Dennis Brown (defensive end)

Dennis Brown
No. 96
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Date of birth: November 6, 1967
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California
Career information
High school: Long Beach (CA) Jordan
College: Washington
NFL draft: 1990 / Round: 2 / Pick: 47
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • USA Today High School All-American (1985)
  • Huskies Football Defensive Lineman of the year: 1986, 1987
  • All Pacific-10 Conference: 1987, 1988, 1989
  • Outland Trophy candidate: 1987, 1988
  • Outland Trophy finalist: 1988, 1989
  • Playboy All-American: 1989, 1990
  • AP Second Team All-American
  • San Francisco 49ers Gold-Rush Rookie of the Year: 1990
  • Super Bowl Champion: 1995
  • Ed Block Courage Award winner: 1995
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 199
Sacks: 24.5
Interceptions: 2
Stats at NFL.com

Dennis Trammel Brown (born November 6, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is a former defensive end who played 7 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League.

Career history

Dennis Brown played football at Long Beach Jordan High School and his strong performance earned him offers to attend various top-notch colleges, including UCLA and USC. He attended the University of Washington from 1986-1990 where he wore #79 and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1990 NFL Draft.[1] That same year he earned the team's Rookie of the Year honors. In 1995 he started in Super Bowl XXIX. After retirement he moved to Seattle, Washington, with his wife Danielle, daughter Darienne Kathleen, and his son Derrick Jonathan. In 1998, Danielle and Dennis divorced. He now lives San Mateo, California Working in the 49ers Alumni department and Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.

Quotes

"I think to myself, do you know how many guys play their whole careers and never get the chance to be a champion? Yet, I was lucky enough to experience it.
Sometimes I stop and think, man that was big deal, a Super Bowl! And I had the opportunity to be a part of it!"

"It was so quiet on the bus. Everybody was just thinking about what they had accomplished. I was in a two-year stretch where things weren’t going very well for me-- my marriage was about over, I had some health problems, things like that. But this game was an escape, a chance to get away from everything for a while... So we’re on the bus, and Rickey Jackson’s son fell asleep on me... I was quietly looking out the window at all the buildings going by, and I thought, Wow, I just won a Super Bowl -- and here I've got this kid asleep on my leg"

References

  1. ↑ "Dennis Brown". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved December 3, 2012.

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