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NFL Draft: Player Profile - Donald Brown, RB, Connecticut
John Tuvey
March 11, 2009

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Donald Brown, RB, ConnecticutMeasurables:
Combine height: 5-10 1/4
Combine weight: 210 pounds
Combine 40 time: 4.51 seconds

Stats:
Brown led the nation with 2,187 yards on 367 carries (6.0 yards per carry) as a junior, scoring 18 touchdowns and adding 125 receiving yards on 21 catches. For his abbreviated UConn career, Brown carried 698 times for 4,032 yards (5.8 yards per carry) and 33 touchdowns, with 48 catches for 276 yards and two touchdowns as a receiver.

Skill Set:
The first and most obvious question when it comes to Brown is, how does what he did at UConn translate to Sundays? He has decent size for the college game, but scouts are concerned he lacks the power to pick up yards after contact in the NFL—let alone hold up to anything resembling the 20-plus carry workload he shouldered for the Huskies. While his 4.51 40 at the Combine wasn’t elite, it suggests he has plenty of speed in the open field. More importantly, Brown gets to full speed quickly and displays shiftiness and good cutting ability. He also has decent hands and some experience as a receiver but may need work on pass protection technique.

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