Jaden Brown played 32 times for the Owls across two seasons – only 20 of which were league appearances – having been brought to the club by Darren Moore in 2021. He left at the end of his contract after League One promotion was confirmed in the most dramatic of circumstances.
His Owls exit confirmed, the 25-year-old moved on to stay in the third tier when he made a relatively quick switch to Lincoln City. He found life difficult there, an initial burst of bright efforts ending after the replacement of manager Mark Kennedy in favour of Michael Skubala. With minutes harder to come by, he joined Scottish Premiership side St Mirren on loan in January.
It is with The Buddies that Brown has now signed on a permanent deal despite a relatively bit-part role in a second half to a campaign that saw them finish fifth in the top tier north of the border and qualify for a place in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round. He made only one start for the club in that time but is reported to have acted brightly from the bench and has done enough for Stephen Robinson to hand over a two-year deal.
“I’m buzzing to be back,” Brown said as part of his unveiling. “I loved my time on loan here at the club last season. I didn’t get as many games as I wanted to but it’s important to be in and around good people and it was a successful group, qualifying for Europe. You want to play in the big games and play in the biggest competitions so it’s a great opportunity to showcase what I’m about. Hopefully I can come in and hit the ground running.”