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  Luthur Brown
Luthur Brown

Player Profile
Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Lakewood

High School:
Lakewood

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 235

Position:
LB

Experience:
2V

2008: Brown figures to be a key contributor at any of the linebacker positions (particularly on the weak side) and as a special teams player as a junior in 2008.

2007: Brown was a backup linebacker and key special teams player as a sophomore in 2007. Overall in 2007 while appearing in all 13 games, he had 25 tackles, including 0.5 for a loss. He had 6 tackles against Arizona and Notre Dame, 4 versus Idaho (with 0.5 for a loss of 1 yard), 3 against Washington State and California, 2 at Nebraska and 1 at Arizona State. He missed some of 2007 spring practice with a left shoulder sprain.

2006: Brown was a backup middle linebacker and played on special teams as a redshirt freshman in 2006. Overall in 2006 while appearing in 11 games (he strained his left hamstring at Washington State and sat out the Washington and Arizona State games), he made 5 tackles. He missed most of 2006 spring drills while recuperating from 2005 back surgery.

2005: Brown redshirted as a freshman linebacker in 2005, his first year at USC. He was sidelined all season with a strained back that required mid-season surgery.

HIGH SCHOOL: He made the 2004 Parade All-American, EA Sports All-American first team, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star Top 100 Dream Team, Student Sports Top 100, Rivals 100, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Tom Lemming All-American, Scout.com All-American second team, Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year, Super Prep All-Farwest, Super Prep All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, All-CIF Southern Section first team, All-CIF Division I Defensive Player of the Year, Los Angeles Times All-Star Back of the Year, Los Angeles Times All-Southeast/South Coast Back of the Year and All-Moore League Defensive MVP squads as a senior linebacker and running back at Lakewood (Calif.) High. He had 83 tackles, 3 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and 2 interceptions in 2004.

As a junior in 2003, he was a Student Sports Junior All-American, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass first team, Los Angeles Times All-Southeast/South Coast and Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team first team pick. He had 88 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and 2 interceptions in 2003.

He also played baseball at Lakewood.

PERSONAL: He's a public policy, management and planning major at USC. He spent his elementary school years living in a small town in Mississippi.

TACLS/YDSDFLFR
2006 (Fr.)50/000
2007 (So.)250.5/100
CAREER.300.5/100


GAME-BY-GAME WITH LUTHUR BROWN

2007

TACLS/YDSDFLFR
Idaho40.5/100
Nebraska20/000
Wash. St.30/000
Arizona60/000
Notre Dame60/000
California30/000
Arizona St.10/000
2007 (Sr.)250.5/100


2006

TACLS/YDSDFLFR
Arkansas10/000
Stanford10/000
California10/000
Notre Dame10/000
Michigan (RB)10/000
2006 (Fr.)50/000

 
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