Four-star receiver Anthony Brown decommits from Gophers

Brown, the brother of Gophers receiver Michael Brown-Stephens, is part of the 2023 recruiting class.

February 7, 2022 at 6:43PM
P.J. Fleck is entering his sixth season as Gophers coach. (Aaron Lavinsky, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Anthony Brown, a four-star wide receiver from Springfield, Ohio, announced Monday that he has decommitted from the Gophers football team and is re-opening his recruiting.

Brown is the brother of Gophers receiver Michael Brown-Stephens and was the first player to commit to coach P.J. Fleck's program for the Class of 2023.

"Thank you Minnesota," Brown tweeted. "No love lost."

The 5-10, 170-pound Brown committed to the Gophers soon after attending last season's opener against Ohio State. At the time, he had scholarship offers from 15 other FBS schools, including Michigan, Penn State and Wisconsin.

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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