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2024 Football Roster
Matt Childs
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- RB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Medway, Mass.
- High School:
- Milton Academy
2025: First Team Phil Steele Preseason All-Ivy selection.
2024: Selected as the Ivy League Rookie of the Year…One of 30 players nationally to be named to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List…Named a Freshman All-American by FCS Football Central…Phil Steele Fourth Team Freshman All-American (All-Purpose)…Phil Steele Ivy League Freshman of the Year…Phil Steele Third Team All-Ivy honoree…Two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week…Led all Ivy League rookies in both rushing (40.11) and receiving (42.67) yards per game, ranking 12th and 14th overall in the league, respectively…Became just the fourth true freshman in program history to lead the team in rushing…Appeared in nine games…Had 91 carries and led the Brown offense with 361 rushing yards (4.0 yards per carry)...Finished with four total touchdowns on the season (two rushing, two receiving)...Caught 29 passes for 384 yards…Season-high 101 receiving yards including a 75-yard touchdown reception against Harvard (9/28)...Scored two touchdowns while rushing for 58 yards and totaling 93 yards receiving against Bryant (10/5)...Had 100 yards of total offense against Rhode Island (10/12)...Season-high 74 rushing yards against Cornell (10/26).
Before Brown: Two-time TVL All-Star…Two-time Metro West All-Star…Three-time Herald All-Scholastic…Two-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic…Two-time ISL All-Star…One-time All-NEPSAC selection…In 32 games over four seasons, rushed for exactly 5,700 yards, including three seasons of at least 1,300 yards, with 59 touchdowns.
Personal: Son of Tracey and Richard Childs…Has one sibling, Riley.
Why Brown?: “High academics and athletics, and close to home.”
