THE HEISMAN MEMORIAL TROPHY

1987 Tim Brown NotreDame WideRcvr Brown catches passes, runs back punts and kickoffs, rushes when necessary. At 6-feet and 195 pounds, Brown is not huge by football standards. But he possesses great speed, elusiveness in the open field, sure hands and a fine grasp of the strategy and tactics of what is in reality a complex game. "He is," says Lou Holtz, "the most intelligent player i've ever been around." As a measure of Brown's versitility, consider 32 pass receptions for 729 yards and 3 touchdowns, 29 rushes for 133 yards and a touchdown, 19 kickoff returns for 398 yards, and 31 punt returns for 380 yards and 3 touchdowns. Tim is playing for the Oakland Raiders, who selected him as their #1 pick in the 1988 NFL Draft.

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