AJ Brown

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AJ Brown
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AJ Brown (2019)
Tennessee Titans - No. 11
Wide receiver
Date of birth: June 30, 1997
Place of birth: Starkville , Mississippi
Height: 1.83 m Weight: 102 kg
NFL debut
2019 for the Tennessee Titans
Career
College : Ole Miss
NFL Draft : 2019 / Round: 2 / Pick: 51
 Teams:
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Captured passports     52
Captive yards     1051
Touchdowns     8th
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Arthur Juan "AJ" Brown (born June 30, 1997 in Starkville , Mississippi ) is an American American football player on the position of wide receiver . He played college football for the University of Mississippi . Since 2019 he has been under contract with the Tennessee Titans in the National Football League (NFL).

Early years

Brown was born in Starkville , Mississippi , and attended high school there. In his high school days, he scored 2,883 yards of space and 35 touchdowns , and he won the 2015 Mississippi State Championship with the Starkville Yellowjackets . In addition to football, Brown also played successful high school baseball as an outfielder . He was the second player after Kyler Murray to participate in both the All-Star High School game for American football and baseball.

college

Brown played college football from 2016 to 2018 . He attended the University of Mississippi and played there for the Ole Miss Rebels in the NCAA Division I FBS. In the 19th round of the 2016 MLB Draft , Brown was selected and signed by the San Diego Padres . His contract meant that he could no longer play baseball in college, but could still play football. For the Padres, however, Brown was barely active as he focused on his football career, and only completed a few training sessions.

In 2017, Brown was awarded the Conerly Trophy for best college football player in Mississippi. That year and the following year, Brown was elected to the Southeastern Conference All-Star Team . He set the records for most passes caught in a season (85) and most receiving yards at his college.

Brown caught a total of 189 passes for 2984 yards and 19 touchdowns at college. On December 4, 2018, he announced that he would be giving up a possible fourth year of college and signing up for the 2019 NFL Draft .

NFL

Brown at the Titans training camp in August 2019

Brown was selected 51st by the Tennessee Titans in the 2nd round in the 2019 NFL Draft .

On his NFL debut in Week 1 of the 2019 season against the Cleveland Browns , he caught three passes that gave him 100 yards of space. Brown caught his first two touchdown passes in the NFL in a 24-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Matchday four. After three games with over 100 receiving yards, Brown was named Offensive Rookie of the Month for December. With a total of 1051 yards of space gained by trapped passes, Brown was the best rookie of the season in this statistic.

NFL statistics

Regular season
year team Games Receiving Fumbles
GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Fum Lost
2019 TEN 16 11 52 1,051 20.2 91 8th 1 0
Total 16 11 52 1,051 20.2 91 8th 1 0

Web links

Commons : Arthur Juan Brown  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Macon Gillespie: From Starkville to Oxford, the story of AJ Brown. In: The Daily Mississippian . September 7, 2018, accessed January 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ Andrew Simon: Two-sport stars face national signing day on mlb.com. February 3, 2016, accessed January 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Davis Potter: Ole Miss signee AJ Brown inks with San Diego Padres, will still play football on oxfordeagle.com. July 18, 2016, accessed on January 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ David Jay: The Padres 2016 Draft Class one year later on 247sports.com. June 12, 2017, accessed January 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ Ole Miss WR AJ Brown wins Conerly Trophy. In: USA Today . November 28, 2017, accessed January 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Jake Evans: Road to the NFL: AJ Brown Draft Profile on therebelwalk.com. April 16, 2019, accessed on January 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ College statistics on sports-reference.com, accessed January 12, 2020.
  8. ↑ Mike Chiari: WR AJ Brown Declares for 2019 NFL Draft After 3 Seasons at Ole Miss on bleacherreport.com. December 4, 2018, accessed January 11, 2020.
  9. ↑ Scott Polacek: Titans Take WR AJ Brown in 2019 NFL Draft; Twitter Hypes 'Home Run' Pick on bleacherreport.com. April 27, 2019, accessed on January 11, 2020.
  10. ↑ Paul Skrbina: Titans' AJ Brown had plenty of confidence before NFL debut to remember. In: The Tennessean . September 10, 2019, accessed on January 11, 2020.
  11. ↑ Steven Taranto: AJ Brown breaks out, catches first two NFL touchdowns on cbssports.com. September 29, 2019, accessed on January 11, 2020.
  12. ↑ Jim Wyatt: Titans WR AJ Brown Named the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Month for December on the Tennessee Titans website. January 2, 2020, accessed on January 11, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Brown, AJ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brown, Arthur Juan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Starkville , Mississippi