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| Position | Running back |
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| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 19, 1999 Meadville, Pennsylvania |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Meadville (Meadville, Pennsylvania) |
Journey Jay Brown (born March 19, 1999) is a former American football running back. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He is now a pit crew member for Trackhouse Racing.
Brown attended Meadville Area Senior High School in Meadville, Pennsylvania.[1] During his career, he rushed for 7,027 yards and 106 touchdowns.[2] During a game his junior year in 2015, he broke Pennsylvania high school records for rushing yards in a game with 722 and rushing touchdowns with 10.[3][4] He committed to Penn State University to play college football.[5] Brown also ran track in high school and broke the Pennsylvania record for 100 meter dash which was held by Olympian Leroy Burrell.[6]
After redshirting his first year at Penn State in 2017, Brown played in eight games in 2018 and had 44 yards on eight carries with a touchdown.[7] As a redshirt sophomore in 2019, he started 10 of 13 games, rushing for 890 yards on 129 carries and 12 touchdowns.[8][9] He was named the MVP of the 2019 Cotton Bowl after rushing for a school bowl game record 202 yards.[10][11][12] On November 11, 2020, PSU Head Coach James Franklin announced Brown could no longer play football due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.[13]