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Devon Brown Interview

 

1.  What made you want to play football growing up?

 

I started playing football as a kid because my family wanted me to. I only wanted to play basketball, but they said that I had to play football as well since I was a fast little kid.

 

2. Who was the Biggest Role Model in your life?

 

The biggest role model in my life has always been my grandma. She showed me what resiliency was and always did her best to make sure I was taken care of.

 

3. What did you learn from Bishop O’Connell’s Football Program that helped you when you transferred to Stone Bridge?

 

Things could always be worse. So be grateful for where I was and for the opportunity to actually play for a great program like Stone Bridge.

 

4.   What was it like to play for Coach Mickey Thompson?

 

It was great. He’s a lot softer now than he was then, but he had the perfect combination of toughness as well as being kind.

 

5. What was your favorite game you played in at Stone Bridge?

 

The Madison game when I set the single game rushing record. It was the closest game that we had during the regular season, but it allowed me to play past halftime.

 

6. What was it like to play in your first college Football game at Wake Forest?

 

My first college game at Wake was intense. It was a Thursday night, the very first night of the college football season. We played against RGIII and Baylor in Waco.

 

7. What was your favorite game that you played in at Wake Forest?

 

It was my favorite game and hardest game, but against Miami, my redshirt sophomore year. With their tradition and the players that the had on the team, it was a very close intense game. I set a career high in catches and yards. Unfortunately, we ended up losing by 1 point.

 

8. You transferred to West Virginia from Wake Forest what was it like playing at West Virginia?

 

It was a lot different playing at West Virginia compared to Wake Forest. West Virginia’s fanbase loves everything about West Virginia football. There are no pro-teams in the state, and Marshall is not that great at sports. Therefore, the entire state is behind WVU athletics.

 

9.  What was it like playing with current NFL quarterback Geno Smith and NFL Wide Receiver Tavon Austin?

 

It was a great experience. Tavon was my traveling roommate and one of my best friends. We used to have little competitions in practice most days that helped each of us get better. Have a great QB like Geno Smith things really easy on us as a whole. So between those guys as well as Stedman Bailey, who is the best college receiver that I have either played with or against, we pushed each other daily.

 

10.  What was it like to play in the Orange Bowl and beat Clemson? What was it like to play against one of Stone Bridge’s biggest rivals alum Tajh Boyd from Phoebus?

 

Playing in the Orange Bowl was an experience playing college football, from The week in Miami staying at the Fountainebleu, to the histroy that we made that game, it was an overall amazing experience.

 

11.  Since you played at the Collegiate Level how does that help you as a post player with coaching at Stone Bridge now? What do you want to tell incoming freshman who want to play football at Stone Bridge or in high school in general what advice would you give them?   

 

It helps a lot. Being able to have been around a lot of guys that have a lot of knowledge and experience helps tremendously. I can pass the knowledge and information that I have acquired to the young men that I  now coach. I would tell kids to remain humble and hungry. We’re never as good as we think we are. Living in Ashburn, comes with the stigma that kids are soft and entitled. Having lived in D.C for a good portion of my life, there are kids there who don’t have other things to do except practice and work on their craft. Therefore, kids at Stone Bridge or coming into Stone Bridge should never settle or be content with where they are. Somebody, somewhere is probably more skilled and is still working hard for an opportunity.