Marcus Brown (cornerback, born 1986)

This article is about the former New Orleans VooDoo cornerback. For the former Seattle Seahawks cornerback, see Marcus Brown (cornerback, born 1987).

Marcus Brown

No. --     Free Agent
Cornerback
Personal information
Date of birth: April 2, 1986 (1986-04-02) (age 25)
Place of birth: Tangipahoa, Louisiana
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Weight: 203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
College: McNeese State
Undrafted in 2008
Debuted in 2010 for the Hartford Colonials
Career history
Arizona Cardinals (2008)* Cincinnati Bengals (2008–2009)* St. Louis Rams (2009–2010)* Hartford Colonials (2010) New Orleans VooDoo (2011) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Honorable mention All-Southland (2007)
Career NFL statistics as of 2009
Tackles	--
Interceptions	--
Pass deflections	--
Stats at NFL.com

Marcus Brown (born April 2, 1986 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana) is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at McNeese State.

Brown has also been a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, St. Louis Rams, Hartford Colonials, and New Orleans VooDoo.

Early years

At Kentwood High School, Louisiana, Brown was the defensive MVP in state championship game in 2003 with two pass interceptions, fumble recovery and six tackles. He was All-State and All-District after having 43 tackles, six interceptions, two fumbles forced, one recovered and 30 passes broken up during senior season. He also played running back. He was also the state champion in long jump and triple jump three straight years, Brown was also all-district in basketball and an honor roll student.

College career

Brown played at McNeese State and for his career he started 20 of 44 games played totaling 151 tackles, three tackles for loss, 14 pass breakups, five fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and four interceptions that he returned for 52 yards. In 2007, as a senior, he was named honorable mention All-Southland Conference after leading team with four interceptions and nine pass breakups and registered 52 tackles, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble while starting all 12 games. In 2006 he had 23 tackles. In 2005 he was the third leading tackler on the team with 61 stops and he started seven of nine games and also had three tackles for loss, five passes broken up and three fumbles recovered. In 2004 he was credited with 15 tackles.

Professional career

Pre-draft measureables

Pre-draft measureables

Ht	Wt	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
6 ft 1⅛ in	200 lb	4.42 s	1.48 s	2.52 s	4.18 s	7.09 s	43½ in	11 ft 6 in	7 rep
Height, weight, and bench from NFL Combine; all others from McNeese State Pro Day.

Arizona Cardinals

Brown was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Arizona Cardinals on May 2, 2008. After playing in Arizona's first three preseason games, he was released on August 26, 2008.

Cincinnati Bengals

Brown was to the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad on December 9, 2008. On December 29, he was signed to a future contract, but was waived on March 6, 2009.

St. Louis Rams

Brown signed with the St. Louis Rams on March 16, 2009. He was waived on September 1. He was re-signed to the practice squad on November 10.

After his contract expired following the season, Brown was re-signed to a future contract on January 8, 2010.^[1] He was waived on May 4, 2010. After being re-signed by the Rams on August 17, Brown was waived again on August 30.

Hartford Colonials

Brown was signed by the Hartford Colonials on September 8, 2010. He was released on September 26.

References

1. ^ http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/01/09/nfl-transactions-for-january-8-2010

External links

• McNeese State Cowboys bio

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Name	Brown, Marcus
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Date of birth	April 2, 1986
Place of birth	Tangipahoa, Louisiana
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