TSU's Preston Brown refocuses on football

Running Back Preston Brown is a transfer from Arkansas State, who originally signed with Oklahoma State out of Antioch High School. The 5'10/200 play maker was a Rivals three-star recruit that ranked No. 11 among all players in the 2006 class in the state of Tennessee and 18th in the nation among all running backs.

Preston Brown got his act together at Tennessee State just in time to salvage his senior season. The former Antioch running back was on the brink of being kicked off the team, but used spring practice to prove he could follow rules as well as he follows lead blocks and break old habits as well as he breaks tackles. Spring practice ends today with the Blue and White game at 2 p.m. in Hale Stadium. Admission is free.

Brown, TSU's second-leading rusher last season (474 yards, four touchdowns), didn't realize it in December when Rod Reed replaced James Webster as head coach, but he was dangerously close to not getting to participate in spring practice, the spring game or his senior season. "If he continued the way he was going he wasn't going to be a part of this program,'' Reed said. "He's a super kid, but there are certain things you can't allow to destroy the team. He wasn't belligerent and there wasn't any one thing that would cause you to immediately say he was off the team. It was just a build-up of a lot little things."

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