Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Curtis Brown (running back)
Never playing professionally/not meeting  are not legitimate deletion rationale. And I don't see "Never being profiled beyond Utah", a state of ~3 million people, as relevant either (nor is it strictly true) --  does not say you cannot achieve notability through localized news coverage, and Brown's was fairly extensive in Utah. Seems he meets  from media coverage during his college career, which as Cbl62 stated was among the statistical best at a top tier football school. Here are some stories exclusively on him or his records: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=114DEDC0A9B74E58&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Deseret News: Brown up for task, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=105AABD3CE69F7B7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Salt Lake Tribune: Cougars pass on Brown, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11591A736B29BA78&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Salt Lake Tribune: Brown embracing the challenge, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1150DAE5BB678CD0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Salt Lake Tribune: Brown not caught up in numbers, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10483C55F631C88B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Deseret News: BYU backfield: 'Pops'and Brown, http://trib.com/sports/article_119f98d3-c34c-5399-8237-91ed0bc8a063.html Casper Star-Tribune: UW wary of BYU's underused ground game, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100DF41970CC0019&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Salt Lake Tribune: Brown Earns MWC Weekly Football Honor, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1063AB4F6D678676&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Deseret News: Brown credits linemen for his rushing success, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C1503C0CFC8DF0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Deseret News: Unga will pass Brown in rushing, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10D9BFCA4EA271D8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Salt Lake Tribune: Brown brings balance, http://byu.scout.com/2/236859.html Scout: Curtis Brown Baptism Testimony of Faith for Family. In addition to extensive coverage in Utah/Wyoming, he has had at least some minor coverage on ESPN: http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3717470 ESPN: A Question Of Faith, and Brown's school rushing record was noted in http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/111906/football_20061119083.shtml the AP wire
— User:Strikehold, 02:16, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ATH||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)