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WR Corey "Philly" Brown (Official Thread)

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Turnaround Brown
Receiver Corey Brown has made his coaches proud, using work ethic and natural charisma to rise above a negative reputation and become a leader

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By Bill Rabinowitz
The Columbus Dispatch Friday October 4, 2013

  • Corey Brown arrived at Ohio State in 2009 and two pillars of his identity immediately changed — his name and his position.

    After coach Urban Meyer was hired in late 2011, he heard enough negativity about Brown that he wouldn’t have been sorry to see him go.

    It has not been the smoothest of roads for Brown in Columbus, but it has all been worth it.

    Now a fifth-year senior, Brown has grown into a trusted playmaker and charismatic leader.

    “As big a turnaround as I can remember,” Meyer said. “He’s the leader. He runs the show right now.”
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Ohio State's Brown becoming a complete receiver
Joe Juliano, Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2013


Corey Brown is the top wide receiver on an Ohio State team that is ranked No. 4 in the country and has won 19 straight games, the longest current streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision, but all anyone wants to ask him about this week is "The Block."

You might have seen Carlos Hyde's 19-yard touchdown run a few days ago in the Buckeyes' win over Iowa where he was knocked back a few yards but kept his feet. However, you may have not recognized the teammate who cleared away the final yards with a block on Hawkeye linebacker James Morris.

It was Brown, the 6-foot, 190-pound senior by way of Upper Darby and Cardinal O'Hara High School.

"He got the first down so I started jumping up and down initially figuring he'd fall to the ground," Brown said. "When he didn't, it kind of caught me off guard. So I did a quick twist and jumped out in front of him like I was the lead blocker and just threw my body into somebody.

"Blocking is a big part of playing wideout. I pride myself on being a complete receiver."

"The Block" illustrates the increased role Brown has assumed on and off the field this season with the Buckeyes, who host Penn State on Saturday night, and what coach Urban Meyer means when he says Brown has performed "a 180 to where he was" last season.

"He's an absolute leader of this team, unchallenged, unquestionable," Meyer said earlier this week. "If you said that a year ago, we would have gotten into an argument because that's not who he was. His development as a person, a player, as a student, I couldn't say enough."
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Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/sports..._a_complete_receiver.html#pBqB2QwQIKBBXZlx.99
 
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Tremendous development for Philly. Not only being in becoming a leader and making big plays, but man was he blocking great out there against Iowa. The block he threw against the LB to get Hyde in the endzone was something else. Keep it up Philly!
 
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