Jared Brown returning to South Carolina for senior season

One of South Carolina’s best playmakers at wide receiver will be back in the Garnet and Black for another season.

Rising redshirt senior Jared Brown has signed a deal with Garnet Trust, South Carolina’s official collective, indicating a return to Columbia for the former Coastal Carolina transfer.

The 5-foot-11, 195-pounder dealt with injuries off and on during his first season in Columbia but still showed flashes, catching 15 passes for 244 yards and a touchdown. Brown added 38 rushing yards on five carries.

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Brown joined the South Carolina program prior to the 2024 season after two productive seasons at Coastal Carolina.

Brown caught 108 passes for 1,534 yards and 11 touchdowns across 27 games, including 20 starts, as a Chanticleer. He also rushed 35 carries for 439 yards and two touchdowns.

After playing in eight games including three starts for South Carolina this season, Brown will likely take on an even bigger role in 2025.

The Gamecocks lose seniors Dalevon Campbell, who came on strong late in the season, and Gage Larvadain from their wide receiver room.

Next season will be Brown’s final year of eligibility.

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Jared Brown Bio from GamecocksOnline

* 2023 Honorable Mention All-Sun Belt Conference

* 2022 Freshman All-America (FWAA)

* 2022 Second-Team Freshman All-America (CFN)

* 2022 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year

* 2022 Fourth Team All-Sun Belt Conference (Phil Steele)

* 2022 Coastal Carolina Male Freshman of the Year

Productive transfer wide receiver from Coastal Carolina… is a game-changer with the ball in his hands… played in 27 contests over the past three seasons with 20 starts… caught 108 passes for 1,534 yards with 11 touchdowns as a Chanticleer… also rushed 35 carries for 439 yards and two touchdowns… averaging 14.2 yards per reception and 12.5 yards per carry… returned one kick for 18 yards and six punts for 69 yards… owns five career 100-yard receiving games… was the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year and was a Freshman All-American as a redshirt freshman in 2022… has two years of eligibility remaining.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore) 

Played in 12 contests for Coastal Carolina earning honorable mention All-Sun Belt honors… accounted for 1,061 all-purpose yards… caught 58 passes for 740 yards and four touchdowns… added 15 carries for 252 yards and a score… also returned six punts for 69 yards including a long of 51 yards… logged a trio of 100-yard receiving games… caught seven passes for 93 yards and a score against Jacksonville State… added a 77-yard touchdown run… caught a season-high eight passes for 106 yards at Georgia Southern… logged five receptions for a season-high 117 yards and two scores against Marshall… included was a 59-yard TD catch… matched his season-high with eight catches for 116 yards and a TD at Army, including his second 59-yard TD reception of the season… added a 48-yard run and 69 total rushing yards against the Black Knights… coached by Tim Beck.

2022 (Redshirt Freshman) 

Played in all 13 games on the season, starting 11 contests… lined up as a wideout, slot receiver, and running back… earned a spot on the 2022 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Freshman All-America team… named to the 2022 College Football News (CFN) Freshman All-American second team… tabbed the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year… earned a spot on the 2022 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference fourth team… voted the Male Freshman of the Year by his fellow student-athletes at the 2022-23 SAAC Student-Athlete Excellence Awards… became the first freshman in Coastal Carolina history to post back-to-back 100-yard receiving games in wins over Georgia State and Georgia Southern… caught at least one pass in all 13 games… was second on the team in receptions with 49, receiving yards with 789, and receiving yards per game at 60.69… led the team with six receiving touchdowns… also had a team-high seven total touchdowns adding a rushing score… each one of his seven touchdowns was from 30 yards or more… fourth on the team in rushing yards with 187 on just 20 carries… averaged a team-high 9.4 yards per rush… had five catches for a season-high 139 yards and a touchdown in the win over Georgia Southern… logged five receptions for 129 yards and two touchdowns at Georgia State… caught a season-high six passes for 57 yards and rushed five times for 34 yards in the win at Marshall… caught five passes for 79 yards and rushed three times for 84 yards including a 45-yard TD run against Appalachian State… finished with five catches, 90 yards, and a 75-yard touchdown catch versus Old Dominion… totaled four catches for 83 yards and a touchdown in the road win at ULM… recorded five catches for 73 yards and a touchdown in the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game at Troy… named a 2022 Pro Football Network Midseason All-American honorable mention… named to the 2022 The Athletic Midseason Freshman All-America first-team… earned a spot on the 2022 College Football News Midseason Freshman All-America first-team.

2021 (Freshman)

Saw action in two games, playing against UMass and against ULM… had one catch for five yards and a touchdown in the win over ULM… redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL

Lined up at wide receiver and cornerback at Parkview High School in Lilburn, Ga. for head coach Eric Godfree… set the school record for most career receiving yards with 1,987… recorded 35 touchdowns over his high school career… helped his team get ranked as high as No. 21 overall in the state of Georgia his senior season… guided his team to an 8-4 record and a spot in the quarterfinals of the Class AAAAAAA state playoffs… totaled 854 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns his senior season… also carried the ball 10 times for 43 yards and a score as a senior… named to the 7-AAAAAAA all-region second team by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution his junior season… ranked as high as the 69th-best prospect for the Class of 2021 in the state of Georgia by ESPN… ranked as high as the 91st-best prospect for the Class of 2021 in the state of Georgia by 247Sports… also lettered in track & field at Parkview.

PERSONAL

Jared Brown was born May 1, 2003… is a services management major. 

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