Sydney Brown (American football)
No. 21 – Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||
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Position: | Safety | ||||||
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Born: | London, Ontario, Canada | March 21, 2000||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 211 lb (96 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Saint Stephen's (Bradenton, Florida) | ||||||
College: | Illinois (2019–2022) | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2023 / Round: 3 / Pick: 66 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Sydney Brown (born March 21, 2000) is a Canadian American football safety for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Illinois.
Early years
Brown originally attended the
College career
As a true freshman at Illinois in 2018, Brown started all 10 games he played in and had 55 tackles and one interceptions. In 2019, his brother, Chase joined Illinois after a year at
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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5 ft 9+3⁄4 in (1.77 m) |
211 lb (96 kg) |
31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) |
10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) |
4.47 s | 1.51 s | 2.55 s | 40.5 in (1.03 m) |
10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
23 reps | |||
All values from the |
Brown was ranked the #3 Canadian prospect ahead of the
Brown was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round, 66th overall, of the 2023 NFL draft.[10] In Week 17 against the Arizona Cardinals, Brown recorded his first career interception and touchdown on the same play when he returned an interception 99 yards off a Kyler Murray pass.[11] In Week 18 against the New York Giants, Brown tore his ACL, ending his season.[12]
NFL career statistics
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Led the league | |
Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2023 | PHI | 14 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 99.0 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 14 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 99.0 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal life
Brown is the
References
- ^ From Shelters to Stardom: Chase and Sydney Brown’s Path to Gridiron Glory
- ^ Football-playing Brown brothers thrive in the private practice
- ^ Identical twins living football dream at Illinois
- ^ How Illinois junior twins Sydney and Chase Brown are pushing each other in their Canadian garage
- ^ Illinois’ Chase, Sydney Brown have one last shot together to put the ‘winning’ in ‘twinning’
- ^ Twins Chase and Sydney Brown fuel Illinois football's revival
- ^ "Sydney Brown Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ "2023 NFL Draft Scout Sydney Brown College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ "Matthew Bergeron takes Top Spot in Spring Scouting Bureau Rankings". Canadian Football League. April 21, 2023.
- ^ "Eagles select S Sydney Brown with the 66th overall pick". PhiladelphiaEagles.com. April 28, 2023.
- ^ Mller, Anthony. "Top CFL Draft Prospect Scores Amazing Touchdown, Flying High for Philadelphia Eagles". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Gamarra, Max. "Eagles Rookie Sydney Brown Suffers Season-Ending Injury vs. Giants". Eagles Today. FanNation. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam. "'It's been a journey': The Brown twins' long road toward NFL dreams". ESPN. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
External links
- Illinois Fighting Illini bio
- Media related to Sydney Brown at Wikimedia Commons