NFL Draft Stock Watch: Andre Brown

By
for NFLSportChannel.com

Published: April 10, 2009

commentComment        

... to the offensive effort, but was never the featured back.

His senior season was his finest, as Brown rushed for 767 yards and seven touchdowns.

He is tall and thick in his upper and lower body, and is a strong, straight-ahead runner. Brown is also agile enough to side-step and find a running lane.

Brown lowers his pads to run over tacklers, keeps his legs churning in short-yardage situations, and will carry linebackers and safeties for a few yards before being taken down.

He is able to stand up to blitzing linebackers, and possesses skills to be a productive pass-catcher against mis-matched safeties in the open field.

A few knocks come to mind, however, as Brown tends to run tall and he also lacks elite speed, thus he needs a few steps to get going. His catching ability is somewhat inconsistent out of the backfield, and he tends to rely on body-catches too often. Brown also lacks aggression is getting upfield, as he tends to dance a bit in th...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - NFL
Article Source: BleacherReport.com


Comments