Largo High's Harry Brown Signs Letter of Intent With Florida Tech

The Largo Packer defensive lineman chose the Melbourne school for its academic standards rather than its football prowess.

Harry Brown, a key player for a Largo High program that has been one of the best in the county during his time there, signed a letter of intent to play football at the Florida Institute of Technology on Tuesday.  With a crowd of friends, family and teammates surrounding him in the weight room of the Missouri Avenue campus, Brown committed to play for a school going into its first year with a football program. But for Brown, an exceptional student with a 4.2 GPA and aspirations to become an engineer, his decision wasn’t based on gridiron history or how many frat houses the school had. “There were a lot of different factors that went into me making this decision,” he said. “First was education, second was the football program and third was …

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