Jerome "Jerry" Brown, Jr., (October 20, 1987 - December 8, 2012) is an American football midfielder who plays for five different teams combined in the National Football League, Arena Football League and Canada Football League. In college, he played in the line of defense for the University of Illinois. In his professional career, he is a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League, the Jacksonville Sharks and the San Antonio Talons of the Arena Football League and the Indianapolis Colts and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was signed as a free agent by Jacksonville Sharks in 2011 and is a contributor to the Shark victory at the ArenaBowl XXIV by having one tackle assist, forcing groping and a missed recovery.
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Initial years
Brown played football at Vashon High School, helping his team win three St Louis Public High League titles and three Missouri district championships. His best year came in 2005, recording 97 tackles, 13 sacks and one interception.
During his career in high school, he was a High Level Public Defense MVP twice and a first-team All-Public High League Conference election. As a senior, he received the PreStar All-America award, named for the All-Metro St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was the first choice for all team members from the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. He is recruiting his 11th high school in Missouri and ranked 53rd in the country according to Rivals.com.
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College career
In 2006, Brown received a scholarship to the University of Illinois. He is redshirted as a freshman and by the end of the season he will continue to be crowned as a team defensive defender this year. He plays in 13 games and has 2.5 sacks during the Illinois run to the Rose Bowl 2008.
In 2008, he saw action in 11 games, recording 3 tackles (1 for loss) against the University of Missouri. In 2009, he had an incredible spring game making seven tackles and two sacks, but academic problems eventually forced him out of school. During his college career, he played mostly as a defensive late backup, recording a total of 13 tackles (4 for losses), 2.5 sacks and two defensed passes.
Professional career
Jacksonville Sharks (AFL)
After not being selected in the NFL Draft 2011, he signed with the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League (AFL) on March 3, 2011, helping the team win the ArenaBowl XXIV. In the final, he posted a tackle, forced to grope and a missed recovery. In 13 regular season games he recorded 19.5 tackles, six sacks and three misses. Hamilton_Tiger-Cats (CFL)
At the end of the AFL season, he signed a contract with Hamilton Tiger-Cats training list on September 27, 2011.
San Antonio Talons (AFL)
Brown signed a contract with San Antonio Talons of the AFL on November 11, 2011. He played in 11 games that recorded 34 tackles (5 for losses), two failed recovery and one blocked kick.
Indianapolis Colts (NFL)
He worked for Houston Texans, the New York Jets and the Philadelphia Eagles, before being signed as a free agent by the Indianapolis Colts on May 23, 2012 for midfielder play. He was one of the last breakers in preseason before setting up team team rehearsals. He appeared in one regular season game against the New York Jets, before being released and signed once more to the rehearsal team. He was cut from the team on October 20, 2012. Dallas Dallas Cowboys (NFL)
On October 24, 2012, the Dallas Cowboys exchanged them to their training team, where he made progress by becoming a team of search teams within a week and received consideration to move to an active list, until his loss of life in a car accident.
Death
On December 8, 2012, at 2:21 am, Cowboys and Illinois colleagues Josh Brent drove the car at high speed with Brown in it. The car hit the outer sidewalk on Texas State Highway 114 outside Dallas, causing the vehicle to flip at least once and then come to rest in the middle of the service road. The car was on fire, which was extinguished. Brown was unresponsive at the scene and was later declared dead. Brent was accused of driving under the influence and killing of poisoning. The police claimed that Brent was trying to pull Brown out of the car.
The tragedy occurred one day before playing against the Cincinnati Bengals, which is a game with playoff implications for both sides and that Bengal is well-liked to win. Head coach Jason Garrett told the incident team and his tragic results on the plane, before flying to Cincinnati. That Saturday, the players held an emotional encounter and hung their Brent and Brown jerseys in their locker room.
This game will be one of the most emotional in franchise history. The defense will be playing without 5 starters (Bruce Carter, Sean Lee, Barry Church, Kenyon Coleman and Jay Ratliff) and they will eventually lose Brent, who will start to replace Ratliff. The Cowboys shocked the Bengals with an impossible 20-19 win from behind which was decided in the final seconds with a 40-yard Dan Bailey field goal. After the last play, Garrett embraced Jason Hatcher, who was in Brown's uniform, who was originally placed on the bench during the game. In honor of Brown, the Cowboys wore 53 stickers on their uniforms, and kept their lockers intact.
For the funeral, Stacey Jackson (Brown's mother) asks Brent to meet with the family at the airport, to also ride and sit with them at the event. The team presents Jackson with a 20-19 game victory ball over the Cincinnati Bengals, along with a hard-hat award, given to players who do their work regardless of circumstances.
References
External links
- Just Sports Statistics
- Indianapolis Colts bio
- Illinois University Combat Illini bio
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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