Hill-Vinson, who taught Brown in her Introduction to Multimedia Writing class at Ole Miss, says he was "one of those students who had a lot of potential and possibility ahead of him."

A.J. Brown took to social media when he heard about the 10-year-old boy who protected his sister from the Northeast Philadelphia plane crash.

Brown says the circus-like environment did not feel natural to him two years ago, but he’s trying to block out the noise and focus only on football for Sunday’s rematch.