Cornell Brown

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Cornell Desmond Brown (born March 15, 1975) is an American football coach and former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He is currently the defensive tackles coach for Eastern Michigan, a position he has held since 2025. He played college football for Virginia Tech, and earned All-American honors twice. Drafted late in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL draft, he played professionally for the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. In 2013, Brown was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (the state-wide organization that honors sports figures from the state, or who contributed to sports programs in the state).

Early life

Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Brown attended E.C. Glass in Lynchburg, Virginia.[1] He played high school football for the E.C. Glass Hilltoppers, and led them to the state championship game in his senior year in 1992, losing to the Bethel High School team.

College career

Brown attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he played for coach Frank Beamer's Virginia Tech Hokies football team from 1993 to 1996. He earned first-team All-American honors as a defensive end in 1995, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American in 1996. He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]

Professional career

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The Baltimore Ravens selected Brown in the sixth round (194th pick overall) of the 1997 NFL draft.[3] He played for the Ravens from 1997 to 2000.[4] With the Ravens, he had success as a backup outside linebacker. He earned a Super Bowl ring when Baltimore defeated the New York Giants 34–7 in Super Bowl XXXV. Brown was hit with a drug charge in 2001 however, and was cut, although the charge was eventually dropped. After going back to Virginia Tech for a year, Brown was picked up by the Oakland Raiders. Cut again, he was re-signed by the Ravens, and played the remainder of his career for them from 2002 to 2004.[5] In his seven NFL seasons, he played in 108 regular season games, started twenty-five of them, and compiled 147 tackles, seven quarterback sacks and three forced fumbles.[6] Brown was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

NFL career statistics

Legend
Won the Super Bowl
Bold Career high

Regular season

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD
1997 BAL 16 1 11 11 0 0.5 1 21 0 21 1 0 0 0
1998 BAL 16 1 5 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 BAL 16 5 36 29 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 BAL 16 1 23 17 6 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2002 BAL 16 14 63 40 23 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 BAL 16 3 36 31 5 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 BAL 13 0 19 15 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
109 25 193 146 47 7.0 1 21 0 21 3 0 0 0

Playoffs

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD
2000 BAL 3 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 BAL 1 1 3 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 1 5 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Coaching

Brown began his coaching career as an intern with the NFL Europe Cologne Centurions in 2005, then spent 2006 and 2007 as defensive line coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy in the spring and a graduate assistant on Frank Beamer's Virginia Tech coaching staff in the fall. Brown joined the Calgary staff in 2008.

Brown was hired by Virginia Tech as the outside linebackers and assistant defensive line coach in 2011.[7]

Brown was hired by Norfolk State to be the defensive coordinator in 2016.

Brown was hired by Marshall to be the defensive ends coach in 2017.

Brown was hired by Tarleton State to be the defensive line coach in June 2021.[8]

In February 2022, Brown was hired by the Calgary Stampeders as their defensive line coach.[9]

In March 2024, Brown was hired by Bowling Green as their defensive line coach.[10]

In April 2025, Brown was hired by Eastern Michigan as their defensive tackles coach.[11]

Football family

Brown's brother is Ruben Brown, who was a Pro Bowl offensive lineman for the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears.[12]

References

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  1. ↑ databaseFootball.com, Players, Cornell BrownTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Five named to Tech Hall of Fame: Cornell Brown headlines 2007 class Script error: No such module "webarchive".," HokieSports.com (August 21, 2007). Retrieved February 4, 2012.
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  4. ↑ National Football League, Historical Players, Cornell Brown. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
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  6. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Cornell Brown. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  7. ↑ Kyle Tucker, "Cornell Brown to join Virginia Tech football staff," The Virginian-Pilot (February 16, 2011). Retrieved February 4, 2012.
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  12. ↑ Pro Football Hall of Fame, History, Brothers in Pro Football Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Retrieved February 4, 2012.

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