10 Things You Should Know – Preston Brown
- Preston Brown played high school football for the Northwest Knights in Colerain Township, OH. Brown played LB and FB.
- Brown originally committed to Cincinnati before switching to Louisville. He was considered a three-star recruit coming out of high school.
- During his senior year Preston led the Cardinals in tackles, and finished 2nd in sacks and forced fumbles to Marcus Smith who was selected 26th overall in this years draft.
- Brown was originally projected as a 5th round pick, it was his individual team meetings that helped him move up the draft boards.
- While Brown was the 4th Cardinal selected in this year’s draft, he’s also the first LB drafted from Louisville since 2006 and the highest selected since 1980.
- Brown faced Syracuse three times with Doug Marrone as the head coach. Preston won two out of the three meetings. Syracuse ended a nine game winning streak for Louisville who was ranked 11th in 2012.
- That 2012 Louisville (22) team went on to face Florida (4) in the Sugar Bowl. The Cardinals pulled off a major upset winning that game 33-23. Brown racked up 13 tackles in that game.
- Brown has had the same training partner since he was a kid. His father, Mike Brown. Mike was the captain of the 1984 Ball State Football team.
- Brown played in the 2014 East West Shrine game for Coach Jerry Glanville. Fellow draftee and Bills teammate Ross Cockrell was on that team as well.
- Brown recalls his favorite play during his career as a Cardinal was a 48 yard fumble recovery for a touchdown. A notable second was a 37 yard run on a fake punt.
