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Milton Brown Takes Home Weekly Pioneer Football League Honor

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell's Milton Brown, after aiding CU to its first victory in 58 years, was honored as the Pioneer Football League's Defensive Player Of The Week, by the conference office on Sept. 29. He is the first Campbell player to garner weekly attention by the league since the school restarted the program.

Brown had an outstanding performance for Campbell in the thrilling 36-27 win over Carthage on Sept. 27 with the first three interceptions of his career. He also was able to return two of his three picks for touchdowns in the victory. The win was the first for Campbell since they restarted the football program this season after a 58 year absence.

Brown's final interception of the evening was with Carthage driving on the CU five-yard in the final four minutes and only down by two at 29-27. He came up with CU's biggest play of the season in picking off the Evan Jones slant attempt and returned it 99 yards for the game-clinching touchdown to seal the victory. For Brown it was his second touchdown return of the game and his third interception of a standout individual effort.

He began his evening by returning his first interception 32 yards for a second quarter touchdown to give Campbell a 14-0 lead the midway through the quarter. He then picked off his second pass of the game in the third quarter and returned it 14 yards to thwart another Red Men drive.

His two interceptions returned for touchdowns tied the Football Championship Series (FCS) single-game record, while his three interceptions and 145 return yards are both bests in the FCS this season.

The redshirt freshman linebacker from Havelock, N.C. also recorded four tackles and led the team with 145 all-purpose yards, all on his interception returns.

Brown currently leads the team and is tied for second in the conference with his 36 total tackles. He also is among the league leaders in sacks (13th) and interceptions (t-1st).

Campbell's football team will head to Dayton, Ohio next week to take on the Dayton Flyers on Oct. 4 at 1 p.m.

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Milton Brown

#43 Milton Brown

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Redshirt

Players Mentioned

Milton Brown

#43 Milton Brown

6' 2"
Redshirt
LB