WATCH: Linebacker Sean Brown Talks After NC State’s 1st Day of 2025 Spring Practice (with Transcript)

Linebacker Sean Brown met with the media today after NC State’s 1st 2025 Spring Practice. You can watch the video ABOVE, and read the transcript BELOW.

What was it like getting back on the grass today?

It was fun to be back out there. You got new guys that transferred in. You got the old guys that’s been here.

It’s fun to always get back on the field and really do what you love. It makes you appreciate all that you work for. You came here to play football and get a degree, and that’s one of the things that we’re doing.

You’re one of the old guys now, as you look around. You’re not seeing too many people you saw last year on the defensive side. What’s that like?

I’m just taking it in, taking it one day at a time. I’m not really thinking about how old I am. I ain’t as old as y’all think, but I’m just really taking it in, coaching the young guys, and just keeping the team together, and just being a leader for them.

What’s it like having Coach Eliot in the linebacker room now?

I mean, he’s a very smart man. Like Coach Doeren said, he coached all positions at the college level, and he coached professionally, so he knows what it looks like at the linebacker position. He’s coaching us hard.

He’s being very critical in everything he tells us.

A couple of new guys in the linebacker room, as far as transfers are concerned. What have you seen from guys like Tra (Thomas), and obviously Sterling Dixon as well?

They came in ready to work from day one.

We taught them the standard, and they understand that. There’s no complaining, they’re not complainers. They came in ready to work every single day.

Outside expectations aren’t really high on this team this year. Can you guys maybe float under the radar and maybe surprise some people this year?

It ain’t a surprise to us. We all know what we’re capable of, and we know what we’re going to do this season.

People can doubt us, whatever they want to do, but we don’t really care what other people say. All we care about is the people in the facility.

How have you seen just how NIL affect the team, the locker room, change over the years, and as you enter a new season here, is it kind of just normal, the way things are now?

I mean, like you said, it’s the way things are.

We can’t really do nothing about it. Guys want to leave for whatever purpose it is that they want to leave. So we can’t really, I mean, we would want them to stay, but at the end of the day, it’s their decisions.

What kind of lessons can you learn from last season and incorporate into the spring here?

One thing, or two things, we talked about immaturity and just finishing. We lost a couple, one possession games, and we want to finish the game. We want to be able to hammer the nail and just get them out of here.

After switching from Safety to Linebacker last year, how much more confident do you feel going into year 2 at the position?

First off, I’m a ball player. So if you could put me at D-line, I’ma still get mine. But going into year two, I’m feeling well adjusted to it.

My eyes and just my body range, just the way I play. I feel good moving into it.