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Chris Hook for Arizona Athletics

6 Shun Brown

  • Position Receiver
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 188
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Shreveport, La.
  • High School Calvary Baptist Academy

Biography

Career Honors & Awards
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2018 Paul Hornung Award Preseason Watch List 
* 2017 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention

2017: Played in all 13 games with 12 starts … Named Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention … Recorded at least one reception in 12 of 13 games … Had multiple catches in eight contests … Tied for third on team with eight total touchdowns, including six receiving and two on punt returns … Averaged 38.1 yards per touchdown, including three of at least 56 yards and none shorter than 13 yards … Fourth on team with 805 all-purpose yards … Led team with 43 receptions for 573 yards and six scores … Averaged 10.6 yards per punt return on 17 attempts … Averaged 10.2 yards per carry on five rushes … Capped season with four receptions for 62 yards, including a 24-yard touchdown catch against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27). Added two rushes for 13 yards … Hauled in two passes for 32 yards and added a 13-yard rush against ASU (Nov. 25) … Caught five passes for 48 yards and added a 3-yard rush at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Saw receptions streak end, but chipped in a six-yard punt return in final home victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Season-high eight receptions for 78 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown, at USC (Nov. 4). Also had three punt returns for 39 yards, pushing his all-purpose yardage to a season-high 117 yards … Hauled in a 17-yard touchdown reception and gained eight yards on a pair of punt returns in upset victory over No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Broke free for a 56-yard touchdown and added one other reception for one yard in road victory at California (Oct. 21) … Collected three receptions for 61 yards in victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Scored on a 13-yard reception to highlight a 7-catch, 38-yard performance in road victory at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Registered a season-long 22-yard carry, while chipping in three receptions for 54 yards against Utah (Sept. 22) … Scored on a 63-yard punt return and added a 36-yard touchdown reception as part of a 3-catch, 42-yard receiving effort in victory at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Caught four passes for 79 yards against Houston (Sept. 9) … Opened the season with a 66-yard punt return for a touchdown against Northern Arizona (Sept. 2). Added one other punt return for five yards and one reception for five yards.

2016: Emerged as team’s top-playmaker in the passing game, starting 10 games and playing in all 12 contests … Led the squad with 521 receiving yards on 29 receptions, producing an 18.0 average per catch that was easily tops on the team. The average per catch clip would have led all Pac-12 receivers if he qualified with enough total receptions … Totaled 12 plays (eight receiving, two rushing and two on kick returns) that went for 20-plus yards, including four pass plays over 50 yards … Broke out in third game with five receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown against Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Followed it up with career-best performance against No. 9 Washington (Sept. 24). Hauled in season-high seven passes for 114 yards, which included a 54-yard reception to set up tying touchdown late in fourth quarter to force overtime … Caught four passes for 50 yards and a touchdown at UCLA (Oct. 1) … Opened game with 75-yard touchdown at Utah (Oct. 8) where he finished with three catches for 89 yards. Also had one kickoff return for 28 yards … Tallied 32 yards on three grabs and notched a 30-yard kickoff return at Washington State (Nov. 5) … Collected 58 receiving yards on two catches and added a 29-yard rush at Colorado (Nov. 12) … Saw a streak of 10-consecutive games with a reception snapped in season finale against Arizona State (Nov. 25) when UA did not need to attempt a pass in the second half. Chipped in season-long 30-yard rush.
 
2015: Impressed coaches during fall camp when several veterans were banged up to earn playing time as a true freshman … Played in all 13 games either as a reserve in the receive rotation or on various special teams units … Had four total catches for 24 yards … First career receptions came in first collegiate game against UTSA (9/3) … Added receptions for 10 and 14 yards against Nevada (9/12) and NAU (9/19), respectively … Totaled 82 yards on four kickoff returns, including a long of 24 yards at Washington (10/31) … Also registered four special teams tackles.
 
High School: Football, basketball and track and field letterwinner for Calvary Baptist Academy … Back-to-back state titles … 2014 LFCA Composite and 2A All-State, 2A Player of the Year … Max Preps and Semper Fidelis All-American … 2015 West Coast Bowl … PrepStar All-Southeast Region … State champion on the track (4x200, 4x400) and all-district honoree as a point guard.
 
Personal: Son of Vyron Brown and Theresa Johnson … Father played at Grambling State and currently serves as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Texas Southern...Majoring in literacy, learning and leadership, with a thematic minor.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2015Freshman

    Receiver
    5'8" 167 lbs
    16
  • 6

    2016Sophomore

    Receiver
    5'8" 175 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2017Junior

    Receiver
    5'9" 177 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2018Senior

    Receiver
    5'10" 188 lbs
    6
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