By Buddy "Friday Night" Cobb, Williamson County Bureau
JOHNSTON CITY, Ill. — Austin Brown, a Johnston City alum, has signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent, according to wpsdlocal6.com.
Going undrafted doesn't end a football career anymore — it just changes the door you walk through. Brown's path from a small Williamson County school to an NFL training camp roster is the kind of story that gets talked about at the gas station and the barber shop for weeks, whatever happens next.
His chances of making the final roster are long odds, same as they are for every undrafted free agent in camp. But for Johnston City, having a name on an NFL roster sheet at all is a point of pride worth cheering.
— Compiled from reporting by wpsdlocal6.com.
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