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Cody Brown No. -- Detroit Lions Linebacker Personal information Date of birth: November 9, 1986 Place of birth: Coral Springs, Florida Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 252 lb (114 kg) Career information College: Connecticut NFL Draft: 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 63 No regular season or postseason appearances Career history - Arizona Cardinals (2009)*
- New York Jets (2010–2011)*
- Detroit Lions (2011–present)
- *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Did Not Report Career highlights and awards - First-team All-Big East (2008)
Career NFL statistics as of 2009 Tackles -- Sacks -- Forced fumbles -- Stats at NFL.com Cody Dion Brown (born November 9, 1986) is an American football linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Connecticut.
He has also been a member of the New York Jets.
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Early years
Brown attended Coral Springs High School, where he made 88 tackles and had nine quarterback sacks as a senior. He was named first team All-Broward County and honorable mention All-State.
Considered a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Brown was not ranked among the best defensive end prospects in the nation.[1]
College career
Cody Brown was a three year starter at defensive end and a team captain for the Huskies during his senior season. In 2005, he became the first true freshman lineman to start a game after Connecticut's upgrade to Division 1-A. He was named starter for the Huskies during his sophomore season, and has since started every game in which he participated. In his final two seasons as a Husky, Brown registered a total of 18.5 sacks and 33 tackles for loss[2] and he was named to the First Team All-Big East at defensive end after his senior season.[3]
Professional career
Pre-draft
Pre-draft measureables Ht Wt 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20 ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP Wonderlic 6-2⅛ * 244 lb * 4.76 * 1.62 2.79 4.40 * 7.10 * 36½ in. * 10'00" * 26 * 21 * (* represents NFL Combine) [4][5]
Arizona Cardinals
Picked 63rd overall by the Arizona Cardinals, Brown was the last of four former Huskies to be taken from in the first two rounds of the 2009 NFL Draft. The Cardinals selection of Brown, together with the New England Patriots and New York Giants respective second round draft picks, Darius Butler and William Beatty, and first round Indianapolis Colts selection Donald Brown, established an unprecedented UConn football presence in the NFL draft; by the end of the second round, the only school that exceeded UConn's four picks—by one pick—was USC.[6] Brown suffered a wrist injury during the 2009 preseason and was placed on season-ending injured reserve on August 24. Brown would be waived by the team on September 3, 2010.
New York Jets
The New York Jets signed Brown to their practice squad on September 7, 2010.[7] Brown was signed to a future contract on January 25, 2011.[8] He was waived on August 7.[9]
Detroit Lions
On August 8, 2011, the Detroit Lions claimed him off waivers.
References
- ^ "Cody Brown Recruiting Profile". Rivals.com. http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=1&pr_key=33982.
- ^ "Cody Brown and His Future with the Arizona Cardinals". Sportsblogs, Inc.. May 7, 2009. http://www.revengeofthebirds.com/2009/5/7/866642/cody-brown-and-his-future-with-the.
- ^ "Big East Announces 2008 Postseason Football Honors". BigEast.org. December 10, 2008. http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92485&SPID=11215&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=3631151.
- ^ [www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=61401&draftyear=2009&genpos=OLB NFL Draft Scout.com]
- ^ Nawrocki, Nolan (April 21, 2009). "The Way We Hear It — draft edition". Pro Football Weekly website. http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/Draft+Extras/2009/wwhi042109.htm. Retrieved April 25, 2009.
- ^ "Brown Leads UConn Parade Of Players Picked". April 26, 2009. http://www.courant.com/sports/football/hc-ucfoot0426.artapr26,0,3765706.story.
- ^ Jets PR Department (September 7, 2010). "P.Turner Waived; Chauncey Signed to P-Squad". New York Jets. Archived from the original on August 8, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/60mbk7Ef9. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
- ^ Caplan, Adam (January 25, 2011). "Jets re-sign four players". NFL Buzz. Archived from the original on January 25, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5w0kptkyG. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ Jets Media Relations Department (August 7, 2011). "Mason, 2 Others Signed, 2 Waived". New York Jets. Archived from the original on August 8, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/60mbYYCW0. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
External links
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Reserve lists 24 Erik Coleman (IR) | 25 Mikel Leshoure (IR) | 36 Jerome Harrison (NF-Inj.) | 38 Vincent Fuller (IR) | 50 Isaiah Ekejiuba (IR) | 70 Jason Fox (IR) | 72 Johnny Culbreath (IR) | -- Cody Brown (Did Not Report)
Practice squad 19 Terrence Toliver | 39 Ricardo Silva | 41 James Davis (IR) | 46 Nathan Overbay | 49 Aaron Lavarias | 63 Jacques McClendon | 64 Dan Gerberry | 69 Kyle Moore | 86 Nate Hughes
AFC East: BUF · MIA · NE · NYJ • North: BAL · CIN · CLE · Chris "Beanie" Wells • Cody Brown • Rashad Johnson • Greg Toler • Herman Johnson • Will Davis • LaRod Stephens-Howling • Trevor Canfield Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
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