Brown is not only a former walk-on at Central Michigan; the guy who has given the offense a jolt during the past month was homeless for a couple of months as a 16-year-old.
“I’ve been fighting for my life before and sleeping in cars and trying to find a place to lay my head,” Brown said. “I’ve had situations where I’ve had nowhere to go. This is the easy part. I overcame life.”
Brown, who has turned in two of the biggest catches of the postseason, arguably has come further than anyone who will suit up for Sunday’s game.
He grew up in a rough section of Miami, and, while he was in high school, his mother married. Brown didn’t get along with his stepfather.
“There came a point where my mom had to make a decision, and it was best for me to go,” Brown said. “I wanted her to be happy, and as a young man I had to spread my wings and fly myself.”
In other words, mama’s new boo had her throw her near-adult son out of what was now his house, just as male lions that take over a pride of females eject adolescent males to eliminate competition for leadership then kill the young cubs sired by the previous pride leader to rid the existing females of a distraction. Lucky for Mr. Brown that he was 16 years old and not six months old at the time when his mother got re-married.
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