Some athletes just stand out, and Louisville running back Isaac Brown has become one of them. A football and track-and-field star at Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Brown was the ACC's best rookie and a Freshman All-American in 2024, finishing that season with 1,325 yards from scrimmage and 12 touchdowns.
His junior season started slowly. Injuries had limited his sophomore year, and through Louisville's first four games he averaged just 4.1 yards per carry with 238 yards from scrimmage as the Cardinals stumbled to a 2-2 start. Brown finally ignited against NC State in Week 5, with carries of 24, 20 and 70 yards in a loss.
In Week 6 against Florida State, Isaac Brown took over. Down 14-0, Louisville had just made a desperate fourth-down stop, and on the first play of the Cardinals' third drive he took off for a 97-yard touchdown. He returned the second-half kickoff 71 yards to set up another score and capped the game with a long touchdown that no FSU defender touched. Louisville won 44-6 after that opening score.
Brown finished with 17 carries for 235 yards and two touchdowns, plus a 71-yard kick return. He is one of four players with at least three rushes of 60-plus yards this season, and since the start of 2024 only Boise State's Ashton Jeanty has topped his nine such runs. Louisville may not have the defense to climb back into the ACC race, but with a healthy Brown its offense ranks among the most explosive in the country.
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