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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | September 16, 1978 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Hacienda Heights, California | ||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | La Puente (CA) Bishop Amat | ||||||||
College: | Nebraska | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2000 / Round: 5 / Pick: 140 | ||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Tackles: | 222 |
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Passes Defended: | 31 |
Interceptions: | 6 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Ralph Davis Brown II (born September 16, 1978) is a former American college and professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He played college football for the University of Nebraska, and was a consensus All-American. He played professionally for the New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals of the NFL.
Brown was born in Los Angeles, California. He went to Charles Bursch Elementary School in Baldwin, Park as a child. He attended Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California, where he was listed as the second-best defensive back in the country by Blue Chip and named to the Dream Team. He was also named to USA Today 's second-team All-America squad. He was seventh in the state in rushing with 2,246 yards on 311 carries and scored the game-winning touchdown in the Lancers' Division I championship win over Los Angeles' Loyola High in 1995. He earned CIF Southern Section Player of the Year and MVP, and the Los Angeles Times Back-of-the-Year honors, scoring 29 times, including a school-record 6 in one game. Defensively, he had 57 tackles and six interceptions. He also lettered three times in track.
His daughter was born in 2009. He married his daughter's mother Amanza Smith on July 17, 2010. Their son was born in 2011.