Mel Brown

Photo by: Steven Goldburg

Position:
Running Back
Class:
Senior
Height:
5-9
Weight:
180
Hometown:
Stone Mountain, GA
High School:
Miller Grove HS
Prev School:
Gardner-Webb

Named to the 2025 Jet Award Preseason Watch List

Named to the 2026 Senior Bowl Top 300 and Shrine Bowl 1000

2024 (Junior Season): Played in all 13 games during his first season in Storrs.. Had 673 yards rushing on 118 carries...Averaged 5.7 yards per carry...Caught 8 passes for 85 yards...Led the team in kick returns with 14 for 396 yards, including one touchdown... Named to the All-ECAC FBS team as a kick-returner...Recorded a season-long kick return of 96 yards against Massachusetts (nov. 30)... Achieved a season-high 156 rushing yards on 21 attempts in win over Florida Atlantic (Sept. 21)... Scored rushing touchdowns against Buffalo (Sept. 28) and Georgia State (Nov. 1)... Rushed for 138 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries against Georgia State (Nov. 1)... Tallied 96 rushing yards on 11 carries in the Fenway Bowl win over North Carolina (Dec. 28)... Caught a touchdown pass among two receptions for 34 yards in win over Buffalo (Sept. 28)...

PRIOR TO UCONN: Joins UConn from Gardner Webb University and will have two years of eligibility remaining… Appeared in 19 total games rushing for 870 yards on 160 attempts with 10 touchdowns… A receiving threat as well, Brown caught 17 passes for 260 yards and 4 touchdowns at Gardner Webb… Prior to his time at Gardner Webb, Brown finished his high school career playing for head coach Melvin Brown ad Miller Grove High School in Miller Grove, Georgia… Honored as a first team All-Region selection in 2021, Brown led DeKalb County with 1,714 rushing yards on 182 carries.