BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY Zach Brown
No. 55 Tennessee Titans
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Linebacker | |||||||||||||
Personal information
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Date of birth: October 23, 1989 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth: Beaufort, South Carolina | |||||||||||||
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Career information
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High school: Columbia (MD) Wilde Lake | |||||||||||||
College: North Carolina | |||||||||||||
NFL Draft: 2012 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52 | |||||||||||||
Debuted in 2012 for the Tennessee Titans | |||||||||||||
Career history
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Roster status: Injured reserve | |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards
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Career NFL statistics as of 2014
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Zachary Brown (born October 23, 1989) is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at University of North Carolina. The Titans selected him in the second round of the2012 NFL Draft, where he was considered one of the top linebacker prospects.[1]
Early years
Track and field
Brown was a standout track athlete at Columbia (MD) Wilde Lake. He captured the state class 3-A title in the 100 meters, with a time of 10.67 seconds, and in the 200 meters, with a time of 21.52 seconds, becoming the first player in school history to win a state title in track.
Brown also ran track and field at the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he recorded a personal best time of 6.72 seconds in the 60 meters. He also competed in the 200 meters, posting a best season time of 21.75 seconds.
Brown was also known because of his unusual size (6 ft 2 in and 248 lb) and speed for a linebacker, he also recorded a time of 4.28 seconds time in the 40-yard dash while he was at the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Wrestling
Brown is also an accomplished High School wrestler, finishing his senior season with state, region and county championships in the 215 lb weight class. He was undefeated in his senior year with a record of 25-0. Brown finished his junior year with a record of 30-1 as a state runner-up and county and region champion. As a freshman, Brown was a county runner-up in the 171 lb weight class and took third in his region. He did not place in the state tournament, finishing his freshman year with a record of 23-6.
College career
Brown graduated from the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2011. Brown spent his freshman year as a reserve linebacker and contributing to special teams. Next year, Brown started six games at weakside linebacker and competed on the track team. As a junior Brown placed second on the team at tackles and was captain of the special teams unit despite starting five games. In his senior year Zach performed 62 tackles and 3 interceptions as well as 5 1/2 sacks.
Professional career
2012 NFL Combine
Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||||
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6 ft 1 in | 244 lb | 4.44 s | 1.52 s | 2.55 s | 4.32 s | 7.26 s | 35 in | 9 ft 8 in | 22 reps | ||||||||||
All values from NFL Combine |
2012 NFL Draft
In the Titans final regular season game of the 2012 season, Brown returned two interceptions for touchdowns.[5]
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