It was a true joy to watch the Brown brothers play football at Illinois, and now we get to watch them in the NFL.
Sydney Brown was a great Illini defensive back since joining the program back in 2018. He would end up earning All-Big Ten first-team and All-American third-team honors as a senior. These honors were earned by Brown after putting up some big numbers for the Orange and Blue.
As a senior, Brown was all over the field. He would finish 2022 with 60.5 tackles, 7.0 pass deflections, 6.