Troy University Athletics
2016 Football Roster
Roster
Blace Brown
- Position:
- CB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 182
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Canton, Ga.
- High School:
- Cherokee HS
2018 (Senior): Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team honors after bouncing back from ACL injury in final regular season game last year … Started six games and played in all 12 at cornerback … Finished with 44 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, six passes defended and an interception … Ranks second among active FBS players with 12 career interceptions; is fourth in career interceptions per game (0.31) … Finished the season with a career-high nine tackles at App State … Recorded four or more tackles in seven games … Broke up five passes on the year, one in five different games
2017 All-Sun Belt First Team
2017 (Junior): Ranked 11th nationally with five interceptions on the season and 12th nationally with 0.42 interceptions per game … Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team … Finished second in the Sun Belt in interceptions (did not play in the bowl game due to injury) … Tore his ACL making an interception in the end zone during Troy’s Sun Belt Conference title-clinching victory at Arkansas State … Enters the 2018 season second among active players with 11 career interceptions and second in interceptions per game (0.41), which rises to 0.46 when you take out three games at wide receiver his freshman season … Named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week after forcing a fumble and sealing the game with an interception in Troy’s win over No. 22 LSU … Returned an interception 53 yards for a touchdown in the season opener at Boise State … Recorded his third career multi-interception game with two picks in Troy’s victory at Coastal Carolina …Tied a career-high with six tackles at New Mexico State … Started 11 games and played in 12; missed the New Orleans Bowl and yielded a start to a senior Kamryn Melton on Senior Day … Finished with 33 tackles (one shy of his 2016 total) to go along with a team-high six pass break ups
2016 (RS-Sophomore): Ranked seventh nationally and first in the Sun Belt with six interceptions on the season … Had a pair of interceptions in back-to-back games against New Mexico State and Idaho … Also had interceptions against UMass and Appalachian State … Recorded a tackle in the first 11 games of the season with a season-high six at Idaho … Picked up half a sack against New Mexico State ... Finished the season with 34 tackles and four pass break ups ... Had five tackles and a pass break up in Troy’s Dollar General Bowl victory ... Forced a fumble on the final play of Troy’s victory at South Alabama
2015 (Sophomore): Redshirted … Did not see any game action
2014 (Freshman): Played in three games on special teams during his first season with the Trojans … Joined the team as a walk-on prior to fall camp
High School: Led the state of Georgia with 80 catches for 1,137 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior at Cherokee High School; his first and only season as a wide receiver ... Played cornerback the previous three seasons ... His 80 catches set a school record ... Earned all-state and all-district in addition to being named team MVP ... Named the Cherokee Tribune Offensive Player of the Year ... Also competed in basketball and track & field for the Warriors
Personal: Full name is Blace Gaston Alexander Brown ... Born May 29, 1996, in Conyers, Ga. ... Son of Davida and Keith Brown ... Has a brother, Brittain, who is a running back at Duke, and two sisters, Kammann and Chatham ... Uncle is former NFL and Georgia running back Herschel Walker ... Majoring in sport management
