Brown with the New England Patriots in 2011
|
|||||||||||
No. -- Free agent | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Safety | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Date of birth: | May 22, 1988 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Maywood, Illinois | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 218 lb (99 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Maywood (IL) Proviso East | ||||||||||
College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2010 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||||
|
Total tackles: | 144 |
---|---|
Sacks: | 2.5 |
Interceptions: | 1 |
Pass deflections: | 10 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Sergio Brown (born May 22, 1988) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills.
Brown was born in Maywood, Illinois. He attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, where he was a two-sport star in football and track. He played wide receiver and defensive back for the Pirates football team. As a senior, he had 710 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns at wide receiver, and 41 tackles, two sacks, and six interceptions as a safety. Academically, he had a 3.2 GPA.
Also a standout track & field athlete, Brown was a state qualifier in the long jump (top-jump of 23 ft, 9 in). He also competed in sprints, recording a personal-best time of 6.68 seconds in the 55-meter dash event at the 2006 Pirate Indoor Classic, where he placed 5th. In addition, he ran a 4.5-second 40-yard dash and had a 31-inch vertical jump.
At the University of Notre Dame, Brown primarily played special teams during his first two seasons, and became a starter in 2008 as a junior, starting 6 of 13 games and recording 28 tackles and one sack. As a senior, he started 12 games, and had 50 tackles and one sack.