By Contribution

Published on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 6:47am |

• Sports

Octavious Brown, a rising Junior at Strom Thurmond High School, recently attended the University of Georgia Football Camp on June 7- June 10.

Rodney Gardner UGA’s Defensive Line coach stated, “I’m very impressed with Octavious he has great foot work and he is tremendoulsy strong for his age.”

Other coaches compared him to Gino Atkins. Atkins is a senior defensive tackle for the Bulldogs. Octavious, known locally as “Tater”, is 6 feet tall, weighs 264 lbs, and bench presses 335 lbs. Tater will play a vital role in the Rebels degense this upcoming season.