For the third year in a row, 247 Sports released its list of the top 50 freakish athletes in high school football, and once again, the top player is a defensive standout.
Luckily for Death Valley, it’s the Tigers’ top recruit, Sammy Brown.
According to 247 Sports, Brown has the most impressive measurables since they began creating the list. Using their contacts at different programs nationwide, Brown is recognized as the most freakish athlete in the class of 2024.
A player like Brown is why we wanted to create this list. He’s a one-of-a-kind athlete with one-of-a-kind athletic markers, including – Andrew Ivins, 247 Sports
- A 405-pound power clean
- A 600-pound back squat
- A 395-pound bench press
- A 10.70-second 100-meter dash
- A 23-foot, 3-inch long jump
- A 39.5-inch vertical jump
- A perfect 5.0 PAI score from Tracking Football
Sammy’s father, Mike Brown, has been a football and strength coach at a high school for a long time. While some may think that Sammy was over-trained, Mike, who is older, insists that Sammy was always smart.
Initially, Sammy only did body-weight exercises, but they added weights to the barbell in middle school. This is when Mike realized that Sammy was exceptional in the weight room.
“We were locked down like everyone else during the pandemic, so we set up a gym at home,” Mike explained. “After six weeks, I decided to test him, and he power-cleaned 260 pounds. I knew from his God-given ability that it was a good lift for a high schooler, let alone an eighth grader.”
Brown dominated both football and wrestling at Jefferson High School in Georgia for the past two years, with a record of 88-5 and two state titles on the mat. Recently, he was crowned the MaxPreps Male National Athlete of the Year for the 2022-23 season.
According to his father, Mike Brown, Sammy has always had a passion for weightlifting and has been training in the gym since he was young.
He kind of grew up in that world. – Mike Brown, Sammy father.
The future Tiger is expected to shatter numerous weightlifting records at Clemson under the tutelage of strength and conditioning coach Joey Batson, who mentored his father, Mike, at Furman University.