Eddie Brown (wide receiver)

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Eddie Brown
No. 81
Position:
Miami (FL)
College:Miami
NFL draft:1985 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
363
Receiving yards:6,134
Touchdowns:41
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Eddie Lee Brown (born December 18, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1985–1991. He played college football at the University of Miami.

College career

Brown was part of the

receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns
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Professional career

In the

1985 NFL Draft, Brown was the second receiver selected (after Al Toon) and the 13th pick overall by the Cincinnati Bengals, three picks ahead of Jerry Rice.[1] In 1985 he won the NFL Rookie of the Year Award
with 53 receptions for 942 yards and eight touchdowns.

In 1988, Brown caught 53 passes for 1,273 yards and nine touchdowns, topping the high-powered Bengals offense in yards and leading the Bengals to the 1988 AFC Championship and Super Bowl XXIII. The season earned Brown his only trip to the Pro Bowl. His 1,273 receiving yards was a franchise record, and his 24 yards per catch average is an NFL single-season record that still stands for receivers with 50+ receptions.[2]

Brown's team record for receiving yards was later surpassed by

Chad Johnson's 1,355 yards in 2003, but it took Johnson 37 more receptions than Brown (90) to reach this mark. Brown also set a franchise record for most receiving yards in a single game (216) in the 1988 season, which stood until surpassed by Johnson's 260 receiving yards in a game during the 2006 season
.

Brown's final NFL season was in 1991. He finished his seven-year NFL career with 363 catches (seventh in Bengals history) for 6,134 yards (fifth) and 41 touchdowns (fourth), along with 164 rushing yards.[3]

References

  1. ^ "1985 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  2. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com[permanent dead link]

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