Cornelius Brown (American football)

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Cornelius Brown
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Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1988-02-26) February 26, 1988 (age 36)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school: Houston Forest Brook
College: UTEP
Undrafted: 2010
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:24
Pass deflections:3
Player stats at PFR

Cornelius Brown (born February 26, 1988) is an American former professional football cornerback. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Indianapolis Colts during the 2010 NFL season. [1] He played college football at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).

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Early life and college

Brown was born in Houston, Texas, and attended Forest Brook High School. [2] Brown was a four-year letterman for the UTEP Miners football team. He played 48 career games at defensive back and totaled 130 tackles. [3] He also had 24 passes defensed, which is tied for second-most in school history, and was the MVP of the Texas vs The Nation game played on February 6, 2010. [4]

Professional career

Brown was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bears on April 25, 2010, before being waived on September 4, 2010. He was signed to the Indianapolis Colts practice squad two days later, on September 6. He was signed as a free agent for the Colts on November 1, 2010. With the 2010 Indianapolis Colts, Brown played in 10 NFL games, registering 22 total tackles (17 solo). [1] He also returned five kicks, for a total of 102 yards. [1]

Brown later rejoined the Bears on June 15, 2012. [5] He was waived by Chicago on August 31. [6] On April 8, 2013, Brown was signed by the San Diego Chargers. He was signed to the practice roster of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on June 23, 2014. He was released by the Tiger-Cats on November 14, 2014. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cornelius Brown Stats Summary". NFL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Forest Brook Alumni Pro Stats". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cornelius Brown College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com".
  4. ↑ Watson, Graham (March 8, 2012). "UTEP's Brown makes name at Texas vs. The Nation game - College Football Nation Blog - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ Wright, Michael C. (June 15, 2012). "Bears sign OT Brandon, CB Brown - Chicago Bears Blog - ESPN Chicago". Espn.go.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ Mayer, Larry. "Bears reach 53-man roster limit". Chicagobears.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Transactions". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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