Junior Ben Brown is one of the most experienced players
on the Ole Miss roster,
yet he's still new to his position.
He's done a great job,
especially he only found out he was going to play center,
like, a couple weeks before OTAs.
So he kind of just grew into it, and he's done a great job.
For Ben, it was just the snaps.
Like, that's it. Ben's a heck of an O lineman.
Guy's going to make a lot of money one day.
His snaps have progressed, for sure, game by game.
And, you know, like I said, we work a lot.
He's a hard worker and we work on it,
like, every day after practice, call it snap school.
And I think because of that
is the reason why he's progressing like he is.
Oh, snapping school. Time for some tutoring.
It's snapping school. It's snapping school.
Go. Go.
Every week, he's just worked really hard at it
and improved a lot on his snaps.
And I think he's been playing great all year.
With snap school under his belt,
Brown is charged with directing one of,
if not the, fastest offenses in the entire country.
Well, it is a little bit difficult,
but, I mean, we do it all the time.
So, you get used to it. Great thing to remember,
just kind of keep in the back of the head,
like, yes, we are tired when we're running
because we're 320 pounds,
we're trying to run up and down the field,
but the defensive line are probably more tired
because they're not practicing every day; you know?
So that's definitely an advantage for us.
He's a hard worker as well, that -- and a great team guy.
And a lot of players look up to him,
especially on the O line.
And I think that helps just because me and him,
we're the leaders of the offense.
He's a center. He tells the line what to do.
I'm a quarterback. I tell the line what to do.
It just complements -- we just complement each other
because we're always so focused
and wanting to get better as a unit,
not just individually.
I think the best thing about playing center in this offense
is that you can really push the tempo,
you know, just get guys lined up and get set.
And all our guys are bought in; you know?
I mean, that's just the great thing.
All the offensive lineman, all the wide receivers,
running backs, tight ends,
quarterbacks, we're all bought in.
So, we just have a mindset to where we're going to get set
and we're going to get lined up as fast as possible.
But it is pretty fun to be able to help
in pushing the tempo with that, so I enjoy that.
Although playing center is Brown's primary role
for this Rebel offense. Where the camera is? Oh, my god.
[Laughter].
Where's Waldo? There he is.
He is also a key factor to the team's speedy tempo
and upbeat disposition.
He has a lot of energy all the time,
tries to maintain that juice,
as we call it, on the offensive side of the ball.
Well, yeah, because he's always drinking sugar all the time,
and eating sugar, so he always has a sugar rush.
So, he's -- yeah, he's always just fired up
and he's just like a little kid out there. Hey.
I bet the camera got me doing a weird face. Really?
What's it like stretching since the last time you were mic'd up?
What'd you say? What's it like stretching for the first time
since the last time you were mic'd up?
Just like the last time I was mic'd up.
Pretty good. [Laughter].
I like our telepathy going.
This is what happens when you're mic'd up,
so you can't get us if you have mental telepathy.
We communicate with our brains.
[Laughter].
We're like brothers, but closer.
[Laughter].
Hey, want to say something to the microphone?
Nah. Hi. I like turtles.
[Laughter].
Don't hurt me. Oh, my god.
Me and Xavier tried to decide if he could sneak out
when we were doing pass rush and go get Cane's.
What? Dude, being mic'd up for practice, just, like,
it helps the mood out on a Tuesday.
Yeah? You know what else helps the mood out on Tuesday?
Cane's. [Laughter].
Brown has grown and adapted throughout his time
as an Ole Miss Rebel, accumulating success
due to his positive mindset on and off the field.
With the years of playing on the Rebs,
he's just gotten way more comfortable with the ball,
and he's really just made the most of his opportunity,
playing for the Ole Miss Rebels.
So he's really, really grown into his own
and he's just leading the group.
I think it's all about his mindset.
Every week, he just has a very positive mindset.
Just tenacity and toughness; you know?
Just, every single snap,
just having a one rep mentality; you know?
Attack one rep at a time and then go to the next play,
and then attack that play
and then go to the next play onward, you know.
I've just got some great role models to look at
and to model after.
This is just having all these teammates has just been great,
and I wouldn't change it for anything.