The Eagl receiver was the star at Starkville High School Mississippi. He helped the team pture a state champnship alongsi Kansas Cy Chiefs lebacker Willie Gay.
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- WILLIEGAY
- HOW RICKY WOODS KNEW AJ BROWN, WILLIE GAY JR. WERE STED FOR STARDOM WAY BEFORE SUPER BOWL 57
- SUPER BOWL 2023: A.J. BROWN, WILLIE GAY LEAD GROUP OF EX-HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMAT PLAYG AGAST EACH OTHER
WILLIEGAY
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Chiefs lebacker Willie Gay, who grew up about five mut away om Brown, knew durg their Pop Warner days that the Eagl receiver had a natural gift. “He was always a great athlete at everythg he did, whether was baseball, basketball, football, ” Gay said Thursday. Dpe petg other sports, he didn’t jo the high school football team until his sophomore, a hman at the time, rells Brown’s mment leang toward baseball, where the 6-foot-1, 226-pound Brown played center field.
HOW RICKY WOODS KNEW AJ BROWN, WILLIE GAY JR. WERE STED FOR STARDOM WAY BEFORE SUPER BOWL 57
Ultimately, Brown and Gay beme those guys. ”» READ MORE: ‘I expected more’: Insi Eagl receiver DeVonta Smh’s relentls approach to reachg the Super BowlGay, 24, tsted Brown’s opn and creds him for keepg him motivated, and the two would discs playg llege. “Our goal was to be here today, ” said Gay, who joed Brown at the Mississippi a year later.
He had no ia that Starkville had another future NFL standout on the roster Willie Gay Jr., an outsi lebacker who would anchor a fense that held opponents to 11 pots a game that two former teammat will face off Super Bowl 57 on Sunday.
Brown leads the Philalphia Eagl wh 1, 496 receivg yards and 11 touchdowns, and Gay has 88 tackl and 2. ”The Starkville achg staff knew the duo was sted for Jackets wi receivers ach Willie Gillpie knew Brown had great ball skills when he started achg him as a sophomore 2013.
SUPER BOWL 2023: A.J. BROWN, WILLIE GAY LEAD GROUP OF EX-HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMAT PLAYG AGAST EACH OTHER
"DANDY DOZEN PREVIEW5 recs who will help lay foundatn for 2023 Clarn Ledger Football Dandy DozenOLE MISS FOOTBALL RECRUITINGRecg Kamarn Frankl, first MS 5-star 5 years: Ole Miss, Mississippi State updateGay was the backbone for the Yellow Jackets' n to the 2015 state champnship. "Gay displayed that as a senr a 35-28 victory over Warren Central 2016, when he was thst to a larger offensive role after Starkville's startg quarterback was hurt that week practice. ”Woods believ Gay learned a lot om Brown's senr year.
Gay watched his recment procs and saw how he handled the hype. Gay Jr.