Cornell Brown
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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Born: | Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. | March 15, 1975||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Lynchburg (VA) E. C. Glass | ||||||||||
College: | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1997 / Round: 6 / Pick: 194 | ||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Cornell Desmond Brown (born March 15, 1975) is an American
Early years
Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Brown attended E.C. Glass in Lynchburg, Virginia.[1] He played high school football for the E.C. Glass Hilltoppers, and led them to the state championship game in his senior year in 1992, losing to the Bethel High School team.
College career
Brown attended
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 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 1+1⁄8 in (1.86 m) |
244 lb (111 kg) |
33+3⁄4 in (0.86 m) |
9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
5.00 s | 1.76 s | 2.88 s | 4.33 s | 7.81 s | 32.0 in (0.81 m) |
9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) |
19 reps |
The Baltimore Ravens selected Brown in the sixth round (194th pick overall) of the
Coaching
Brown began his coaching career as an intern with the NFL Europe Cologne Centurions in 2005, then spent 2006 and 2007 as defensive line coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy in the spring and a graduate assistant on Frank Beamer's Virginia Tech coaching staff in the fall. Brown joined the Calgary staff in 2008.
Brown was hired by Virginia Tech as the outside linebackers and assistant defensive line coach in 2011.[6]
Brown was hired by Norfolk State University to be the defensive coordinator in 2016
Brown was hired by Marshall University to be the defensive ends coach in 2017
Brown was hired by Tarleton State to be the defensive line coach in 2021.
Football family
Brown's brother is Ruben Brown, who was a Pro Bowl offensive lineman for the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears.[7]
References
- ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Cornell Brown Archived November 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ "Five named to Tech Hall of Fame: Cornell Brown headlines 2007 class Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine," HokieSports.com (August 21, 2007). Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ National Football League, Historical Players, Cornell Brown. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ a b Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Cornell Brown. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ Kyle Tucker, "Cornell Brown to join Virginia Tech football staff," The Virginian-Pilot (February 16, 2011). Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame, History, Brothers in Pro Football Archived October 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 4, 2012.