Ted Brown (American football)

Ted Brown

No. 23

Position:

Running back

Personal information

Date of birth:

February 15, 1957

Place of birth:

High Point, North Carolina

Career information

College:

North Carolina State

NFL draft:

1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16

Career history

Minnesota Vikings (1979–1986)

Career highlights and awards

All-American (1978)
4× All-ACC (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)

Career NFL statistics

Rushing yards:	4,546
Rushing average:	4.1
Rushing TDs:	40
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

College Football Hall of Fame

Thomas Edward "Ted" Brown (born February 15, 1957) is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons during the late 1970s and 1980s. Brown played college football for North Carolina State University, where he was recognized as an All-American. He was a first-round pick in the 1979 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings. Brown's son, J. T. is currently a forward with the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning.

Early years

Brown was born in High Point, North Carolina. He attended T. Wingate Andrews High School.

College career

By the time Brown graduated from North Carolina State University in 1978 he had set the Atlantic Coast Conference career rushing record with 4,602 yards and the single game rushing record with 251 yards against Penn State in 1977. He was an All-ACC pick for all four years in college and a consensus All-American in 1978.^[1] In 2013, Ted Brown was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.^[2]

Professional career

The Minnesota Vikings chose Brown in the first round (sixteenth pick overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft, and he played for the Vikings from 1979 to 1986.

In December 1981, Brown accidentally shot himself while handling a loaded revolver. The injury required surgery to remove bullet and wood fragments from his upper thigh. There was a question of whether he would be able continue his career in football.^[3]

Brown was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.

References

1978 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Chuck Fusina RB Charles Alexander RB Ted Brown RB Billy Sims RB Charles White WR Emanuel Tolbert TE Kellen Winslow OT Kelvin Clark OT Keith Dorney G Pat Howell G Greg Roberts C Dave Huffman C Jim Ritcher

Defense	DL Mike Bell DL Bruce Clark DL Hugh Green DL Al Harris DL Marty Lyons LB Tom Cousineau LB Bob Golic LB Jerry Robinson DB Kenny Easley DB Johnnie Johnson DB Jeff Nixon

Special teams	P Russell Erxleben

1979 NFL draft first-round selections

Tom Cousineau Mike Bell Jack Thompson Dan Hampton Jerry Butler Barry Krauss Phil Simms Ottis Anderson Al Harris Keith Dorney Russell Erxleben Charles Alexander Kellen Winslow Marty Lyons Eddie Lee Ivery Ted Brown Don Smith Manu Tuiasosopo George Andrews Willis Adams Jerry Robinson Kelvin Clark Steve Fuller Jon Giesler Rick Sanford Kent Hill Robert Shaw Greg Hawthorne

Minnesota Vikings first-round draft picks

Mason Dunaway Eller Snow Shay Jones G. Washington Page Yary Ward Hayden Siemon Foreman McNeill Riley Mullaney White Kramer Holloway Brown Martin Nelson Browner Millard Doleman Robinson Dozier McDaniel R. Smith D. Washington Steussie Alexander Stringer Clemons Rudd Moss Culpepper Underwood Hovan Bennett McKinnie Williams Udeze Williamson James Greenway Peterson Harvin Ponder Kalil H. Smith Floyd Rhodes Patterson Barr Bridgewater Waynes

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

Minnesota Vikings 1979 NFL draft selections

Ted Brown Dave Huffman Steve Dils Jerry Meter Joe Senser Bob Winkel Billy Diggs Brian Nelson David Stephens

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