Theotis "Trey" Brown, III (born March 1, 1985) is a former

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cornerback who is currently a Senior Personnel Executive for the

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after being hired by the Bengals in 2021.

Career

Playing career

As a player, he was signed by the

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as an

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in 2009. He played

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. He also played for the

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NFL scout

Brown spent 9 years in the

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as a scout/executive. From 2010 to 2012, he was a scout with the

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. Then, from 2013 to 2018, he was with the

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in a variety of capacities including the Director of College Scouting from 2016 to 2018. Brown has made the Super Bowl with all 3 NFL teams he has worked for: as an Area Scout after the 2011 season with the

, as the Director of College Scouting after the 2017 season with the

(where they beat the Patriots 41–33), and as a Scout after the 2021 season with the

. Brown has also interviewed for General Manager jobs in the NFL on three separate occasions: with the

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in May 2017, the

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in December 2018, and the Las Vegas Raiders in January 2022.

AAF and XFL

After his first two stops in the NFL Brown spent the next two years building rosters (and entire organizations) from scratch in the AAF with the Birmingham Iron and XFL with the

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as it afforded him the opportunity to "do things that you probably wouldn't get a chance to do or get experience in the NFL." In the AAF, he had already clinched a playoff spot with the Birmingham Iron when the league folded. In the XFL, the BattleHawks were tied for first place in their division when the league folded.

Media

In 2016, he appeared in a

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TV commercial.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Trey 1985 births Living people Players of American football from Kansas City, Missouri American football cornerbacks UCLA Bruins football players Chicago Bears players New York Sentinels players New England Patriots scouts Sportspeople from Overland Park, Kansas Philadelphia Eagles scouts