HOMETOWN: Monck's Corner, SC
SIZE & STATS: 5'11'', 194 lbs (2011: 46 tackles, 2 forced fumbles)
CARDINAL COUNTERPART: Hakeem Smith
POSITION ADVANTAGE: Push
MR. RED'S TAKE: When evaluating the Marshall defense, you begin and end with Omar Brown. The senior safety and defensive captain has been the constant for the up and down unit; he recorded 18 tackles against Virginia Tech, forced a fumble, and nearly created another in the 3rd quarter that could have kept Marshall in the game.
He's been rock solid his whole career, but especially this season. He had a 14 tackle game just before Va. Tech, and of the 35 tackles from the two contests, 17 have been solo. Brown is also relentless at trying to rip the ball away while making a tackle, which should be worrisome especially to Jeremy Wright, who has a bad case of fumble-itis and seems to lose focus at the end of runs. Do that this week, and Brown will have the ball in a blink.
His coach said this about Brown's play this season: "Every week, you know what you are going to get out of Omar Brown. We need about 10 more Omar Browns and we'll be fine."
So expect to hear his name a lot on Saturday. Which is OK. Let him get his tackles, just make sure we still have the ball afterwards and that he's making his plays 10 yards downfield instead of the line of scrimmage.
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