- Cornell Brown
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Cornell Brown Date of birth: March 15, 1975 Place of birth: Englewood, New Jersey Career information Position(s): Linebacker College: Virginia Tech NFL Draft: 1997 / Round: 6 / Pick: 194 Organizations As player: 1997-2000
2002-2004Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore RavensPlaying stats at NFL.com Cornell Desmond Brown (born March 15, 1975) is the outside linebackers and assistant defensive line coach for Virginia Tech, and a former American football linebacker who played for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League from 1997-2004. His brother, Ruben Brown was a Pro Bowl offensive lineman for the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears.[1]
Brown played college football at Virginia Tech, earning first-team All-America honors as a defensive end in 1995 and 1996, and was drafted out of Blacksburg by the Ravens in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL Draft.[2] He played high school football for E.C. Glass in Lynchburg, Virginia, and led the Hilltoppers to a state championship in his senior year in the 1992–1993 season.
Brown began his coaching career as an intern with the NFL Europe Cologne Centurions in 2005, then spent 2006 and 2007 as defensive line coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy in the spring and a graduate assistant on Frank Beamer's Virginia Tech staff in the fall, being inducted into the Tech Hall of Fame in 2007. Brown joined the Calgary staff in 2008.[3]
In 2011 Brown was hired by Virginia Tech as an assistant coach.[4]
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