The former WVU quarterback will be drafted this weekend, most likely Saturday when the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds transpire, as the NFL goes to a three-day format for the first time.

That it happens when Brown is available kind of figures. The wait will be worth it, though, because he’s generally regarded as one of the eight- to 10-best quarterbacks in the field … and everyone, it seems, is looking for a quarterback.

And as for the teams showing an interest in Brown? That’s where things get good.

Brown will have a new home before the weekend is over, almost certainly through the draft, after solid workouts at the Senior Bowl, the combine and at his pro day on campus last month. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Brown visited the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns and worked out for the San Francisco 49ers, Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers and – get ready for this – the Miami Dolphins.

Miami drafted Brown’s predecessor, Pat White, last year, but still has a need at the position.

“I don’t really know what to think about that,” Brown said with a laugh, “but I’m going to be happy wherever I go.”

Through it all — the Senior Bowl, the combine, the interviews, the workouts, the visits — Brown was sure he was a pro quarterback. He acted like it and spoke carefully, though convincingly, to assure others that was the case.

Apparently it worked … and Brown did a better job on himself than anyone else.

“Doing football and school all this time, I never had the time to sit back and just think about life and what it’s been like for me,” he said. “Then all you’re doing is looking back on your life when they start asking me about growing up in West Palm Beach, Fla. That was a tough environment and I was growing up the youngest one in the house. I’ve got three sisters and two brothers. I’m the youngest and I never realized how big of an influence they had on me.”