Brown leaves K-State
After playing three years in Manhattan, former Hazelwood (Mo.) West High School standout Lamark Brown has left the Kansas State football team. The 6-foot-3 senior to be confirmed his impending transfer with GoPowercat.com by phone on Thursday and leaves a somewhat significant hole in the team's 2010 depth chart.
Brown said he has already been granted a release from his scholarship agreement and cited undisclosed personal reasons as the driving factor behind his decision to not rejoin the team in the spring.
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"It all really happened last week," he said. "It's just personal stuff that came up."
With a redshirt season still in his pocket, Brown said he would seek to use the remainder of his football eligibility at another Division I school, but also stated that, as of now, he has not started the process of searching for a new place to play.
He will have two years to play one season at whichever institution he chooses.
In his three years as a Wildcat, Brown recorded 45 catches for 426 receiving yards and three touchdowns through the air. In his brief stint as a tailback in 2008, he rushed for 412 yards and five touchdowns.
Overall, Brown appeared in 29 games in a K-State uniform.