No. 55 – Miami Dolphins | |||||||
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Position: | Center | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | October 28, 1997||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 295 lb (134 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Skyline (Dallas, Texas) | ||||||
College: | Texas State (2016–2019) | ||||||
Undrafted: | 2020 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||
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Aaron Jamal Brewer (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional football center for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas State, and signed with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2020.
Brewer is the son of Thedra and Keith Brewer. He attended Skyline High School (Texas) where he was rated as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com. He earned All-District 9-6A First-Team honors as an offensive guard. Brewer also competed in throws for track and field.[ citation needed ]
Brewer received offers for play for Sam Houston State and Texas State. He ultimately accepted the offer to play at Texas State under head coach Everett Withers, a former defensive backs coach for the Tennessee Titans. In his freshman season, Brewer played in all twelve Texas State games and made eleven starts. In his next three seasons, Brewer started all of the team's 36 games. [1] He earned All-Sun Belt Conference selections every year in college. In his junior year, Pro Football Focus (PFF) ranked Brewer as the Sun Belt's best run blocker and second-best pass blocker. In his senior season, Brewer received a grade of 82.8 by PFF, ranking highest in the conference, and was named to the All-Sun Belt second-team. [2]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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6 ft 1+7⁄8 in (1.88 m) | 274 lb (124 kg) | 32+3⁄4 in (0.83 m) | 10+1⁄8 in (0.26 m) | |||||||||
All values from Pro Day [3] |
After going unselected in the 2020 NFL draft, Brewer signed as an undrafted free agent with the Tennessee Titans on May 7, 2020. On September 5, Brewer earned a spot on the Titans' initial 53-player roster. On November 22, Brewer recorded his first start of his career when he started at left guard for the Titans against the Baltimore Ravens. He played all 70 offensive snaps in the 30–24 overtime victory. Brewer, along with the rest of the offensive line, helped Titans running back Derrick Henry rush for 133 yards, including a game-winning 33-yard touchdown. [4] Brewer was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on January 7, 2021, [5] and activated on January 18. [6] On October 8, Brewer was placed on injured reserve. [7] He was activated on November 6. [8]
Having previously played more of a reserve role or starting in relief of injuries for his first two seasons, Brewer became the full time starting left guard in the 2022 season; starting all 17 games. [9]
Entering the 2023 offseason as a restricted free agent, the Titans placed a second round tender on Brewer on March 15, 2023. [10] On May 7, the Titans announced that Brewer would be moved to center, and take over the starting role that was vacated following the release of Ben Jones. [11] He started all 17 games at center in 2023. [12]
On March 15, 2024, Brewer signed a three-year contract with the Miami Dolphins. [13]
Legend | |
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Offense | |||||||
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GP | GS | Snaps | Pct | Holding | False start | Decl/Pen | Acpt/Pen | Sacks Allowed | ||
2020 | TEN | 12 | 1 | 152 | 19% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | TEN | 12 | 5 | 507 | 59% | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
2022 | TEN | 17 | 17 | 1,031 | 100% | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
2023 | TEN | 17 | 17 | 1,050 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Career | 58 | 40 | 2,740 | - | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
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