2006 (Jr.): Played in two games to earn second letter . . . part of an offense which threw for a school record 3,112 yards plus completed a school record 232 passes and 27 touchdown passes.

2005 (So.): Played in nine games to earn first letter . . . started seven games . . . blocked for an offense which tallied 2,079 passing yards -- the eighth-best single-season mark in Ball State history . . . protected Ball State quarterback Joey Lynch, who threw for a school record 18 touchdowns.

2004 (Fr.): Played vs. Northern Illinois.

2003: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in football for Coach Dave Mohr . . . Football: All-Summit Athletic Conference Second Team as a senior . . . received honorable mention on the all-state team . . . all-conference second team and all-state honorable mention as a junior after earning honorable mention on the all-conference squad as a sophomore . . . Wrestling: Also earned three letters in wrestling . . . placed third in the conference tournament in the heavyweight division as a senior . . . managed a 3.26 grade-point average on the school’s 4.0 scale.

PERSONAL: Son of Suzanne Brown and the late Steven Brown . . . one brother and one sister . . . born June 6, 1984, in Fort Wayne, Ind. . . . full name is Dustin Dwight Brown.