2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 4
Daniel Brown
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 255
- Major:
- Community Health
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Kan.
- High School:
- Bishop Ward
- Prev School:
- Hutchinson CC
2025 Junior
- Played in nine games with two starts
- Career-high five tackles (two solo) in start in Music City Bowl victory vs. #23 Tennessee (12/30/25)
- Three tackles (two solo) and one PBU in win vs. Rutgers (11/1/25)
- Started first game at Illinois and made one tackle in win at Duke (9/6/25)
2024 Redshirt
- Played in two games and redshirted the season
- Missed the first 11 games of the season with an injury
2023 Sophomore - Hutchinson CC
- Four-star recruit by ESPN
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, On3, and Rivals
- Junior college ranks: #3 (ESPN), #20 (On3), #23 (247Sports)
- Junior college outside linebacker ranks: #1 (247), #1 (ESPN), #7 (On3)
- Played for head coach Drew Dallas at Hutchinson CC
- 2023 NJCAA All-American First Team
- 2023 Jayhawk Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- Led the NJCAA in sacks with 18.0 in 11 games
- Registered a sack in 10 straight games, the second-longest streak in Hutchinson history
- 18.0 sacks were the second-most in Hutchinson single-season history and the most since Troy West in 1996
- Totaled 51 tackles, 23.0 tackles for loss, 18.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovered, two pass breakups, and 13 quarterback hurries
- Forced two safeties, one against Ellsworth and one against Independence
- Majored in Kinesiology at Hutchinson
- Offers included Buffalo, Hawaii, Houston, Louisiana Tech, Minnesota, Tulane, Utah State, and Washington State
2022 Freshman - Hutchinson CC
- Nine tackles in eight games as a true freshman
High School
- Played for head coach Greg Duggins at Bishop Ward
Personal
- Born August 17, 2004
- Son of Eric Carter and Shameka Brown
- Two brothers, DeVaughn Brown and Devon Carter, and three sisters, Raven Carter, Londyn Carter, and Erica Carter
- Chose Illinois because, “The coaches have a plan for me and I feel like it’s home.”
- Majoring in community health
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