Brown, a transfer from
Big East rival
Pittsburgh, was one of the premiere backs for the Mountaineers during their 1988 run to the National Championship, where they lost to the
Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Brown, along with
Undra Johnson and
Eugene Napoleon, made up the great depth at running back. Brown, whose final game as a Pitt Panther was his 100-yard performance against the Mountaineers, ranks as one of the more memorable backs in
West Virginia University. In his senior year, Brown led West Virginia with 913 yards on 167 carries. After his senior year at West Virginia, Brown entered the
1989 NFL draft. Seen by many NFL teams as a highly coveted running back with great potential, Brown was projected as a late first-round to early second-round pick, but in the days before the draft Brown unexpectedly dropped on the draft boards to the eighth-round for unknown reasons. ==Professional career and life after football ==