Browner with the Houston Texans in 2014 | |
No. 98 | |
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Position: | Defensive end |
Personal information | |
Born: | Tampa, Florida, U.S. | April 7, 1988
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight: | 288 lb (131 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Susan Miller Dorsey (Los Angeles, California) |
College: | California |
Undrafted: | 2011 |
Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Keith Tellus Browner, Jr. (born April 7, 1988) is an American former professional football defensive end. He signed with Houston Texans in 2012 and Chicago Bears in 2016. He played college football at University of California, Berkeley.
Browner Jr. attended Dorsey High School in Los Angeles, California. Browner Jr. was selected to the SuperPrep All-Far West team. [1] Browner Jr. was ranked as the No. 22 prospect among defensive ends and also was ranked as the 78th prospect among defensive ends in the state of California according to Rivals.com. He was ranked as the 44th defensive end by scout.com.
Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
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Keith Browner Jr. Defensive end | Los Angeles, California | Dorsey High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 275 lb (125 kg) | 4.6 | Dec 2, 2005 |
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Overall recruit ranking: Scout: 44 (DE) Rivals: 28 (DE), 78 (CAL) | ||||||
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He played college football at California. He finished college with 37 tackles, four sacks, four pass deflections and two forced fumbles. [2]
Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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6 ft 4+3⁄4 in (1.95 m) | 266 lb (121 kg) | 4.99 s | 1.77 s | 2.90 s | 4.53 s | 7.48 s | 28.0 in (0.71 m) | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) | 18 reps | |||
All values from Pro Day [3] |
In 2012, Browner Jr. signed with the Houston Texans. [4] On August 31, he was released. [5] On October 29, 2012, he was signed to the practice squad. [6] He was signed to the 53-man active squad of the Houston Texans on December 12, 2014. [7] He was released from the Houston Texans on May 15, 2015.
Browner signed a futures contract with the Chicago Bears on January 11, 2016. [8] On August 28, 2016, Browner was waived by the Bears. [9]
He is the son of former NFL linebacker Keith Browner and the nephew of former NFL defensive end Ross Browner and former six time Pro Bowl safety Joey Browner who played for the Minnesota Vikings from 1983–1991 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1992. He is the cousin of Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Max Starks. [10]
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