Vincent Brown (wide receiver)

Vincent Brown

Brown with the San Diego Chargers
No. -- Free agent
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1989-01-25) January 25, 1989 (age 28)
Place of birth:	Upland, California
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:	Rancho Cucamonga (CA)
College:	San Diego State
NFL Draft:	2011 / Round: 3 / Pick: 82
Career history
San Diego Chargers (2011–2013) Oakland Raiders (2014) Indianapolis Colts (2015)* San Diego Chargers (2015) New Orleans Saints (2016)*
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-MWC (2010) Second-team All-MWC (2009)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2015
Receptions: 73 Receiving yards: 941 Receiving average: 12.9 Receiving touchdowns: 3 Player stats at NFL.com

Vincent Brown Jr. (born January 25, 1989) is an American football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at San Diego State University, and was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft.

Brown was born in Upland, California and raised in Rancho Cucamonga, California. He attended Rancho Cucamonga High School from 2003 to 2007. He was voted team MVP as a senior and was voted twice to the All-Baseline League football team.

Brown played in all 12 games as a freshman and started in eight of them in 2007. He ended the season fourth on the team in receptions with 31 and receiving yards with 349. He is third in school history for receptions by a freshman and fourth in receiving yards by a freshman. He also returned 25 kickoffs for 547 yards. His six returns for 146 yards against Washington State, stand as the sixth most return yards in a single game in school history.

Brown started in all 12 games his sophomore year for the Aztecs. He led the team by a wide margin with 64 catches for 631 receiving yards in 2008. Five of his catches were for touchdowns. He had a career day against Idaho when he caught 8 passes for 183 yards and three touchdowns. He became the 47th Aztec to have two 100 yard receiving games in his career. He ended the season averaging fifth best in the Mountain West Conference for receptions per game with 5.3.

Brown started in the first seven games of the Aztec's season before suffering a season-ending thumb injury. He had at least one hundred receiving yards in each of his first four games in 2009. He also scored at least one touchdown in his first five games to start the season. He became the 24th Aztec to reach the 100 career receptions milestone in his game against UCLA. He also passed the 100 career receiving yards in this game. He had a career-high 13 receptions against Idaho. He finished the year with the season with 45 catches for 778 yards and 6 touchdowns. And despite missing the final five games of the season, Brown finished as one of the ten finalists for the Biletnikoff Award and received Second-team all-Mountain West honors.