I agree with most of what you said, except about his play. We've never actually seen him play much, because he's always injured. He was battling McCord in camp, and then gets injured. He's inserted in GL situations to get game reps and save McCord's legs, gets injured. He has his first real opportunity to show the Buckeye and CFB world his talents, and he gets injured mid way through the Cotton Bowl. Are we seeing a theme here?
I like the kid, he has a great leadership personality and I'm sure is a hard worker. But at a place like OSU, if you can't stay healthy there's a guy as talented as you waiting for their shot too. And Brown is a sprained wrist, ankle, etc from being possibly 4th string in this QB room.