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Blair Brown (American football)

Blair Brown
Personal information
Born: (1994-05-27) May 27, 1994 (age 30)
Moreno Valley, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:243 lb (110 kg)
Career information
High school:Rancho Verde
(Moreno Valley, California)
College:Ohio
Position:Inside linebacker
NFL draft:2017 / Round: 5 / Pick: 148
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:17
Sacks:0.5
Fumble recoveries:1
Player stats at PFR

Blair Brown (born May 27, 1994) is an American football linebacker. He played college football at Ohio University.[1]

College career

Brown was ranked first in Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in tackling efficiency with just three misses and 96 solo tackles while at Ohio University.[2] In 2016, only Reuben Foster had higher overall and run-defense grades according to Pro Football Focus than Brown's 92.4 and 91.5. Brown's 131 total tackles tied for the second-most among FBS inside linebackers. Brown was ranked third in FBS in run-stop percentage and had 47 stops.[2]

Professional career

Brown was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fifth round, 148th overall, in the 2017 NFL Draft.[3] He played in 28 games for the team before he was released on May 9, 2019.[4]

Brown was charged with domestic battery on May 30, 2019,[5] but had the charges dismissed in July 2020 and the NFL announced in October 2020 he would not receive league discipline for the incident.[6] He worked out for the Houston Texans on October 17, 2020.[6]

Brown was drafted by the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League (USFL) in the 31st round of the 2022 USFL draft on February 24, 2022.[7] He was transferred to the team's practice squad before the start of the regular season on April 16.[8] He remained on the inactive roster on April 22.[9] He was transferred to the active roster on April 30.[10] He was released on May 5.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Football: Meet Blair Brown, one of the NFL draft's most underrated prospects". ThePostAthens.com. April 19, 2017.
  2. ^ a b PFF.com (April 1, 2017). "PFF Scouting Report:Blair Brown, LB, Ohio". PFF.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  3. ^ Oehser, John (April 29, 2017). "No. 148: Jaguars select LB Blair Brown". Jaguars.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Alper, Josh (May 9, 2019). "Jaguars release Blair Brown, Donald Payne". NBCSports.com. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  5. ^ DiRocco, Michael (May 30, 2019). "Ex-Jags LB Brown charged with domestic battery". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Wilson, Aaron (October 17, 2020). "Texans working out Blair Brown, Eli Mencer". HoustonChronicle.com. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  7. ^ @USFLMaulers (February 24, 2022). "Compensatory Pick: The Pittsburgh Maulers selected OLB Blair Brown with the 9th Pick in the 31st Round of the #USFLDraft" (Tweet). Retrieved April 16, 2022 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ @USFLMaulers (April 16, 2022). "Roster Updates: Transferred to practice squad:" (Tweet). Retrieved April 16, 2022 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ @USFLMaulers (April 22, 2022). "Transferred to inactive roster" (Tweet). Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ @USFLMaulers (April 30, 2022). "Roster Updates" (Tweet). Retrieved April 30, 2022 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ @USFLMaulers (May 5, 2022). "Roster Updates" (Tweet). Retrieved May 5, 2022 – via Twitter.

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