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Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Brown, Ben
Ole Miss Football vs Kent State at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss  on September 22, 2018.Photo by Petre Thomas/Ole Miss Athletics Instagram and Twitter: @OleMissPix Buy Photos at RebelWallArt.com
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Ole Miss Football vs Southern Illinois at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss. on Sept. 8, 2018.Ben Brown, 55, OL, Vicksburg, Miss.Photo by Petre Thomas/Ole Miss Athletics Instagram and Twitter: @OleMissPix Buy Photos at RebelWallArt.com
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Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Ben Brown
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Ben Brown

  • Position:
    OL
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    315
  • Hometown:
    Vicksburg, Miss.
  • High School:
    St. Aloysius
  • Major:
    Exercise Science
 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 • 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
 • 2021 Preseason All-SEC Team (College Football News)
 • 2021 Preseason All-SEC Third Team (Media)
 • 2021 Preseason All-SEC Fourth Team (Athlon)
 • 2021 Preseason All-SEC Honorable Mention (PFF)

 • 2020 Rimington Trophy Watch List
 • 2018 SEC All-Freshman Team
 ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
 • Chancellor's Honor Roll (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
 • Dean's Honor Roll (Fall 2018)
 • SEC Academic Fall Honor Roll (2018, 2019)

 • NFF Ole Miss Chapter Scholar-Athlete (2017)

2020 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Played in all 816 offensive snaps and started every game at center ... Rimington Trophy watch list ... Didn’t allow a sack in 432 pass blocks ... vs. #5 Florida (9/26/20): Earned first career start at center, playing every snap ... Graded out as the Rebels’ highest passing blocking linemen ... at Kentucky (10/3/20): Started at center and played all 72 offensive snaps ... vs. #2 Alabama (10/10/20): Started at center and played all 89 snaps ... at Arkansas (10/17/20): Played 91-of-92 total offensive snaps in his fourth start of the season at center ... vs. Auburn (10/24/20): Started at center for the fifth time this season and played 80-of-81 snaps ... at Vanderbilt (10/31/20): Made his 30th career start, playing 73 snaps at center without allowing a sack or pressure ... vs. South Carolina (11/14/20): Started at center and played all 86 offensive snaps ... Blocked for an offense that totaled 708 total yards ... vs. Mississippi State (11/28/20): Made his 32nd consecutive start, playing all 85 snaps at center in the Egg Bowl victory ... Didn’t allow any sacks or quarterback pressures ... at LSU (12/19/20): Played all 77 offensive snaps at center and didn’t allow a sack or quarterback pressure ... vs. #7 Indiana (1/2/21): Started at center and played all 81 snaps in the Outback Bowl win ... Preseason All-SEC third team (Athlon).

2019 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Started all 12 games at right guard ... Played a total of 851 snaps, with 765 coming at right guard and 99 at center ... at Memphis (8/31/19):  Lined up on all 53 offensive snaps, allowing zero sacks, hits or hurries ... Graded out at a team-best 83 percent ... vs. Arkansas (9/7/19): Recorded a tackle, did not allow a sack, while helping the offense gain 483 total yards in 31-17 win ... Played on 81 snaps ... vs. Southeastern Louisiana (9/14/19): Graded out at 76 percent, tallying zero QB pressures or missed assignments over 82 snaps in 40-29 triumph ... vs. #23 Cal (9/21/19): Made 16th consecutive start at right guard ... Graded out at 72.5 percent while not giving up a sack or QB hurry over 86 snaps ... at #2 Alabama (9/28/19): Recorded a tackle ... Did not allow a sack, QB hit or hurry over a team-high tying 91 snaps ... vs. Vanderbilt (10/5/19): Graded out at 76 percent, allowing zero sacks or QB pressures  and did not miss an assignment on a team-high 62 snaps in 31-6 win ... at Missouri (10/12/19): Gave up zero sacks, QB hits or hurries on 80 offensive snaps ... vs. Texas A&M (10/19/19): Did not give up a sack, hit or QB hurry ... at #11 Auburn (11/2/19): Allowed zero sacks, QB hits or hurries ... vs. New Mexico State (11/9/19): Did not give up a QB hurry, hit, sack or pressure in 41-3 win ... Helped the Rebels post the fifth-most rushing yards (447) in school history and most since 1962 ... vs. #1 LSU (11/16/19): Relinquished zero sacks, QB hits, pressures or hurries on a team-high 74 snaps ... at Mississippi State (11/28/19): Did not relinquish a sack, QB hurry, hit or pressure on a team-high 79 snaps.

2018 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Was named to the SEC All-Freshman team after starting every game at right guard ... One of only three freshmen in the country to start every game at right guard ... Led the team with 10 knockdown blocks on the season ... vs. Texas Tech (9/1/18): Made his first career start in win over Red Raiders ... Helped block for Scottie Phillips’ 200-yard rushing performance, just the 10th such performance in school history ... vs. Southern Illinois (9/8/18): Started vs. the Salukis and graded out as the top performer on the o-line ... Helped the Rebels put up 629 total yards, 470 passing yards and 76 points, the fifth-most in school history ... vs. #1 Alabama (9/15/18): Made third career start at right guard ... vs. Kent State (9/22/18): Made start at right guard ... Helped pass block for Jordan’s Ta’amu’s 442-yard passing effort, the fourth-most yards in school history ... at #5 LSU (9/29/18): Graded out at 79 percent in start at right guard ... Played in 58 total plays with no missed assignments ... vs. ULM (10/6/18): Started at right guard and graded out at 98 percent, the best among all Ole Miss o-line starters ... Helped block for an Ole Miss offense that set school records in both total offense (826) and passing yards (517) ... The 826 total yards were the second-most ever by an SEC team and are the most by any FBS team this season ... Anchored a Rebel o-line that helped put up 49 first half points, the most in a half in the modern era ... at Arkansas (10/13/18): Got the start at right guard and graded out at 81 percent ... Helped block for an Ole Miss offense that put up 611 yards of total offense ... It was the fourth time in 2018 that the Rebels has surpassed the 600-yard mark in a game ... Blocked for quarterback Jordan Ta’amu’s 528 yards of total offense, the second-most in school history ... vs. Auburn (10/20/18): Earned the start at right guard and graded out at 81 percent ... Helped pass protect for Jordan Ta’amu’s 324-yard passing performance, his sixth 300-yard passing game of the season ... vs. South Carolina (11/3/18): Earned the start at right guard and graded out at 84 percent with one knockdown block ... Blocked for an Ole Miss offense that ran 98 plays and tallied 616 total yards of offense ... at Texas A&M (11/10/18): Made 10th straight start at right guard and graded out at 80 percent ... at Vanderbilt (11/17/18): Started at right guard and helped block for an Ole Miss offense that put up 578 yards of total offense, including 457 yards passing.

2017 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any action and was redshirted ... Member of the 2017 signing class.

HIGH SCHOOL: MaxPreps Small School All-America second team ... A consensus 3-star recruit by all the major recruiting services ... Ranked the No. 1 offensive tackle recruit in Mississippi as well as the state’s 13th-best player by Scout ... Honor graduate who lettered in four sports (football, basketball, track and power lifting) ... Chosen to play in the 2017 International Bowl as part of Team USA ... Named first team All-State by The Clarion-Ledger ... In his senior season, started all 12 games at both left tackle and defensive tackle ... Led the way upfront for St. Aloysius as they ran for 2,596 yards while averaging 7.2 yards per carry ... Finished with 37 tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery ... Coached by Bobby Smithhart.

PERSONAL: Son of Tim and Le Brown ... Full name is Timothy Benjamin Brown ... Born May 19, 1998 ... From a long line of Rebel football players, including father, Tim (1988-89), paternal grandfather, Allen (1962-64), who was a first team All-American and two-time Super Bowl Champion, maternal grandfather, Bobby Robinson (1962-64), uncle, Burkes (1991-92), great uncle, Jerry (1959-61) and father’s cousin, Alton (1971-72) ... 2017-18 SEC First-Year Honor Roll ... Named a National Football Foundation Ole Miss Chapter Scholar-Athlete in 2017 ... SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll in 2018, 2019 and 2020 ... Dean’s Honor Roll in spring, fall 2018 and fall 2020 ... Chancellor’s Honor Roll in fall 2017, spring 2019, fall 2019 and spring 2020 ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in spring 2021 ... Graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s in exercise science in December 2020 ... Pursuing his master’s in health promotion ... Plans to pursue a career in physical therapy.