Lanier's Brown named MaxPreps national player of year

Lanier defensive tackle Derrick Brown is the MaxPreps national player of the year, the first defensive player to win the award.

Brown, also the AJC all-classification state player of the year, made 106 tackles, 42 for losses, and had 13 sacks for a team that went 11-1. Brown is the consensus No. 8 recruit nationally, No. 1 in Georgia.

Brown is uncommitted.

Other Georgia players who made MaxPreps' All-America team were Stephens County offensive lineman Ben Cleveland and Colquitt County wide receiver Kiel Pollard.

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