The 19-year-old is believed to be the worlds tallest teenager and he is still growing after record-breaking height of 7ft 8ins.
Broc with his siblings
As young as he is, there is every possibility that if he continues the way he is growing, in no distance time he will become the world's tallest man. The current world tallest is Sultan Kosen whose height is 8ft 2ins.
"When he got into middle school he was around 6ft tall and by high school he was 7ft tall he could easily grow six inches in a year.
Broc and mum
"It's a genetic disorder and there's nothing that can stop him from growing I don't know if he will ever stop."In the early years of Broc, he was diagnosed with Sotos Syndrome, known as cerebral gigantism and his mother was told that he would not outlive his teenage years, as well as finding it difficult in learning.
Broc Brown and Aunty
He is born with one kidney so is unable to take painkillers despite suffering constantly with his back pain.
Broc said: "It kind of feels like a big tennis racket has gone through my back.
"I do stuff to stop it hurting and it makes me feel like there's a needle gone through it it's hard to deal with.
"I just wish the doctors could do something to help my pain."
Broc and his mother Darci recently travelled 1,000 miles from their home in Michigan to the Arkansas Children's Centre to meet with Sotos expert Dr Bradley Schaefer.
While he could not help with Broc's chronic pain he did have some good news for the family.
He said: "Broc is easily the tallest man I have ever seen.
"Unfortunately he will always have to deal with some form of pain but I believe that he will now have a regular life span."
Darci said: "He has ADHD and intermittent explosive disorder.
"When he gets mad, he's mad. It wouldn't take him two seconds to pop a hole in the wall it could be very dangerous if he wasn't on medication and able to be calmed.
"But overall he is a big softie, his heart is as big as his body."
And his health problems haven't just affected him.
"When you have a five-year-old who has hurt themselves and they come running at you, you pick them up," added Darci.
"I would carry him around when he was half the size of me so I have a lot of back problems."
The financial implications of being one of the world's tallest men have been hard for the family to bear.
Broc has to have all of his clothes and shoes specially made and the socks to cover his huge size 28 feet cost $18 (£14) a pair.
He also has a specially made 8ft bed and a specialist chair that cost $1,000 (£750).
Darci added: "We have had a couple of benefits for Broc where the community got together and helped us out.
"He made around $10,000 (£7,500) and we used it to buy socks, shoes and clothes.
"It didn't last long, we had a lot of outfits but within a year he was out of them and it was time to do it all again."
But despite their problems Broc and his mum are looking forward to their long future together.
Broc said: "I hopefully want to work for a sporting goods store so something like that, a cashier or something.
"I just want to have my own job."
Darci added: "I don't ever want to push him in to doing something he doesn't want to do.
"I just hope he has a good life and is happy with everything he ever does."
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