The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Brown, Spencer

Jersey Number 4
Spencer Brown
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Warrior, Ala.
- High School:
- Mortimer Jordan
Bio
CAREER:
4,011 rushing yards, 41 rushing touchdowns, 42 total touchdowns, 19 100-yard rushing games (all school records). Only player in Conference USA history to be named Conference USA Championship Game MVP twice (2018 & 2020)...Ranks 11th in Conference USA history for career rushing yards and 10th for career rushing touchdowns...Finished his senior year as one of only two active players in the nation to rush for 4,000 career yards (Travis Etienne - Clemson).
AS A SENIOR (2020):
Conference USA Championship Game MVP...Second Team All-Conference USA...In eight games, rushed for 889 yards and 10 touchdowns...Averaged 111.1 rushing yards per game...Rushed for over 100 yards in six of eight games...Had a season-high 149 rushing yards in the C-USA Championship Game at Marshall...Had three rushing touchdowns at South Alabama to set the school record for career rushing touchdowns...Had a career-long 73-yard run against UTSA.
AS A JUNIOR (2019):
Became UAB's career rushing leader...Enters his senior season with 3,122 career rushing yards...Had 150 carries for 566 rushing yards and five touchdowns as a junior...Missed four games with an ankle injury...Broke the rushing record with 70 yards at WKU...Had 111 yards at North Texas in the regular season finale to help the Blazers win the C-USA West Division...With 111 yards at North Texas, Brown became UAB's career leader in 100-yard rushing games, marking the 13th time he had gone over 100 yards.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2018):
First Team All-Conference USA…Conference USA Championship Game MVP…Appeared in all 14 games...Rushed for 1,227 yards and a school record 16 touchdowns…Had six 100-yard rushing games…Rushed for 156 yards and a touchdown to lead UAB to a 27-25 victory over Middle Tennessee in the C-USA Championship Game…Had his first career receiving touchdown in the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl victory against NIU…Enters his junior year with 2,556 rushing yards and 27 total touchdowns…Needs 261 rushing yards to become the career rushing leader at UAB.
AS A FRESHMAN (2017):
FWAA Freshman All-America Team…Conference USA Freshman of the Year…Second Team All-Conference USA…Doak Walker Award Watch List…Appeared in all 13 games and started the final nine…Rushed for the third most yards in school history with 1,329 and added 10 rushing touchdowns…Finished the season as the nation’s third leading rusher among freshmen (102.2/game)…Needed just eight games to break Jordan Howard’s freshman rushing record…Tied for seventh in single season rushing touchdowns with 10…Had six 100+ yard rushing games this year…Had a career high 209 rushing yards at Southern Miss (10/28); that total was the seventh most in a game in UAB history…Recorded a career high three touchdowns against Rice (11/4)…Had back-to-back 150+ yard rushing performances against Louisiana Tech (167 yards) and Middle Tennessee (168), both of which were UAB victories…First career 100-yard rushing game came in Week 2 at Ball State (17 carries for 151 yards).
HIGH SCHOOL:
Graduated from Mortimer Jordan High School in Kimberly, Ala...Played for coach Dustan Goode...Named All-Birmingham First Team as a senior...Rushed for 1,972 yards on 304 carries (6.5/YPC)...Had 2,117 all-purpose and tallied 33 total touchdowns...Had six 100-yard rushing games and averaged 151.7 rushing yards per game...Ran for 238 yards and six touchdowns vs. Hayden...Helped Mortimer Jordan finish 10-3 overall and reach the quarterfinals of the 2016 Class 5A AHSAA playoffs.
PERSONAL:
Son of Spencer and Taminka Brown...Has two brothers: Terrel and Kristopher...Has a sister, Desiree...Majoring in Communication Studies.
4,011 rushing yards, 41 rushing touchdowns, 42 total touchdowns, 19 100-yard rushing games (all school records). Only player in Conference USA history to be named Conference USA Championship Game MVP twice (2018 & 2020)...Ranks 11th in Conference USA history for career rushing yards and 10th for career rushing touchdowns...Finished his senior year as one of only two active players in the nation to rush for 4,000 career yards (Travis Etienne - Clemson).
AS A SENIOR (2020):
Conference USA Championship Game MVP...Second Team All-Conference USA...In eight games, rushed for 889 yards and 10 touchdowns...Averaged 111.1 rushing yards per game...Rushed for over 100 yards in six of eight games...Had a season-high 149 rushing yards in the C-USA Championship Game at Marshall...Had three rushing touchdowns at South Alabama to set the school record for career rushing touchdowns...Had a career-long 73-yard run against UTSA.
AS A JUNIOR (2019):
Became UAB's career rushing leader...Enters his senior season with 3,122 career rushing yards...Had 150 carries for 566 rushing yards and five touchdowns as a junior...Missed four games with an ankle injury...Broke the rushing record with 70 yards at WKU...Had 111 yards at North Texas in the regular season finale to help the Blazers win the C-USA West Division...With 111 yards at North Texas, Brown became UAB's career leader in 100-yard rushing games, marking the 13th time he had gone over 100 yards.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2018):
First Team All-Conference USA…Conference USA Championship Game MVP…Appeared in all 14 games...Rushed for 1,227 yards and a school record 16 touchdowns…Had six 100-yard rushing games…Rushed for 156 yards and a touchdown to lead UAB to a 27-25 victory over Middle Tennessee in the C-USA Championship Game…Had his first career receiving touchdown in the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl victory against NIU…Enters his junior year with 2,556 rushing yards and 27 total touchdowns…Needs 261 rushing yards to become the career rushing leader at UAB.
AS A FRESHMAN (2017):
FWAA Freshman All-America Team…Conference USA Freshman of the Year…Second Team All-Conference USA…Doak Walker Award Watch List…Appeared in all 13 games and started the final nine…Rushed for the third most yards in school history with 1,329 and added 10 rushing touchdowns…Finished the season as the nation’s third leading rusher among freshmen (102.2/game)…Needed just eight games to break Jordan Howard’s freshman rushing record…Tied for seventh in single season rushing touchdowns with 10…Had six 100+ yard rushing games this year…Had a career high 209 rushing yards at Southern Miss (10/28); that total was the seventh most in a game in UAB history…Recorded a career high three touchdowns against Rice (11/4)…Had back-to-back 150+ yard rushing performances against Louisiana Tech (167 yards) and Middle Tennessee (168), both of which were UAB victories…First career 100-yard rushing game came in Week 2 at Ball State (17 carries for 151 yards).
HIGH SCHOOL:
Graduated from Mortimer Jordan High School in Kimberly, Ala...Played for coach Dustan Goode...Named All-Birmingham First Team as a senior...Rushed for 1,972 yards on 304 carries (6.5/YPC)...Had 2,117 all-purpose and tallied 33 total touchdowns...Had six 100-yard rushing games and averaged 151.7 rushing yards per game...Ran for 238 yards and six touchdowns vs. Hayden...Helped Mortimer Jordan finish 10-3 overall and reach the quarterfinals of the 2016 Class 5A AHSAA playoffs.
PERSONAL:
Son of Spencer and Taminka Brown...Has two brothers: Terrel and Kristopher...Has a sister, Desiree...Majoring in Communication Studies.
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