Tarell Brown

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Tarell Brown
San Francisco 49ers — No. 25
Cornerback
Date of birth: January 6, 1985 (1985-01-06) (age 23)
Place of birth: New York, New York
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight: 192 lb (87 kg)
National Football League debut
2007 for the San Francisco 49ers
Career history
College: Texas
NFL Draft: 2007 / Round: 5 / Pick: 147
 Teams:
Career highlights and awards
  • No notable achievements
Stats at NFL.com

Tarell Brown (born January 6, 1985 in New York City) is a professional American football player for the San Francisco 49ers.

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[edit] High School career

Tarell Brown played in the 2003 U.S. Army All-American Bowl alongside fellow Texas Longhorn Limas Sweed.

[edit] College career

Brown played defensive back for the Texas Longhorns college football team. He was a member of the National Championship team that played in the 2006 Rose Bowl National Championship Game against USC. Brown was injured in the third quarter of the game and left with a broken arm.[1]

On September 4, 2006, Brown was one of two UT players and one former UT player were arrested in Austin and charged for marijuana possession, a Class B misdemeanor.[2] The two current players, Tarell Brown and Tyrell Gatewood, were suspended from the team and did not play in the 9 September 2006 game against the 2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.[2] Brown was also charged with a Class A misdemeanor weapons violation for being in possession of a firearm without a permit.[2] The former player, who was the owner of the handgun, is former UT linebacker Aaron Harris.[2] According to an attorney for the defendants, Harris had left the gun in his car after a trip to a shooting range. when the gun slid out from under the seat, Brown held the gun in his lap. It was later revealed that Brown and Gatewood had been tasered during the arrest.[3]

At the time of the arrest, Tarell Brown was listed as a starting cornerback and may have covered Ohio State wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. in that game had Brown been allowed to play. Brown's absence left that task to less experienced defenders.[2]

[edit] NFL career

Brown was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2007 NFL Draft. He was one of seven Longhorns selected by professional football teams in the 2007 NFL Draft. The others were Michael Griffin (number 19 overall), Aaron Ross (number 20 overall), Justin Blalock (number 39 overall), Tim Crowder (number 56 overall), Brian Robison (number 102 overall), Kasey Studdard (number 183 overall).[4] Lyle Sendlein and Selvin Young were not drafted but signed with NFL teams as free agents.[5] Brown partially tore his Anterior Cruciate Ligament and tore his Medial collateral ligament completely in Week 17. He was expected to be fine at the start of training Camp.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Texas CB Brown faces drug, weapon charges", Associated Press, September 5, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-02-12. 
  2. ^ a b c d e "Players suspended for Ohio State game - Education students charged with marijuana possession", The Daily Texan, 2006-09-06. 
  3. ^ "University Briefly", The Daily Texan, September 13, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-02-12. 
  4. ^ "NCAA Schools: TEXAS", ESPN, April 29, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-01. 
  5. ^ "2007 NFL Draft", MackBrownTexasFootball. Retrieved on 2007-05-01. 

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