Blace Gaston Alexander Brown (born May 29, 1996) is an American professional football cornerback. He played college football at Troy. He is the nephew of Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker.[1]
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| Born: | May 29, 1996 Conyers, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Cherokee (Canton, Georgia) | ||||||||
| College: | Troy | ||||||||
| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2019 | ||||||||
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Early life and education
editBlace Brown was born on May 29, 1996, in Conyers, Georgia. He went to high school at Cherokee High School. Brown went to college at Troy.[2][3] He was redshirted in 2015. He had 6 interceptions in 2016.[4] In 2017, he was named to the First Team All-Sun belt with 5 interceptions.[4] Brown tore his ACL in their conference championship game at Arkansas State later that year. He played in all 12 games and had 44 tackles in his senior year.[4] He finished the year with second-team all-Sun Belt honors.
Professional career
editAfter going undrafted in the 2019 NFL draft, Brown was invited to the San Francisco 49ers rookie minicamp for tryouts, but he was not signed to a contract.[5]
Brown went undrafted in the 2019 NFL draft. He later signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He played in 2 games with them in his rookie season.[6] He started one game, and had one tackle.[6] In his second year in the league Brown played in nine games and contributed with 21 defensive tackles, one special teams tackle, one interception and one forced fumble. On June 5, 2022, he was released by the Riders as part of the team's training camp cutdowns.[7] Brown re-signed with the Riders on July 12, 2022, partway through the 2022 season.[8] On February 14, 2023, Brown became a free agent.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Blace Brown". Troy Trojans 2018 Football Roster - Blace Brown. Sidearm Sports (Powered by Learfield). Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ "Blace Brown Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com.
- ^ Ferguson, Justin. "The atypical and winding path of an underdog: Why Troy CB Blace Brown is finally ready to realize his NFL dream". The Athletic.
- ^ a b c "Blace Brown - Football". Troy University Athletics.
- ^ Bouda, Nate (May 4, 2019). "49ers Trying Out 40 Players During Rookie Minicamp". NFLTradeRumors.co. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Blace Brown Stats - Pro Football Archives". www.profootballarchives.com.
- ^ 3Down Staff (June 5, 2022). "Saskatchewan Roughriders release DB Blace Brown among training camp cuts". 3DownNation. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ TSN ca Staff (July 12, 2022). "Riders bring back American DB Brown, sign American LB Rice - TSN.ca". TSN. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Transactions – Football player trades and signings". Canadian Football League. Retrieved March 21, 2023.