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Barion Brown commits to LSU

December 14, 2024
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The LSU football program picked up one of the nation's very best wide receiver prospects in Barion Brown‍ of Kentucky. 

Brown finished his career at Kentucky with 122 Receptions for 1,528 Yards and 11 touchdowns. 

He’s also a noteworthy special teams player with 7 returns for touchdowns as a kick returner.

The 6-foot-1, 185-pound receiver left Kentucky leading the program in all-time return average at 29.3 per return.  

Brown was a consensus National100 prospect in the class of 2022 out of Nashville (TN) Pearl-Cohn.

BARION BROWN HIGHLIGHTS

More on Brown from his Kentucky Wildcat bio

2024 – Junior
• Preseason First Team All-America, RS (Sporting News)
• Preseason Second Team All-America, RS (Athlon, USA Today)
• Preseason Fourth Team All-American, WR (Athlon)
• Preseason Second Team All-America, RS (Phil Steele)
• Preseason First Team All-SEC (Coaches, Media, Phil Steele, Athlon)
• Jet Award Preseason Watch List
• Hornung Award Preseason Watch List
• Reese’s Senior Bowl Bowl

Has 2,407 career all-purpose yards with 1,167 yards receiving, 145 yards rushing, 1,016 kick return yards and 79 punt return yards

Holds the UK records and tied the SEC records for most kickoff return touchdowns in a career (4) and season (3)

Led the nation in 2023 in kickoff returns by averaging 36.0 yards per runback; that mark ranks 17th all-time in college football (since 1976) for a single season

Became just the second player in school history to have a rushing, receiving and kickoff return for a touchdown in the same game when he did it last season vs. Clemson in the Gator Bowl

Only player in the nation to chart three kickoff returns for touchdowns since South Florida’s Brian Battie in 2021

Has caught a pass in every game he has played (26)

 

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