Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

2016 Football Roster

68 Ron Brown

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 365
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position OL
  • Hometown Detroit, Mich.
  • High School Mumford

Biography

2016
• Played in 10 games as a senior.
• Saw most playing time as a member of the field goal/PAT unit.
• Filled in on the defensive line in a few games late in the season when NIU was short on bodies.

2015
• Played in all 14 games with one start.
• Earned his first career start at right guard in the game at Ohio State (9-19).
• Featured in various special teams situations and as an offensive back-up.

2014
• Appeared in 11 games as a reserve offensive lineman and special teams blocker.
• Made collegiate debut in the season opener against Presbyterian (8-28).
• Featured in the first 10 games of the season and the Boca Raton Bowl (12-23).

2013
• Did not appear in any games in 2013.

2012
• Redshirted.
• Named the Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week following the Kansas (9-22) game.

High School
• Named to the all-Detroit, all-Metro and all-state first teams in 2011 by The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press.
• Recorded 79 tackles and 4.5 sacks on defense as a senior.
• Earned first team Division I all-state honors after his junior season.
• Named first-team all-Detroit and all-Metro in 2010 by The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press.
• Earned all-Detroit honors as a sophomore.
• Posted 131 solo tackles and 7.5 sacks in three seasons.

Personal
• Born Jan. 8, 1994, in Detroit, Mich.
• Son of Anthony and Ronnette Brown.
• Given name is Daron but goes by Ron at NIU in order to avoid confusion with wide receiver Da'Ron Brown.
• Nationally-ranked chess player.
• Organizational and corporate communications major.

Statistics

Season:
2016

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 68

    2012Freshman

    OL
    6'3" 377 lbs
    68
  • 68

    2013Redshirt Freshman

    OL
    6'3" 377 lbs
    68
  • 68

    2014Redshirt Sophomore

    OL
    6'3" 333 lbs
    68
  • 68

    2015Redshirt Junior

    OL
    6'3" 348 lbs
    68
  • 68

    2016Redshirt Senior

    OL
    6'3" 365 lbs
    68