After winning the much ballyhooed Bryce Brown sweepstakes, Tennessee and then coach Lane Kiffin took the five-star running back and stuck him behind senior Montario Hardesty. The freshman season that was hyped by among other people, his personal advisor/former felon/cell phone salesman/trainer Brian Butler produced a pedestrian 460 yards rushing and three touchdowns. On the first day of spring practice under new coach Derek Dooley, Brown announced his intent to transfer.
Meanwhile in Miami, Bryce’s older brother Arthur Brown completed his second season of mediocre play after being tabbed as one of the top linebacking recruits in the country. In two seasons with the Hurricanes, Brown managed only 12 tackles, spending most of his time on the scout team or playing on special teams. Like his brother, Arthur announced his intention to transfer as well.
Both brothers left their respective programs with a rumored eye on the Kansas State program, where a fresh start under head coach Bill Snyder could be had for their home state team. But now it appears that the two former five-star recruits could be looking to join forces at the school Bryce just walked away from.
According to the website Mr. SEC, Tennessee is looking at signing both brothers to play football for the Volunteers. With scholarship numbers low after two straight seasons of coaching changes, the Vols have the ability to take two transfer players (one technically), and while neither brother has lived up to their considerable hype yet, the move could make a lot of sense.
It remains to be seen if Dooley will consider bringing in two head cases the brothers or whether Arthur Brown Sr., who was instrumental in getting Arthur out of Miami, will let them go anywhere but Kansas State.
But as has been the case since these two broke onto the recruiting scene, there’s plenty of noise surrounding the Brown brothers. Whatever team ends up with them next hopes to get a fraction of the production.