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43 Abe Brown Class: Senior Hometown: Sarasota, Fla. High School: Booker Height / Weight: 6-4 / 230 Position: LB Birthdate: 11/11/1983

Versatile defensive player who has played multiple positions but has found a home at outside linebacker... scrappy competitor... size and speed are two of his biggest assests.

Career Notes: Registered 115 career stops and eight sacks in 33 games.

2005: Missed the North Carolina, West Virginia and Cincinnati games with a sprained MCL... recorded two sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss... finished fourth on the team with 51 tackles... recorded a career-high 10 tackles and sack against Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl... tallied seven tackles against Syracuse and South Florida... registered six tackles and two pass breakups against Oregon State... recorded six tackles and a sack in a 31-24 win over Kentucky.

2004: Finished fourth on the team in tackles with a career-high 55... third on the team with six sacks... registered eight tackles and two sacks versus Cincinnati... credited with six tackles and a sack versus Houston... registered a career-high nine tackles and a game-ending interception versus Memphis -- the first of his career... credited with five stops against USF... registered six tackles versus Miami... credited with four tackles against East Carolina... recorded two tackles and assisted on a sack at North Carolina... registered four tackles, a sack and a forced fumble against Army... credited with three tackles and a sack in first collegiate start against Kentucky.

2003: Played in 12 games, mainly on special teams ... played well on the kickoff coverage unit ... recorded nine total tackles ... forced a fumble against Tulane ... recorded two tackles against Tulane and TCU.

2002: Red-shirted.

Booker High School: Rated the No. 10 safety in the country by Rivals.com ... recorded 101 tackles, including 51 solo stops, and blocked five punts and one field goal as a senior ... also saw spot duty at wide receiver, finishing the season with six receptions for 130 yards and three touchdowns ... a four-year varsity starter, he tallied 14 interceptions during his prep career ... earned first team All-State and All-Area honors and was named team defensive MVP as a senior ... as a junior was named first team all-area and second team all-state ... earned third team all-state and third team all-area honors as a sophomore ... set Booker's single game records for interceptions (3) and tackles (18), the season record for tackles (101) and career record for punt blocks (4).

Personal Profile: Son of Sandra and Abraham Brown... born 11/11/83... Communications major.

Defense
Year	GP	A	U	T	TFL	Sacks	FR	FF	Int	PB
2003	12-0	6	3	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0
2004	12-12	32	23	55	6-27	6-25	0-0	1	1-0	3
2005	9-7	31	20	51	9.5-37	2-16	0-0	1	0-0	4
Totals	33-19	69	46	115	15.5-64	8-41	0-0	3	1-0	7