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Senior Bowl: Troy defensive back confident about Brown

January 25, 2008|LARRY VAUGHT

MOBILE, Ala. - Cornerback Leodis McKelvin did not play for Neal Brown at Troy, but he has no doubts that the former Boyle County standout will do a superb job as Troy's offensive coordinator next season.

"Coach Brown will do a good job as offensive coordinator. He knows the system and he will be fine with that. If you know it, it will work. I can testify to that because I practiced against it every day," McKelvin said. " He just has to get the right personnel to make sure he can execute it like he wants, but there's no doubt he knows the system."

McKelvin is here for the Senior Bowl and is being projected a future NFL player after making 52 tackles, breaking up eight passes and intercepting two passes for Troy last year.

Brown was Troy's receivers coach last year, but was promoted when Tony Franklin, the former Kentucky offensive coordinator and head coach at Mercer County, left to become the offensive coordinator at Auburn.

"Those guys (Franklin and Brown) are great. They put up a lot of numbers at Troy the last two years and changed the whole town around. Troy was a defensive school and now it is known for offense and defense. They came in and did special things for Troy," McKelvin said.

"Coach Franklin will be a good thing for Auburn. Auburn was like Troy with defense and nothing much passing-wise on offense except for maybe play-action. Now they are going to have a whole new offense that is hard to stop and pace of offense will be a lot better. He has good players and he will do great job there.

"His offense helped me learn how to play the pass and run, but when you face that passing attack every day in practice and even in the off-season, it has to make you a better defensive player. That's a big part of why I am here."

McKelvin saw enough to know that players will respond to Brown, who played at Kentucky and Massachusetts, and that he can handle running the offense next season even though he's only 27 years old.

"Everybody likes coach Brown. He knows how to treat people the right way. Everybody is going to love coach Brown, but they all also love him because they know he knows what he is doing," McKelvin said.

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