Incoming Western Kentucky linebacker Eli Brown will be eligible for competition in 2018 after the NCAA approved a waiver request for immediate eligibility.
A Warren East High School graduate in 2015, Brown enters the campaign as a redshirt junior in athletic standing. He will have two years of eligibility remaining after transferring from the University of Kentucky.
“Not only is Eli one of the best high school linebackers of the last decade in our area, he is an incredible young man with a powerful story,” WKU football coach Mike Sanford said in a news release. “We’re ecstatic that he will be able to play for us this season.