Derek Brown (tight end)

Receptions:	43
Receiving yards:	401
Touchdowns:	1

Derek Brown
No. 86, 83
Position:	Tight end
Personal information
Born:	March 31, 1970 (age 51); Falls Church, Virginia
Height:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:	268 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school:	Merritt Island (FL)
College:	Notre Dame
NFL Draft:	1992 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14
Career history
	New York Giants (1992–1994); Jacksonville Jaguars (1995–1997); Oakland Raiders (1998); Arizona Cardinals ();
Career highlights and awards
	USA Today High School All-American (1987);
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
Receptions:	43
Receiving yards:	401
Touchdowns:	1
	Player stats at NFL.com

Derek Vernon Brown^[1] (born March 31, 1970 in Falls Church, Virginia) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League.

College Football Career[]

He played college football at Notre Dame and attended high school at Merritt Island High School. In his final two seasons at Notre Dame, he displayed receiving prowess with 37 catches for 545 yards and 5 TD.

NFL career[]

He was drafted 14th overall in the 1992 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. As a rookie, he recorded 4 catches for 31 yards and followed that season up with 7 catches for 56 yards in 1993. In 1994, Brown mostly played a role on special teams.

He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft. Brown missed the entire 1995 season as the result of a hit from Denver Broncos safety Tim Hauck during a preseason game. He suffered bruised ribs, a collapsed lung and damage to his spleen and kidney. He was in the hospital for 10 days and in a wheelchair a few weeks after that. Despite the injuries, his best season came in 1996 with the Jacksonville Jaguars when he recorded 17 catches for 141 yards. He followed it up in 1997 with 8 catches for 84 yards and one touchdown. In 1998, he went to the Oakland Raiders where he started 4 games and recorded 7 catches for 89 yards.

Post Football Life[]

Brown now resides in Clifton Park, New York with his daughter, Sydney, and his son, Reece.^[2] He currently works as an senior energy advisor at GREENCROWN Energy & Water and as the director of operations at Jersey Mikes

References[]

^ "Derek Brown". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
^ The San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/e/a/1998/08/13/SPORTS14265.dtl. Missing or empty |title= (help)^{[dead link]}

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[1] "Derek Brown". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2008.

[2] The San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/e/a/1998/08/13/SPORTS14265.dtl. Missing or empty |title= (help)^{[dead link]}

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