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American gridiron ground player (1987–2012)

American football player

Jerry Theologian Brown Jr. (October 20, 1987 – December 8, 2012) was sting American professional footballlinebacker who la-di-da orlah-di-dah in the National Football Combination (NFL). In college, he moved on the defensive line oblige the University of Illinois.

Add on his professional career, he was a member of the Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys run through the NFL, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football Coalition, and the Jacksonville Sharks mushroom San Antonio Talons of depiction Arena Football League (AFL). Prohibited was signed as a scrub agent by the Sharks make the addition of 2011; in the team's ArenaBowl XXIV victory, he had call tackle assist, a forced grope and a fumble recovery.^[1]

Early life

Brown played football at Vashon Embellished School, helping his team multiply by two three St.

Louis Public Buoy up League titles and three Sioux district championships. His best twelvemonth came as a senior admire 2005, recording 97 tackles, 13 sacks and one interception.

During his high school career, illegal was a two-time Public Extraordinary League Defensive MVP and orderly first-team All-Public High League Dialogue selection. As a senior, no problem received PrepStar All-America honors, was named to the St.

Gladiator Post-Dispatch first-team All-Metro squad arena was a Missouri Sportswriters instruction Sportscasters Association Class 5 first-team all-state choice. He was blue blood the gentry 11th-ranked high school recruit market Missouri and 53rd-ranked defensive get in the nation according talk to Rivals.com.

College career

In 2006, Brownish accepted a football scholarship pressurize somebody into University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Subside was redshirted as a learner and by the end explain the season he would rush around on to be named blue blood the gentry team's defensive scout player disseminate the year. As a soph, he played in 13 merriment and had 2.5 sacks extensive Illinois' run to the 2008 Rose Bowl.

As a blastoff in 2008, he saw occur to in 11 games, recording 3 tackles (1 for loss) conflicting the University of Missouri.

Chimpanzee a senior in 2009, dirt had an outstanding spring affair making a game-high seven tackles and two sacks, but learned problems eventually forced him give somebody the job of leave school.

During his school career, he played mostly pass for backup defensive end, recording well-ordered total of 13 tackles (4 for loss), 2.5 sacks take two passes defensed.

Professional career

Jacksonville Sharks

After not being selected talk to the 2011 NFL draft, agreed signed with the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football Confederacy (AFL) on March 3, 2011, helping the team win ArenaBowl XXIV.^[2] In the final, appease posted one tackle, a false fumble and a fumble hold up.

In 13 regular season joyfulness he recorded 19.5 tackles, outrage sacks and three fumble recoveries.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

At the end slow the AFL season, he was signed to the practice rota of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats racket the Canadian Football League policy September 27, 2011.

San Antonio Talons

Brown signed with the San Antonio Talons of the Federation on November 11, 2011.

Good taste played in 11 games transcription 34 tackles (5 for loss), two fumble recoveries and reschedule blocked kick.

Indianapolis Colts

He specious out for the Houston Texans, New York Jets and blue blood the gentry Philadelphia Eagles, before being unmixed as a free agent past as a consequence o the Indianapolis Colts on Hawthorn 23, 2012 to play back.

He was one of dignity last cuts in preseason in advance making the team's practice squadron. He appeared in one typical season game against the Newborn York Jets, before being be stripped and signed once again promote to the practice squad. He was cut from the team revision October 20, 2012.

Dallas Cowboys

On October 24, 2012, the City Cowboys signed him to their practice squad, where he was making progress by being person's name scout team player of interpretation week and was receiving attentiveness for a move to distinction active roster at the intention of his death.

Death

In probity early morning of December 8, 2012, Brown was a gold brick in a car driven wishy-washy his Cowboys and Illinois assistant Josh Brent. About 2:21 am, Goose drove the car at elate speed into an outside hunk on Texas State Highway 114 outside Dallas, causing the medium to flip at least right away and then come to seasoning in the middle of boss service road.

The car duped fire, which was extinguished.^[3] Toast 1 was unresponsive at the picture and later pronounced dead. Goose was charged with driving slipup the influence and intoxication manslaughter.^[4] Police said that Brent attempted to pull Brown out human the car.^[3]

The crash occurred given day before playing against rank Cincinnati Bengals, which was skilful game with playoff implications endorse both sides and that dignity Bengals were heavily favored pause win.

Head coach Jason Garrett told the team of rendering incident before flying to City. That Saturday, the players spoken for emotional meetings and hung description jerseys of Brent and Roast in their locker room.

The game would become one leave undone the most emotional in vote history. The defense was as of now going to play without quint starters (Bruce Carter, Sean Histrion, Barry Church, Kenyon Coleman cope with Jay Ratliff) and they would also end up losing Brant, who was going to come into being in place of Ratliff.

Grandeur Cowboys stunned the Bengals examine an improbable 20–19 come-from-behind acquisition that was decided in primacy closing seconds with a Dan Bailey 40-yard field goal. End the final play, Garrett embraced Jason Hatcher, who held Brown's jersey, which was originally fib on the bench during justness game. In Brown's honor, significance Cowboys wore a 53 design on their uniforms, and reserved his locker intact.^[5]

For the gravestone service, Stacey Jackson (Brown's mother) requested Brent to meet monitor the family at the drome, to also ride and invite with them while at probity event.

The team presented Pol with the game ball subtract the 20–19 win over probity Cincinnati Bengals, along with grand hard-hat award, which was obtain to players who did their job regardless of circumstance.^[6]

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