Malcom Brown

Not to be confused with Malcolm Brown.
Malcom Brown

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Brown in the 2015 NFL season
No. 90 New England Patriots
Position: Defensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: (1994-02-02) February 2, 1994
Place of birth: Brenham, Texas
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 320 lb (145 kg)
Career information
High school: Brenham (TX)
College: Texas
NFL draft: 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 32
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2015
Tackles: 48
Sacks: 3.0
Forced fumbles: 0
Player stats at NFL.com

Malcom Brown (born February 2, 1994) is an American football defensive tackle for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas. He was drafted by the New England Patriots with the 32nd overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft.

Early years

Brown attended Brenham High School in Brenham, Texas, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball and track. A three-year starter, he recorded 125 tackles and 24 sacks during his high school football career. He also threw the shot put (top-throw of 48-8 or 14.91 meters) on the track team. Brown was regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com and was ranked as the second best defensive tackle and the 26th best player overall in his class.[3]

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Malcom Brown
DT		 Brenham, Texas Brenham HS 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 280 lb (130 kg) 4.8 Apr 3, 2011 
Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 84
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 17   Rivals: 26  ESPN: 12
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

Brown played in all 13 games as a true freshman at the University of Texas at Austin in 2012, recording 25 tackles. He took over as a starter his sophomore year in 2013, starting all 13 games. He finished the year with 68 tackles and two sacks, and won the team's Joseph W. Moore Tenacity Award for Defense along with Jackson Jeffcoat.

Brown remained a starter his junior season in 2014.[4][5][6] He finished the season with 70 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, and 6.5 sacks[7] and was a first-team All-Big 12 selection by The Associated Press and the league’s coaches. He also received consensus All-American honors,[8] and was named a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy (given to the best defensive player in college football), and the Outland Trophy. Brown finished the year as the Longhorns' season leader in tackles for loss, sacks, and forced fumbles.

After his junior season, Brown entered the 2015 NFL Draft.[9][10]

Professional career

2015 NFL Draft

Brown was drafted 32nd overall by the New England Patriots in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Pre-draft measurables
Ht WtArm lengthHand size 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 2⅜ in 319 lb32½ in10 in 5.05 s 1.75 s 2.94 s 4.59 s 7.84 s 29½ in 8 ft 2 in 26 reps
All values from NFL Combine

New England Patriots

Brown made his debut against the Pittsburgh Steelers and recorded his first NFL sack when he tackled wide receiver Antonio Brown, who was part of an attempted double pass by the Steelers.[11] He would finish his rookie season with 48 tackles (9th on the team) and 3.0 sacks (6th on the team).

References

  1. ↑ Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year(2014)
  2. ↑ High School All-American(2012)
  3. ↑ Rivals.com
  4. ↑ 2015 NFL Draft: Despite loss to OU, Texas' Malcom Brown impresses
  5. ↑ Texas DT Malcom Brown named Bronko Nagurski finalist
  6. ↑ Bohls: Texas’ Malcom Brown a giant on the field, gentle off it
  7. ↑ cfbsstats:Malcolm Brown
  8. ↑ Texas DT Malcolm Brown to enter NFL draft
  9. ↑ Malcom Brown to skip senior season
  10. ↑ All-American Texas DT Malcom Brown to forego senior season, enter NFL draft; who will replace him?
  11. ↑ http://nep.247sports.com/Bolt/WATCH-Patriots-Malcom-Brown-logs-first-career-sack-39324979

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