BEFORE UNCP: Played three seasons at Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss. ... Joined UNCP during preseason drills in August.
2009 (JUNIOR): Saw action in five games during his junior season on campus ... Played mainly on special teams as a reserve linebacker ... Posted seven tackles on the year ... Collected two stops in games against Auburn, Georgia Tech and Houston ... Also credited with one tackle for loss against Georgia Tech.
2008 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all but one game (11 of 12), and started five times at outside linebacker . . . Only missed seeing action in the season opener vs. Louisiana Tech . . . Earned starts in five-straight games (Weeks 6-9) and in the season finale at Ole Miss . . . Recorded 34 total tackles, including one for loss (minus 4 yards) . . . Registered a pair of pass interceptions (31 yards in returns) and a pass deflection . . . Made the first hit of his sophomore season in Mississippi State’s home-opening win over Southeastern Louisiana . . . Recorded one stop, a one-half tackle for loss (minus 3 yards), in State’s SEC opener against Auburn . . . Added two tackles one week later at Georgia Tech, a total that includes a half-tackle for loss (minus 1 yard) . . . Again had a pair of tackles at LSU in Week 5 . . . Had the best game of his Bulldog career in the team’s win over Vanderbilt at mid-season . . . Registered three tackles and an 11-yard pass interception in the victory over the Commodores . . . His pick ended Vandy’s final offensive possession in the 17-14 MSU triumph . . . After making just nine tackles in the season’s first five weeks (1.8 per game), he recorded 25 stops in the final six games (4.2 per game) . . . Put a second-straight strong performance together in Week 7 at Tennessee . . . Finished second on the club with eight hits against the Volunteers . . . Tacked on a pass deflection . . . Had a pair of tackles in his team’s homecoming win over Middle Tennessee . . . Added two more in Week 9 game vs. Kentucky . . . Made one stop a week later at Alabama . . . Added another hit one week later in the team’s win over Arkansas . . . Closed his sophomore season with the first double-digit tackle performance of his career at Ole Miss in the season finale . . . Had 11 tackles against the Rebels, and returned an interception 20 yards.
2007 (FRESHMAN): Played in seven games during his true freshman season . . . Saw action in the year’s first two games (LSU and Tulane), in two games at mid-season (UAB and Tennessee), in Weeks 9 and 11 (Kentucky and Arkansas), and in the post-season contest against Central Florida . . . Credited with one tackle on the season, a special teams hit at Arkansas.
HIGH SCHOOL: Rated the No. 37 outside linebacker in the country by ESPN.com . . . Helped lead head coach Bryan Jennings’ Lincoln High School team in Tallahassee, Fla., to 9-4 overall record and into the Class 4A state semifinals as a senior . . . Credited with running a 4.4 in the 40-yard dash by the Rivals.com recruiting web site following his junior season . . . Helped lead head coach David Wilson and Kyle Rice’s Lincoln High School team in Tallahassee, Fla., to a three-year 25-10 overall record during his three prep seasons . . . Recorded 103 tackles, including 10 tackles for loss, five of which were quarterback sacks during his junior season at Lincoln . . . Was honorable mention all-state following that junior campaign . . . Also caused four fumbles and recovered three for the Trojans . . . Made a pair of pass interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown . . . Ran a 10.71 100 meters during his junior campaign and ran the first leg of his high school track team’s 4x100 meter relay team which won the state championship in 2004 and the national title in spring 2005. . . Started in football at the nationally prominent high school since his sophomore season . . . Solid in the high school classroom . . . Other top scholarship offers: LSU, South Carolina, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Iowa, Illinois, Louisville, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State and South Florida . . . Committed to MSU in May 2006.
PERSONAL: Born Karlin Reginald Brown on Jan. 26, 1989 . . . Son of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Brown.
