First-year freshman.
Before Clemson: No. 16 player and No. 4 second baseman in South Carolina by Perfect Game … member of the North/South All-Star team in baseball and football … lettered three times in baseball, three times in football and once in basketball at Lewisville High School, where he was coached by Blake Barron.
Personal: His father, Sheldon, was a defensive back at South Carolina (1998-01) and played one season (2001) of baseball at South Carolina; played 11 years (2002-12) in the NFL with Philadelphia and Cleveland … majoring in parks, recreation & tourism management … born Sheldon Dion Brown Jr. on Jan. 24, 2006 in Voorhees, N.J.