Richie Brown

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Richie Brown
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Brown in 2014
No. 39, 44
Position Linebacker
Personal information
Born (1994-04-15) April 15, 1994 (age 31)
Long Beach, Mississippi, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school Long Beach
(Long Beach, Mississippi)
College Mississippi State
NFL draft 2017: undrafted
Career history
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
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Richard Brown, Jr. (born April 15, 1994) is an American former football linebacker. He played college football for Mississippi State, leading the team in tackles as the starting middle linebacker in 2015 and 2016. [1]

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Professional career

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Brown was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2017. [2] He was waived on September 2, 2017. [3]

Carolina Panthers

On December 5, 2017, Brown was signed to the Carolina Panthers' practice squad. [4] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Panthers on January 8, 2018. [5]

On August 31, 2018, Brown was waived by the Panthers. [6]

Atlanta Falcons

On September 25, 2018, Brown was signed to the Atlanta Falcons' practice squad. [7] He was released on October 18, 2018. [8]

On July 26, 2019, Brown was re-signed by the Falcons. [9] He was waived/injured on August 31, 2019 and placed on injured reserve. [10] He was released on December 20, 2019.

References

  1. ↑ "Richie Brown". HailState.com. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ Smith, Scott (May 1, 2017). "Bucs' Rookie Free Agents Flesh Out Roster". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ Smith, Scott (September 2, 2017). "Wide Variety of Moves Gets Bucs to 53". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ Henson, Max (December 5, 2017). "Panthers sign Spencer Paysinger, put Jared Norris on IR". Panthers.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Strickland, Bryan (January 8, 2018). "Notes: Jonathan Stewart among vets vested in returning". Panthers.com.
  6. ↑ Henson, Max (August 31, 2018). "Panthers announce first wave of cuts". Panthers.com.
  7. ↑ McFadden, Will (September 25, 2018). "Falcons place Ricardo Allen on injured reserve; make several roster moves". AtlantaFalcons.com.
  8. ↑ McFadden, Will (October 18, 2018). "Falcons sign Jermaine Grace to practice squad, waive Richie Brown". AtlantaFalcons.com.
  9. ↑ McFadden, Will (July 26, 2019). "Falcons agree to terms with Stephone Anthony and Richie Brown". AtlantaFalcons.com.
  10. ↑ McFadden, Will (August 31, 2019). "Falcons 2019 roster announced". AtlantaFalcons.com.
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