:DeAndre Brown
{{Short description|American football player (born 1989)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = DeAndre Brown
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| current_team =
| number = 17, 5
| position = Wide receiver
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|12}}
| birth_place = Ocean Springs, Mississippi, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lbs = 240
| high_school = Ocean Springs (MS)
| college = Southern Miss
| undraftedyear = 2011
| pastteams =
- Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2011}})*
- Knoxville NightHawks ({{PIFL Year|2013}})
- New Orleans VooDoo ({{AFL Year|2014}})*
- Green Bay Blizzard ({{IFL Year|2016|2017}})
| status =
| highlights =
- Second-team All-C-USA (2009)
- 4x All-America honors
- CBS Sports Second-team All-America honors (2009)
- Sports Illustrated Second-team All-America honors (2009)
- Associated Press All-America honors (2009)
- Second-team All-PIFL (2013)
| afl = 12971
}}
DeAndre Brown (born October 12, 1989) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Southern Miss. He played high school football at Ocean Springs High School.
College career
Brown made his decision to go to University of Southern Mississippi on National Signing Day. He attended it from 2008 to 2010. As a freshman, he caught 67 passes for 1,117 yards. As a sophomore, he caught 47 passes for 785 yards and nine touchdowns. During his junior year, he played seven of thirteen games, and caught 20 passes for 305 yards and three touchdowns. After a loss in the 2011 Beef 'O' Brady Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida, he decided to skip his senior season and enter the 2011 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=WR Brown to forgo senior year for NFL draft |url=http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20101231/SPORTS030104/12310318/WR-Brown-to-forgo-senior-year-for-NFL-draft}}
Professional career
{{nfl predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 6
| weight = 239
| dash = 4.59
| ten split =
| twenty split =
| shuttle = 4.33
| cone drill = 6.93
| vertical = 29
| broad ft = 9
| broad in = 9
| bench = 19
| wonderlic = 13
| arm span = 33
| hand span = 9.5
| note = All values are from NFL Draft Combine{{Cite web |title=DeAndre Brown |url=http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/deandre-brown?id=2495447 |website=www.nfl.com |publisher=National Football League}}{{Cite web |title=DeAndre Brown #5 WR |url=http://www.profootballweekly.com/prospects/player/deandre-brown-5/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906162404/http://www.profootballweekly.com/prospects/player/deandre-brown-5/ |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |website=www.profootballweekly.com}}
}}
=Philadelphia Eagles=
Brown was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent following the 2011 NFL draft on July 26, 2011.{{Cite web |title=Devine Addition: 10 RFAs In The Fold |url=http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Eagles-Agree-To-Terms-With-Eight-RFAs/46bcd0cf-85b2-4c09-bf0d-512bd62ab44f |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909110424/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Eagles-Agree-To-Terms-With-Eight-RFAs/46bcd0cf-85b2-4c09-bf0d-512bd62ab44f |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |website=www.philadelphiaeagles.com |publisher=Philadelphia Eagles }} On August 8, Brown was waived by the Eagles.{{cite web | title=DeAndre Brown released by Eagles | website=WDAM | date=2011-08-09 | url=https://www.wdam.com/story/15231605/deandre-brown-released-by-eagles/ | access-date=2025-05-18}}
=Knoxville NightHawks=
Brown signed with the Knoxville NightHawks of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) for the 2013 season. Brown was named Second-team All-PIFL as an ironman.{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2013 |title=Four NightHawk Players Make All-PIFL Team |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4625119 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |website=www.oursportscentral.com |publisher=OurSports Central}}
=New Orleans VooDoo=
Brown was assigned to the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League (AFL) in 2014,{{Cite web |last=Creg Stephenson |date=January 23, 2014 |title=Football: Former Ocean Springs, Southern Miss star DeAndre Brown signs with New Orleans Voodoo |url=http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-sports/2014/01/football_former_ocean_springs.html |access-date=October 7, 2014 |website=www.gulflive.com |publisher=Alabama Live LLC}}
=Green Bay Blizzard=
On May 19, 2016, Brown was signed by the Green Bay Blizzard. Brown re-signed with the Blizzard on January 30, 2017.
References
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External links
- [http://southernmiss.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/brown_deandre00.html Southern Miss Golden Eagles bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224030609/http://southernmiss.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/brown_deandre00.html |date=December 24, 2010 }}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141011120759/http://www.arenafootball.com/sports/a-footbl/aflvdo/mtt/deandre_brown_882764.html Arena Football bio]}}
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Category:People from Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Category:Players of American football from Jackson County, Mississippi
Category:American football wide receivers
Category:Southern Miss Golden Eagles football players
Category:Philadelphia Eagles players
Category:Knoxville NightHawks players
Category:New Orleans VooDoo players
Category:Green Bay Blizzard players
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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