Jerald Brown (born December 3, 1980) is a

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who is currently a free agent. He played

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. Brown has played for the

New York Dragons The New York Dragons were a professional arena football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Dragons participated in the Arena Football League's (AFL) National Conference as a member of the Eastern Division. The team was founded in ...

Arizona Rattlers The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League ...

Columbus Destroyers The Columbus Destroyers were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Columbus, Ohio, with home games in Nationwide Arena. The team was founded in as the Buffalo Destroyers, based in Buffalo, New York, and relocated to Columbus in . They fold ...

, and

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of the

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

, as well as the

Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the Canadian F ...

and

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

of the CFL.

Professional career

Before playing in the CFL, Brown was a five-year veteran of the

, where he played for the

, and

. In the

2006 Arena Football League season The 2006 Arena Football League season was the 20th season of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Chicago Rush, who defeated the Orlando Predators in ArenaBowl XX. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans VooDoo ...

, he was named the AFL Defensive Player of the Year when he led the league with 11 interceptions and 133 interception-return yards. In 2009, he signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League and was a member of both the

97th Grey Cup The 97th Grey Cup was played on November 29, 2009, at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta, and decided the Canadian Football League (CFL) champion for the 2009 season. The Montreal Alouettes came from behind to defeat the Saskatchewan Roughrider ...

and

98th Grey Cup The 98th Grey Cup was a Canadian football game played between the East Division champion Montreal Alouettes and West Division champion Saskatchewan Roughriders to decide the champion of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the 2010 season. I ...

championship team with the

. In 6 seasons in the CFL, he has recorded 271 tackles, 17 interceptions and 7 fumbles recovery. On February 26, 2016, Brown signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. On May 31, 2016, Brown announced his retirement, but on August 7, 2016, Brown re-signed with the Argonauts as a free agent.

References

External links

Toronto Argonauts bio

Montreal Alouettes bio

AFL bio
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