Jammal Filbert Brown (born March 30, 1981) is a former
American football
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offensive tackle who played in the
National Football League
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(NFL) for seven seasons. He played
college football
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Unlike most ...
for the
University of Oklahoma
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, and received unanimous
All-American recognition, and was chosen by the
New Orleans Saints
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in the first round of the
2005 NFL Draft. Brown was selected for the
Pro Bowl
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twice and won
Super Bowl XLIV
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with the team. He also played for the
Washington Redskins
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.
Early years
Brown was born in
Waxahachie, Texas
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Etymology
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.
He attended
MacArthur High School in
Lawton, Oklahoma
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and was a
letterman
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in
football
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in the
defensive lineman position. As a senior, he won all-state honors as a defensive lineman. He graduated from MacArthur High School in 2000.
College career
Brown attended the
University of Oklahoma
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, where he played for coach
Bob Stoops's
Oklahoma Sooners football team from 2000 to 2004. He had been recruited as a
defensive tackle
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, but was switched to offensive tackle in his sophomore year, and quickly blossomed, and secured a starting spot on the Sooners' offensive line. As a senior in 2004, he won the
Outland Trophy
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as the nation's most outstanding lineman. He was the anchor of an offensive line that paved the way for
Adrian Peterson
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to set the record for most rushing yardage by a freshman in 2004. His contributions were key to the Sooners winning the 2004
Big 12 Championship
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. He was a first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2003 and 2004, he was an All-American in 2003 and a unanimous first-team
All-American in 2004.
Professional career
Brown was regarded as one of the best offensive tackles available in the
2005 NFL Draft, and drew comparisons to
Jordan Gross
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.
He was selected by the
New Orleans Saints
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with the 13th overall pick. Brown was the first Sooner offensive lineman taken in the draft since
Stockar McDougle went to the
Detroit Lions
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as the 20th overall pick in the
2000 NFL Draft. Remarkably, Brown was the highest selection among OU offensive lineman since
Stan West was the No. 8 pick by the
Los Angeles Rams in
1950.
New Orleans Saints (2005–2009)
He was selected to attend the
2006 Pro Bowl alongside the player he protected,
quarterback
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Drew Brees
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, after anchoring the line that got the Saints to the
NFC Championship Game. Brown's prototypical size at left tackle makes him good at both run and pass blocking. He led the league in rushing average behind left tackle while only allowing 3 sacks. He was again selected with Brees to participate in the
2008 Pro Bowl.
A torn ACL kept Brown out of action in 2009. The emergence of
Jermon Bushrod
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in his absence resulted in him losing his starting job and an eventual trade to the Washington Redskins.
Washington Redskins (2010–2012)
Brown was traded to the
Washington Redskins
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on June 19, 2010 for a third or a fourth round pick in the
2011 NFL Draft, depending on which pick is sent to the
Eagles
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as a part of the trade for quarterback,
Donovan McNabb. The pick was used to select
Martez Wilson
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.
Brown was made the starting right tackle of the offensive line. At the end of
2010 season, he played in 15 games and started 14 of them.
On July 31, 2011, the Redskins re-signed Brown to a five-year, $20.25 million contract.
As with the 2010 season, he was hampered by the hip surgery he received in 2009.
In Week 15 of the
2011 season against the
New England Patriots
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, he suffered a groin injury during pre-game warmups and was replaced by
Tyler Polumbus
Tyler Polumbus (born April 10, 1985) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
In addition to t ...
.
At the end of the
2011 season, Brown played and started a total of 12 games.
At the start of 2012 training camp, Brown was placed on the
physically unable to perform
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list due to hip soreness on July 26, 2012. Despite initial reports saying he would not need to undergo surgery, Brown had hip surgery on August 27 and expected to miss four to six weeks while recovering. By the start of the
2012 season, he was kept on the PUP list meaning he would not be allowed to play in the first six games of the season. On November 28, the Redskins decided to leave him on the season-ending PUP list. Due to how Brown's contract was restructured last season, the last three years on his contract became void on February 8, 2013, which set him up to become an unrestricted free agent for
2013 season.
References
External links
New Orleans Saints bio*
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1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lawton, Oklahoma
All-American college football players
American football offensive tackles
Oklahoma Sooners football players
New Orleans Saints players
National Conference Pro Bowl players
Washington Redskins players