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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1970-02-25)February 25, 1970 (age 55) Summit, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Westfield(Westfield, New Jersey) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Duke | ||||||||||||||
| Supplemental draft | 1992: 1st round | ||||||||||||||
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David Michael Brown (born February 25, 1970)[1] is an American former professionalfootball player who was aquarterback in theNational Football League (NFL) for theNew York Giants andArizona Cardinals. He playedcollege football for theDuke Blue Devils.
Brown grew up inWestfield, New Jersey, and playedhigh school football atWestfield High School, graduating in 1988.[2][3]
After his career in football, Brown went on to become a director at New York Life Investment Management. In 2008, he joined Lehman Brothers where he served as a Senior Vice President of Lehman's Private Fund Marketing Group. Brown left Lehman Brothers in 2008 to become the Co-Head of Greenhill's Private Capital Advisory Group. In 2015, he joinedMoelis & Company to lead their new private equity fundraising business.
Brown had a successful career atDuke University. In his November 4, 1989, starting debut he threw for 444 yards againstWake Forest University, including a 97-yardtouchdown towide receiver Clarkston Hines to establish Duke's longest play from scrimmage.[4] Later that month, Brown set a school single-game record with 479 passing yards against theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, upending Duke's rival, 41–0, to finish the year with seven straight wins and a share of theAtlantic Coast Conference championship. The Blue Devils subsequently received a bid to play in theAll-American Bowl, Duke's firstbowl game in almost 30 years. In 1991, Brown was chosen as the recipient of Duke's Carmen Falcone Team MVP Award.[5]
Brown ranks in the top ten in the following categories for Duke football quarterbacks: pass attempts in a season (#4, 437), pass attempts in a career (#5, 845), pass attempts in a game (#8, 54), pass completions in a game (#5, 33), pass completions in a season (#5, 230), pass completions in a career (#5, 463), passing yards in a game (#1, 479), passing yards in a season (#5, 2,794), passing yards in a career (#5, 5,717), touchdown passes in a game (#2, 4), touchdown passes in a season (#3, 20), touchdown passes in a career (#4, 42), 300-yard passing games in a season (#2, 4), 400-yard passing games in a career (#3, 8), 400-yard passing games in a season (#1, 2), and 400-yard passing games in a career (#2, 2).[5]
Brown ranks in the top ten in the following categories for Duke football offensive players: total offensive yards in a season (#5, 2,851), total offensive yards in a career(#5, 5,770), total offensive yards in a game (#2, 470), and two-point attempts in a game (#1, 3).[5]
Brown was drafted by the Giants as the top overall selection in the 1992 supplemental draft.[6] His first appearance came on December 12, 1992, when he was forced into the lineup due to injuries ofPhil Simms,Jeff Hostetler, andKent Graham, dropping a 19–0 decision to thePhoenix Cardinals. To make matters worse, Brown himself was injured during the game and didn't play a down the rest of the season.
Following Simms' release[7] after the following season, Brown won the starting job in 1994 and helped guide his team to a 9–7 record, including a season-ending six-game winning streak. However, the Giants won only a combined 11 games in the next two seasons and their offense finished statistically worst in the league in 1996. This finish led to the firing ofDan Reeves, and the hiring of noted QB guruJim Fassel.
After injuring his chest during a game against theDallas Cowboys, Brown lost his starting job in 1997 and was never able to re-claim it. Jim Fassel went the rest of the season withDanny Kanell at quarterback and had an unexpected run to the playoffs and division title. In the off-season Brown was signed by theArizona Cardinals to play primarily as a backup, and he ended up finishing his career in 2001 with Arizona.
Following his career in professional football, Brown moved on to investment management.
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacked | |||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Sck | Yds | ||
| 1992 | NYG | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 21 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.2 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 1993 | NYG | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | NYG | 15 | 15 | 9–6 | 201 | 350 | 57.4 | 2,536 | 7.2 | 53 | 12 | 16 | 72.5 | 60 | 196 | 3.3 | 21 | 2 | 42 | 248 |
| 1995 | NYG | 16 | 16 | 5–11 | 254 | 456 | 55.7 | 2,814 | 6.2 | 57 | 11 | 10 | 73.1 | 45 | 228 | 5.1 | 23 | 4 | 44 | 206 |
| 1996 | NYG | 16 | 16 | 6–10 | 214 | 398 | 53.8 | 2,412 | 6.1 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 61.3 | 50 | 170 | 3.4 | 18 | 0 | 49 | 276 |
| 1997 | NYG | 7 | 6 | 3–3 | 93 | 180 | 51.7 | 1,023 | 5.7 | 62 | 5 | 3 | 71.1 | 17 | 29 | 1.7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 67 |
| 1998 | ARI | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 31 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 61.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1999 | ARI | 8 | 5 | 3–2 | 84 | 169 | 49.7 | 944 | 5.6 | 71 | 2 | 6 | 55.9 | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 130 |
| 2000 | ARI | 6 | 2 | 0–2 | 40 | 69 | 58.0 | 467 | 6.8 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 70.1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 53 |
| 2001 | ARI | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 73 | 60 | 26–34 | 892 | 1,634 | 54.6 | 10,248 | 6.3 | 71 | 44 | 58 | 67.9 | 192 | 669 | 3.5 | 23 | 7 | 181 | 1,005 | |