Clark "C. J." Brown Jr. (born June 1991) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at the University of Maryland and was the Terrapins starting quarterback in 2011, 2013 and 2014. In 2011, Brown broke the school's 61-year-old single-game rushing record for a quarterback with 162 yards against No. 8 Clemson. Early life Brown was born in Troy, Michigan to Clark and Kimberley Brown, Sr., the eldest of their three children. His father attended Michigan State University, where he played as a quarterback on the football team. The family later relocated to Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, and Brown attended Seneca Valley Senior High School. At Seneca Valley, Brown earned three letters on both the basketball and football teams. He said that basketball was his preferred sport, but felt that he had a brighter future on the gridiron. As a junior, he averaged 12.0 points per game in basketball, and according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was athletic enough to execute a 360-degree dunk. Brown served two seasons as the football team captain, and ran Seneca Valley's spread offense. Brown set the school records with 3,845 passing yards and 26 touchdowns over the course of his interscholastic career, and also set the school single-season for passing yards in his senior season. As a freshman, he played quarterback for the first time, and showed early promise before suffering a broken collarbone. As a sophomore in 2006, Brown rushed for 586 yards and five touchdowns. He was named an honorable mention All-Northern Six Conference player. As a junior in 2007, he passed for 1,567 yards and 11 ;touchdowns, and was the team's second leading rusher with 443 yards and five touchdowns. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette named him to its "Fab 22". As a senior in 2008, he passed for 2,154 yards and 14 touchdowns and rushed for 680 yards and 12 touchdowns. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette again selected him for its "Fab 22", and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review named him to its "Fantastic 25". Brown twice selected unanimously as an All-Northern Six Conference player. Rivals.com rated Brown a three-star prospect, and ranked him as the 17th-best dual-threat quarterback in the nation and 14th-best prospect in the state of Pennsylvania. Scout.com also rated him a three-star prospect, and ranked him the 67th best quarterback prospect in his class. Brown received scholarship offers from Maryland and Akron. Indiana, Michigan State, Northwestern, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Virginia, and West