Montaric Brown seized on his All-SEC season in 2021 and declared for the NFL Draft mere hours after Arkansas’ victory over Penn State in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1.
A native of Ashdown and 34-game starter in his Razorbacks career, Brown was a seventh-round selection (No. 222 overall) of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday. Brown is the first Arkansas cornerback to be drafted since Tevin Mitchel went No. 182 overall to the Washington Redskins in 2015.
ESPN ranked Brown the 315th-best available player ahead of the draft and No. 41 cornerback.
“(Brown) projects as an instinctive zone corner with good strength but a lack of desired top-end speed,” NFL.