Re: Rams signed Tanner Brown (Kicker) to deal that includes $3,000 signing bonus, per a league source
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2021 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2022 Season Team Captain (voted by teammates)
2022 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
2022 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches & AP)
A talented player who arrived as a walk-on and ended his career as one of the best kickers in the country ... Closed out his career by making 26 of his last 27 field goal attempts, which included a streak of 16 straight to tie for the third longest streak in OSU history ... Made all 78 of his career PAT attempts, which tied for the fourth-longest streak in program history.
2022 (Super Senior): Had one of the most impressive seasons among all FBS kickers ... Ranked No. 3 in the FBS with a 95.7 field goal percentage after hitting 22 of his 23 field goal attempts ... Was one of just two FBS players to attempt at least 20 field goals with only one miss ... Ranked No. 5 in the FBS with an average of 1.83 field goal per game and No. 7 in the FBS in kicker scoring at 9.0 points per game ... A semifinalist for the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award ... Voted a season team captain by his teammates ... Six of his field goals came from at least 40 yards out, including a career-long of 52 yards that he hit in overtime on the road against a then top-15 team and eventual CFP runner-up team in front of a sellout crowd at TCU ... Went four-for-four on field goal attempts in the game at TCU and four-for-four the week prior in the win over Texas Tech ... The eight total fields against the Red Raiders and Horned Frogs made him just the third kicker in school history to make eight in a two-game stretch, joining three-time All-American Quinn Sharp, who made eight in 2012 vs. TCU and Kansas State, and three-time All-Big Eight pick Larry Roach, who made eight in 1982 vs. Missouri and Oklahoma ... Brown earned Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week for both games and OSU’s Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Texas Tech ... Made multiple field goals in seven games and at least one field goal in 10 games ... Did not have an opportunity in the other three games ... Went 42-for-42 on PAT attempts ... Also kicked off 21 times with an average of 63.8 yards per kickoff and zero kicks out of bounds ... A second team All-Big 12 selection by both the league’s coaches and the AP ... An honorable mention by the coaches for the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year ... A nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy, given to the best FBS player who started his career as a walk-on ... Served as a game captain vs. Texas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
2021 (Senior): Transferred to OSU as a walk-on and made an immediate impact, earning honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from the league’s head coaches ... Played in all 14 games, but took over as OSU’s main kickoff specialist for the second game then took over the Cowboys’ primary placekicker for the final 10 games of the season ... Finished the year making 17 of 21 field goal attempts and going perfect on all 36 of his PAT attempts for on overall placekick mark of 53-for-57 ... Did not miss inside of 30 yards all season and was 14-for-15 inside of 40 yards ... Made at least three field goals in four games and at least one field goal in eight of the 10 games he served as placekicker ... Went 4-for4 on field goal attempts in OSU’s win at Texas to tie for the third-most made field goals in a game in Cowboy history ... Named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after his performance against Kansas after he hit his FBS career-long kick of 49 yards, scored 10 total points and was perfect on his eight place kicks ... He also kicked off seven times with four touchbacks in that game, and KU’s starting field position following his kickoffs averaged inside its own 25-yard line ... Earned OSU’s Special Teams Player of the Week honor for that game and for his performance against Texas Tech in which he went 3-for-3 on field goal attempts, scored 11 total points to lead all players in the game and recorded four touchbacks on six kickoffs ... Also went 3-for-3 in the Big 12 Championship game ... Went 3-for-4 on field goal attempts in OSU’s Fiesta Bowl win over No. 5 Notre Dame ... The three made kicks marked the final three OSU scores in a 37-35 victory and all three came in the final 15:06 of game time ... His 87 total points led the team by 21 points and ranked among the top 10 of all Big 12 players, while his field goal success rate of 81 percent and his made field goals per game average of 1.21 percent were both among the top five players in the conference ... Performed 81 of OSU’s 89 kickoffs during the season, averaging 63.3 yards with 37 touchbacks.
2020 (Junior at UNLV): Walked on the Rebel squad after an earning junior college All-America honors as a kicker ... Played in all six games of UNLV’s COVID-19 shortened season ... Kicked off 24 times with an average of 56.9 yards, recording one touchback ... Punted 12 times with a long of 55 yards and an average of 45.5 yards ... Four of his punts traveled at least 50 yards.
Junior College: Played two seasons for coach Ted Iacenda at College of the Canyons ... As a sophomore in 2019, converted 11-of-17 field goal attempts with a long of 50 yards and made 56-of-58 PATs … Punted 27 times for 1,055 yards and had 10 touchbacks ... As a freshman in 2018, earned CCCFCA All-America honors and was named All-California First Team Offense in Region III … Made 17-of-21 field goals and was perfect on 44 PATs ... Punted 44 times for 1,503 yards with 16 touchbacks.
High School: A 2018 graduate of Saugus HS in Santa Clarita … Served as punter and kicker for coach Jason Bornn … As a senior in 2017, punted the ball 37 times for 1,242 yards with a long of 60 … Made 7-of-11 field goals with a long of 47 and made 16-of-18 PATS … Also a standout soccer player for the Centurions, earning all-conference and all-league honors.
Personal: Tanner Reid Brown was born in Santa Clarita, California on Dec. 28, 1999 … Son of Brian and Veronica Brown … Has two sisters, Alex and Isabella, and a brother, Logan … Mom ran track at Baylor … Majoring in business.
2021 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2022 Season Team Captain (voted by teammates)
2022 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
2022 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches & AP)
A talented player who arrived as a walk-on and ended his career as one of the best kickers in the country ... Closed out his career by making 26 of his last 27 field goal attempts, which included a streak of 16 straight to tie for the third longest streak in OSU history ... Made all 78 of his career PAT attempts, which tied for the fourth-longest streak in program history.
2022 (Super Senior): Had one of the most impressive seasons among all FBS kickers ... Ranked No. 3 in the FBS with a 95.7 field goal percentage after hitting 22 of his 23 field goal attempts ... Was one of just two FBS players to attempt at least 20 field goals with only one miss ... Ranked No. 5 in the FBS with an average of 1.83 field goal per game and No. 7 in the FBS in kicker scoring at 9.0 points per game ... A semifinalist for the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award ... Voted a season team captain by his teammates ... Six of his field goals came from at least 40 yards out, including a career-long of 52 yards that he hit in overtime on the road against a then top-15 team and eventual CFP runner-up team in front of a sellout crowd at TCU ... Went four-for-four on field goal attempts in the game at TCU and four-for-four the week prior in the win over Texas Tech ... The eight total fields against the Red Raiders and Horned Frogs made him just the third kicker in school history to make eight in a two-game stretch, joining three-time All-American Quinn Sharp, who made eight in 2012 vs. TCU and Kansas State, and three-time All-Big Eight pick Larry Roach, who made eight in 1982 vs. Missouri and Oklahoma ... Brown earned Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week for both games and OSU’s Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Texas Tech ... Made multiple field goals in seven games and at least one field goal in 10 games ... Did not have an opportunity in the other three games ... Went 42-for-42 on PAT attempts ... Also kicked off 21 times with an average of 63.8 yards per kickoff and zero kicks out of bounds ... A second team All-Big 12 selection by both the league’s coaches and the AP ... An honorable mention by the coaches for the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year ... A nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy, given to the best FBS player who started his career as a walk-on ... Served as a game captain vs. Texas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
2021 (Senior): Transferred to OSU as a walk-on and made an immediate impact, earning honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from the league’s head coaches ... Played in all 14 games, but took over as OSU’s main kickoff specialist for the second game then took over the Cowboys’ primary placekicker for the final 10 games of the season ... Finished the year making 17 of 21 field goal attempts and going perfect on all 36 of his PAT attempts for on overall placekick mark of 53-for-57 ... Did not miss inside of 30 yards all season and was 14-for-15 inside of 40 yards ... Made at least three field goals in four games and at least one field goal in eight of the 10 games he served as placekicker ... Went 4-for4 on field goal attempts in OSU’s win at Texas to tie for the third-most made field goals in a game in Cowboy history ... Named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after his performance against Kansas after he hit his FBS career-long kick of 49 yards, scored 10 total points and was perfect on his eight place kicks ... He also kicked off seven times with four touchbacks in that game, and KU’s starting field position following his kickoffs averaged inside its own 25-yard line ... Earned OSU’s Special Teams Player of the Week honor for that game and for his performance against Texas Tech in which he went 3-for-3 on field goal attempts, scored 11 total points to lead all players in the game and recorded four touchbacks on six kickoffs ... Also went 3-for-3 in the Big 12 Championship game ... Went 3-for-4 on field goal attempts in OSU’s Fiesta Bowl win over No. 5 Notre Dame ... The three made kicks marked the final three OSU scores in a 37-35 victory and all three came in the final 15:06 of game time ... His 87 total points led the team by 21 points and ranked among the top 10 of all Big 12 players, while his field goal success rate of 81 percent and his made field goals per game average of 1.21 percent were both among the top five players in the conference ... Performed 81 of OSU’s 89 kickoffs during the season, averaging 63.3 yards with 37 touchbacks.
2020 (Junior at UNLV): Walked on the Rebel squad after an earning junior college All-America honors as a kicker ... Played in all six games of UNLV’s COVID-19 shortened season ... Kicked off 24 times with an average of 56.9 yards, recording one touchback ... Punted 12 times with a long of 55 yards and an average of 45.5 yards ... Four of his punts traveled at least 50 yards.
Junior College: Played two seasons for coach Ted Iacenda at College of the Canyons ... As a sophomore in 2019, converted 11-of-17 field goal attempts with a long of 50 yards and made 56-of-58 PATs … Punted 27 times for 1,055 yards and had 10 touchbacks ... As a freshman in 2018, earned CCCFCA All-America honors and was named All-California First Team Offense in Region III … Made 17-of-21 field goals and was perfect on 44 PATs ... Punted 44 times for 1,503 yards with 16 touchbacks.
High School: A 2018 graduate of Saugus HS in Santa Clarita … Served as punter and kicker for coach Jason Bornn … As a senior in 2017, punted the ball 37 times for 1,242 yards with a long of 60 … Made 7-of-11 field goals with a long of 47 and made 16-of-18 PATS … Also a standout soccer player for the Centurions, earning all-conference and all-league honors.
Personal: Tanner Reid Brown was born in Santa Clarita, California on Dec. 28, 1999 … Son of Brian and Veronica Brown … Has two sisters, Alex and Isabella, and a brother, Logan … Mom ran track at Baylor … Majoring in business.
