol' tall-looking basketball-like wide receiver."

Marlon Brown at a glance

Basics: 6-5, 205 pounds

Statistics: As a junior in 2007 -- 41 receptions, 861 yards, six receiving TDs; 58 rushing attempts, 629 rushing yards (10.8 yards per carry), 10 rushing TDs.

Accolades: Selected to Rivals.com's Junior All-American Team; ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 13 overall junior prospect in the nation.

College offers: Auburn, Clemson, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Miami-Fla., Notre Dame, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Stanford, Tennessee and Texas Tech.

Harding wide receiver Brown has the skills to become top prospect : Preps : Commercial Appeal

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Florida has offered.

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Marlon says he is considering playing football and basketball in college. He holds offers from Auburn, Ole Miss, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Kentucky, Tennessee, Miami of Florida, Florida and Oklahoma.

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From the UF site...talks about how special the Florida offer was to him. Talks about how he stays focused despite all the attention.

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Florida State has offered.

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Clemson has worked its way into solid position with WR Marlon Brown (6-5 205) of Memphis. Brown said he has about 20 total offers and of those, Clemson is in his group of highest interest. He also likes Southern Cal, Notre Dame, Florida, Ohio State, LSU, Texas Tech, Florida State, Tennessee, Kentucky, Stanford, Alabama and Miami. "I hear from coach Rumph every couple of weeks," Brown said of his Clemson recruiter. "I don't have any favorites. "I'm looking at the academics, great coaching, and a spread offense." Brown has never been to Clemson and has not taken any visits this spring. Some of the visits he plans to take will be to Florida, Southern Cal, Kentucky, Tennessee, Stanford, Texas Tech and Notre Dame.

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By Simmons...has narrowed his list to 15 schools: Kentucky, LSU, Tennessee, Florida State, USC, Florida, Georgia, Stanford, Clemson, Illinois, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Alabama and Oklahoma.

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WR Marlon Brown (6-5 205) of Memphis has not yet taken any visits this spring but he says he'll soon get to some campuses. "I plan to visit Southern Cal, Florida and Tennessee," Brown said. Clemson is one of his more than 20 offers and he said he's still interested in the Tigers. "I heard from coach Rumph about a month ago," he said. Brown said Tennessee, Southern Cal, Stanford and Kentucky are recruiting him with the most interest. He does not have a favorite.

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By Simmons...after trimming his list has added Missouri and UCLA. Wants to cut his list to 10 or 12 by the summer.

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From the Georgia site....Georgia, Tennessee & Michigan coaches visited Brown on Monday. Oklahoma & Notre Dame coaches visited last week and he expects USC & Stanford coaches to visit next. Says he's down to about 17 schools including Oklahoma, USC, Stanford, UCLA, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, FSU, LSU & Ohio State.

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Says he has narrowed his list to 17 schools. Plans to visit Tennessee, UCLA, Ohio State, Georgia and Stanford this summer.

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From the UGA site...talks about some of the top committed QBs in the country contacting him and says he plans to cut his list to 10 or 12 some time in June.