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ElijahBrown

  • position Tight End
  • height 6-6
  • Weight 258
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Dayton, Ohio
  • High school Wayne
  • Previous School UCF/FAU/Alabama

2025 – Junior
• Transferred to UK after previous stops at UCF, FAU and Alabama
• Has played in 10 games with one starting assignment and has one catch for 22 yards in his career
• All 10 games were played in two seasons at FAU
• Spent the 2025 spring season at UCF before transferring to UK

2024 – Sophomore (FAU)
• Played in eight games with one start vs. Tulsa
• Recorded a 22-yard catch vs. Charlotte

2023 – r-Freshman (FAU)
• Played in three games vs. Tulsa, East Carolina and Rice as a redshirt freshman for the Owls

2022 – Freshman (Alabama)
• Redshirt season

High School
• Was a consensus four-star prospect from Wayne High School in Dayton, Ohio
• Ranked as the No. 8 tight end and No. 10 player in Ohio by 247Sports
• Rivals ranked him as the No. 10 tight end in the nation and 10th-ranked player in Ohio
• On3 Consensus listed him as the nation’s No. 11 tight end
• As a junior, caught 30 passes for 278 yards and a touchdown while helping block for a ground attack at Wayne that churned out 1,754 yards on just 277 attempts
• Four-year letter winner and three-year starter for head coach Roosevelt Mukes
• Also a three-year letter winner as a power forward on the basketball team

Personal
• Born in Dayton, Ohio
• Son of Shelly and Ernet Brown
• Has one brother, Isaac Brown
• Major is pre-communication and is also working on an undergraduate certificate in business

Elijah Says
• His nickname is “E.B.”
• After football, his dream job is to be a clothing designer
• Other than playing football, he also is good at fishing
• If he could have dinner with one famous person, living or dead, he would choose Muhammad Ali
• His favorite family recipe to make is shrimp scampi

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