I'm glad Jacksonville took the opportunity with me and I'm ready to work."īrown (6 feet, 190 pounds) started the last 31 games of his college career at Arkansas and was one of the key players in the Razorbacks' resurgence under first-year coach Sam Pittman. The draft is over and it's time to prove something at the NFL level, the highest level. "I think I should have been drafted earlier but I just use it as motivation," the seventh-round cornerback said following Monday's minicamp session at TIAA Bank Field. But don't think he won't remember as he tries to buck the odds and make the team. Two other SEC corners that season who tied for the interceptions lead were Jonathan Joseph of South Carolina, taken in the first round by Cincinnati, and Tim Jennings of Georgia, selected in the second round by Indianapolis.īrown isn't bitter. The last time an SEC cornerback who led the conference in interceptions was drafted this low was in 2005 when Mississippi State's Jeramie Johnson was undrafted after finishing in a four-way tie for the lead that season. That distinction belongs to sixth-round pick Junior Gregory from Ouachita Baptist, an NCAA Division II team that last played the Razorbacks in 1923. Name game: Jaguars agree to naming deal for sports performance center with Miller Electric Companyīrown not only watched nine SEC corners taken ahead of him but players at that position from Fayetteville State, South Carolina State, Texas-San Antonio, Sam Houston State, Fresno State and Toledo got the call before him.īrown wasn't even the top cornerback taken from the state of Arkansas - or the Jaguars' first choice. Jacksonville Jaguars top pick Travon Walker, rookies will be focal point of 3-day minicamp 1 overall pick Travon Walker of Georgia can't claim. As far as Montaric "Buster" Brown is concerned, the draft is in the past and every Jaguars rookie is starting from square one.īut does he still feel the sting of waiting until the final round on the third day of the draft to hear his name called?ĭoes it hurt that the Arkansas Razorback was the 29th cornerback selected and the 10th SEC cornerback picked?Īfter all, Brown led the SEC in interceptions with five.
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