2023 Football Roster
Roderick Brown
- Position:
- DL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 303
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Forney, TX
- High School:
- North Forney HS
2024: Appeared in and started all 12 games … was a First Team All-AAC selection by College Football Network … earned Honorable Mention All-AAC honors from the coaches … recorded 26 tackles .. led team in sacks with 4.5 … started season with three tackles, two TFL and two sacks at South Alabama … picked up three tackles and a TFL at Texas Tech … put together a three tackle, one sack and one TFL performance at Florida Atlantic … five tackles, a TFL and a sack vs. Army … two tackles and 0.5 TFL at UTSA … finished the season with two tackles and 0.5 TFL at Temple.
2023: Was a preseason First Team All-AAC honoree (PFF) … tabbed as a preseason Second Team All-Conference selection (Athlon and Phil Steele) … finished the season with 40 tackles, 3.5 TFLs six QB hurries and a blocked kick … posted a pair of tackles, two QB hurries and blocked a kick in the season opener against Cal … had four tackles and three QB hurries on the road against LA Tech … finished with a TFL in three straight games against Abilene Christian, Navy and Temple … had a season-best six tackles on the road against Tulane … posted five tackles and 0.5 TFL against Memphis … finished with five stops, all of which were solo tackles on the road against SMU.
2022: Second Team All-CUSA (PFN) … C-USA Preseason Watch List … Second team Preseason All-CUSA (Phil Steele) … Third team Preseason All-CUSA (Athlon) … started all 14 games on the year for the Mean Green … recorded 41 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and was second on the team with 4.0 sacks on the year … posted three tackles as well as a sack on the road at UNLV … had four tackles and 2.5 sacks in the win over LA Tech … posted a season-high eight tackles with 0.5 TFLs in the C-USA Championship against UTSA
2021: Named to PFF and C-USA All-Freshman teams ... played in 10 games as a true freshman in 2021 ... totaled 19 tackles, four TFLs and three sacks while forcing two fumbles ... made at least one tackle in eight different games ... forced a fumble alongside two tackles and a sack at Southern Miss ... made six tackles against Marshall ... season-high seven tackles with a sack and two TFLs at Missouri ... had a sack and a forced fumble at LAd Tech.
High School: Starred at North Forney High ... rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports and a two-star prospect by Rivals.com ... rated the No. 129 DT in the nation and No. 347 prospect in the state of Texas according to 247Sports ... registered 65 tackles (40 solo), 15 tackles for loss, five sacks, 29 quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery as a senior.
