Arthur Brown says "I do" to The U…

Arthur Brown of East High School in Wichita, KS has decided to play his college football at the University of Miami. Come February, Brown will sign his letter of intent and is headed to Coral Gables to join a long line of superstars at the new Linebacker U.

Miami’s play at linebacker has dropped off immensely since Jon Vilma and D.J. Williams took their skills to the NFL in 2004. The Canes have had some misses with supposed “can’t miss” guys like Willie Williams and James Bryant as well as losing a guy like Ali Highsmith to LSU due to poor grades or a Nate Harris to Louisville after an attempted armed robbery.

The linebacker position at Miami almost seemed cursed this year, losing starters Romeo Davis and Glenn Cook for the year. Darryl Sharpton was banged up most of the season, though Colin McCarthy is a star in the making and will benefit from the infusion of new talent.

Randy Shannon and staff have been recruiting big time. Adding Brown to the mix bar none gives Miami the strongest class of incoming linebackers in the nation, with Sean Spence, Ramon Buchanan and Marcus Robinson – all four-star recruits – already on board.

This is an exciting day for Hurricane Nation. With no bowl game in site and still reeling from a 5-7 season, Canes fans are searching for any bright spot they can find right now. When the present is murky, it’s time to look to the future and recruiting.

Following the likes of Miami Northwestern in their championship run and pulling for Booker T. Washington to take care of business has been a welcomed distraction these past few weeks. Miami has upwards of eight verbals from those two schools combined and come Signing Day, could have even more on board.

As most know by now, this is a package deal. Brown’s younger brother Bryce Brown is a junior and whichever school landed Brown would have the inside track on little bro, already projected to be one of the top recruits in the nation this time next year.

Kudos to Shannon and linebacker coach Micheal Barrow for pulling off the amazing feat of bringing Brown and his family to Miami. This decision was bigger than football. It was a life decision as the Brown family is headed to Coral Gables to follow their son. The rapport the Browns built with Shannon and Barrow was your deciding factor here.

Focusing on the University of Miami as a school, the education received and all that the city of Miami has to offer – that is what brought Brown to this decision today. Shannon knows there’s more to life than football. He believes it and doesn’t just preach it like some other ‘football factory’ coaches out there.

We’re one step closer, people. Get excited. A top talent just did the “hat trick” and Miami came out on top.

To Arthur and the rest of the Brown fam, bienvinedos a Miami!

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