As is typically the case in modern college football, Sincere Brown has charted a nomadic journey throughout his career.

Colorado is Brown’s third team since leaving his hometown of Charleston, S.C. Although he always has been a down south kind of guy, Brown nonetheless absorbed a little inside information about the Buffaloes before moving west.

Brown began his collegiate career at South Florida, where he was teammates with future Buffs receivers Jimmy Horn Jr. and Xavier Weaver. When it became Brown’s turn to kick the tires on a possible transfer to Boulder, he leaned on the wisdom of his former teammates.

“Colorado a year ago was my favorite college football team if y’all didn’t know,” said Brown, who spent the past two seasons at Campbell. “I went to USF with Jimmy Horn and Xavier Weaver. As I entered the transfer portal and was making a decision, I was talking to them throughout the process, and kind of just like watching them, like last year, a lot, I was watching their games. I was watching the type of content that they was having out. And just the Hall of Fame coaching staff is unbelievable. So yeah, that kind of was a huge decision on my (decision) to come to Colorado.”

Brown appeared in only 10 games over three seasons at South Florida, recording just a lone reception during that time. His transfer to Campbell provided a delayed but ultimately rewarding payoff, appearing in just one game in 2023 before putting together a breakout season last year. Brown earned first-team all-league honors in the Coastal Athletic Association, finishing with 61 receptions for 1,028 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Brown wanted a bigger challenge at the power conference level, but the move to Boulder hasn’t occurred without an adjustment period.“He’s learning what the expectations of being here is,” CU receivers coach Jason Phillips said last week. “He’s continuing to mature in that area. Right now, so far so good. If he continues to do that and eliminate mental mistakes, I think we’ll be pleased with what we have with Sincere.”

Brown admitted it hasn’t always been a smooth adjustment. Everything that worked at Campbell hasn’t necessarily transferred, with Brown and Phillips both recently recounting a rough first practice with the Buffs for Brown.

Yet with the days counting down to CU’s season opener at home Friday night against Georgia Tech (6 p.m., ESPN), Brown has settled in amid a talented position group. At 6-foot-5, Brown is one of the tallest targets among a possible receiver rotation that Phillips said could go 11-deep.

“I had to learn the expectation, first and foremost,: Brown said. “I had to adjust, for one, to the acclimation of the mountains and this new scenery to me from the down south. Breathing was very tough for me at first, but just had to get adjusted to the expectation. Had to get adjusted to the teammates, the receiving room at first, and also the playbook. And then after that I was rolling at that point.

“Last year gave me the opportunity of a lifetime. I went through a lot of adversity before last year. So in that process of time, I really just had to kind of put my head down and just keep my eye on the prize the whole way through.”