2023 WorldWide Rams Draft Profile: Chase Brown | Illinois | RB

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Ed "Pi Double I" Henderson

Player Bio: Chase Brown attended St. Stephens Episcopal School in Bradenton, FL. As a senior, Brown had 1,508 yards and averaged 150 yards per game and 27 touchdowns. He became the school's all-time rushing leader, state champion, and leading rusher in Manatee County. Brown garnered the 2017 Offensive MVP, first-team all-conference, and second-team all-state. He anchored the state champion 400-meter relay in track and field and set the school record in the 100-meter dash.

​​CLASS         |   JUNIOR  

​HOMETOWN |  LONDON, ONT

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​ HEIGHT                  WEIGHT           
 5' 9½"                     209 lbs

HANDS                            ARMS
 10"                        31"

PLAYER

POSITION

​​​​​DRAFT YEAR
​      2023      
COMBINE INVITE​
​YES

​​​PROJECTED 40 TIME 
5.00
DRAFT GRADE
6.23

SCHOOL:  ILLINOIS                                        |                    CONFERENCE: BIG TEN
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ACCOLADES

2023 NFL Combine Participant
2023 Reese's Senior Bowl Participant
2022 Doak Walker Award Finalist 
2022 Maxwell Award Semifinalist 
2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year Semifinalist 
2022 Walter Camp All-American Second-Team
2022 AFCA All-American Doak Walker Award 
2022 Walter Camp All-American Second-Team
2022 AFCA All-American Second-Team
2022 FWAA All-American Second-Team
2022 AP All-American Second-Team
2022 Sporting News All-American Second-Team
2022 CBS All-American Second-Team
2022 Phil Steele All-American third team
2022 PFF All-American Third-Team
2022 Senior Bowl All-American
2022 Coaches All-Big Ten Second-Team 
2022 Media All-Big Ten Second-Team 
2022 Illinois Red Grange Offensive MVP
2022 Illinois Wright Commitment to Excellence Award Winner
2022 Associated Press Midseason All-American First-Team
2022 CBS Sports Midseason All-American First-Team
2022 The Athletic Midseason All-American First-Team
2022 Sporting News Midseason All-American First-Team
2022 PFF Midseason All-American Second-Team
2022 Senior Bowl Watchlist
2022 Football Canada Jon Cornish Trophy Watchlist
2022 Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten Second-Team
2022 Maxwell Award Watchlist
2022 Doak Walker Award Watchlist
2021 Coaches All-Big Ten Third-Team 
2021 Media All-Big Ten Third-Team
2021 PFF All-Big Ten Third-Team
2021 Phil Steele All-Big Ten Third-Team
2021 Football Canada Jon Cornish Trophy Finalist
2021 Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Second-Team
2021 Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten Fourth-Team
2021 PFF Preseason All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
2021 Doak Walker Award Watchlist
2020 Media All-Big Ten Third-Team
2020 Coaches All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
2020 Football Canada
2020 Fans Choice Canadian NCAA Player of the Year

​COMBINE RESULTS 
40 YD DASH
4.43 
10 SPLIT
1.53
​BENCH PRESS
    25    
VERTICAL JUMP 
        40"        
BROAD JUMP
 127"
3 CONE DRILL
       DNP         
20 YD SHUTTLE
​DNP

PRO DAY RESULTS  
40 YD DASH
DNP 
10 SPLIT
DNP
​BENCH PRESS
    DNP    
VERTICAL JUMP 
        DNP        
BROAD JUMP
 DNP
3 CONE DRILL
       DNP         
20 YD SHUTTLE
​DNP

game Film
#2 chase brown vs michigan (2022)

#2 Chase brown
career Highlights
illinois fighing illini

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESS

• He is a fast, shifty running back with excellent vision, outstanding patience, and effective running between the tackles.
  
• He is tough and can handle a heavy workload, amassing over 300 carries this past season.
  
• Unbelievable to watch the patience that he has remaining poised to let his blocking develop.
  
• With the slightest crack of daylight, his incredible acceleration burst through the crease for dangerous positive yardage.
  
• He can put his foot on the ground and make sudden cuts on the dime to cut back against the grain.
  
• He will run with conviction, make the initial tackler miss through the hole, and get up to the second level with homerun speed.
  
• He is a good receiver with soft reliable hands that do most of his damage as a check-down back
  

• He has a more petite frame that typically will not hold up as a workhorse load at the next level.
• He will not get the touches at the goal line or short yardage situations, more prone to become a running back by committee.
• He will need help with lateral agility; if the hole is not open and he tries to make something happen, terminate the plan.
• He is not a powerful running back and needs the strength to move the pile.
• Ball security was an issue, as Brown coughed the ball up five times last season.

Draft Projection: 4th - 5th Round

NFL Comparison: Jerrick McKinnon (Kansas City Chiefs)

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