Cyron Brown
{{Short description|American football player (born 1975)}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Cyron Brown
| number = 73, 77
| position = Defensive end
Offensive lineman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|6|28}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb = 280
| high_school = Lane Tech (Chicago)
| college = Illinois
Western Illinois
| undraftedyear = 1998
| pastteams =
- Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1998|2001}})
- Colorado Crush ({{AFL Year|2003}})
- Tampa Bay Storm ({{AFL Year|2004}})
- Philadelphia Soul (2004–{{AFL Year|2006}})
- Kansas City Brigade (2006-{{AFL Year|2007}})
- Dallas Desperados ({{AFL Year|2008}})
| highlights =
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 4
| pfr = BrowCy20
| aflstatlabel1 = Total tackles
| aflstatvalue1 = 64
| aflstatlabel2 = Sacks
| aflstatvalue2 = 11.0
| aflstatlabel3 = Passes defended
| aflstatvalue3 = 7
| afl = 3363
}}
Cyron DeAndre Brown (born June 28, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini and Western Illinois Leathernecks.
Early life and college career
Brown played football and basketball at Albert G. Lane Tech High School in Chicago, Illinois, where he earned All-American honors in football and All-City honors in basketball.{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasdesperados.com/dd_player_brown_cyron.cfm |title=Dallas Desperados - Players |accessdate=2010-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503191912/http://www.dallasdesperados.com/dd_player_brown_cyron.cfm |archivedate=2009-05-03 }} He played football at Illinois for three years until transferring to Western Illinois in 1997.
Pro football career
Undrafted in 1998, Brown was a member of the Denver Broncos from 1998 to 2002, primarily as a member of the practice squad.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BrowCy20.htm|title = Cyron Brown Stats| website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030304055756/http://www.denverbroncos.com:80/lockerroom/bios/brown_cyron.php3|archivedate=March 4, 2003|title=Cyron Brown|url=http://www.denverbroncos.com:80/lockerroom/bios/brown_cyron.php3|publisher=Denver Broncos|accessdate=November 8, 2020|url-status=dead}} Brown won a ring as a member of the Broncos Super Bowl XXXIII championship team in 1998.
In 1999, Brown was suspended for four games for violating the league's substance abuse policy. Brown was the first Bronco to violate the policy.{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/1999/10/29/brown_suspended/|title=Broncos' Brown suspended for violating NFL drug policy|publisher=Associated Press|date=October 29, 1999|via=CNNSI.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622064618/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/1999/10/29/brown_suspended/|archivedate=June 22, 2011|accessdate=November 8, 2020|url-status=dead}} The NFL reinstated Brown on June 10, 2001, and he spent the 2001 season on the practice squad. The Broncos waived Brown on August 26, 2002, prior to the regular season.{{cite web |url=https://media.denverbroncos.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2_Den_at_Chi_08_16_2003_Release.pdf |publisher=Denver Broncos News Release |title=DENVER BRONCOS 2002-03 TRANSACTIONS — by date/by player |website=media.denverbroncos.com |access-date=Aug 9, 2024 |date=Aug 11, 2003}}
Brown played his later football career in the Arena Football League, with the Colorado Crush in 2003, Philadelphia Soul from 2004 to 2006, and Kansas City Brigade in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.arenafan.com/players/Cyron_Brown-3363/|title=Cyron Brown|publisher=ArenaFan|accessdate=November 8, 2020}}
References
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{{Super Bowl XXXIII}}
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Category:Denver Broncos players
Category:Colorado Crush players
Category:Tampa Bay Storm players
Category:Philadelphia Soul players
Category:Kansas City Brigade players
Category:Dallas Desperados players
Category:Western Illinois Leathernecks football players