 Brown with the Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||
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| Title | Special Teams Coordinator & Outside Linebackers Coach | ||||||||||
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| Born | (1983-12-27)December 27, 1983 (age 41) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Elder (Cincinnati) | ||||||||||
| College | Boston College (2002–2005) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2006: undrafted | ||||||||||
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Richard Gerald Brown (born December 27, 1983) is an American former professionalfootball player who was alinebacker in theNational Football League (NFL), primarily for theOakland Raiders. He is currently the Special Teams Coordinator and Outside Linebackers Coach forNavy. He playedcollege football for theBoston College Eagles.
Brown playedfootball forCincinnatiElder High School, where he played safety. Brown also rantrack. Brown went on to win the 100m, 200m and 400mGreater Catholic League track titles in 2002.
Brown playedcollege football atBoston College, where he played Linebacker. During his freshman year, 2002, Brown was a member ofThe Sporting News Big East All-Rookie Team. In 2005, Brown was a member of the ACC All-Academic Team. He was the winner of the 2005 Scanlan Award, an award given by the Boston College Varsity Club Award to the senior football player outstanding in scholarship, leadership, and athletic ability.
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||||
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| 6 ft1+3⁄4 in (1.87 m) | 230 lb (104 kg) | 4.48 s | 3.96 s | 6.99 s | 32 in (0.81 m) | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) | 18 reps | |||||
| All values fromPro Day.[1] | ||||||||||||
An undrafted free agent in 2006, Brown made a good impression with theOakland Raiders during training camp and made it to the Raiders' practice squad. He was put on the active roster for the Week 5 game against theSan Francisco 49ers when theOakland Raiders waivedJ. P. Foschi to make room for Brown. Brown went on to play in the remaining 13 games of the 2006 season.
In 2007, Brown appeared in all 16 games, making his first career start against theJacksonville Jaguars in Week 16.
Brown was a restricted exclusive rightsfree agent in 2008, re-signing with the Raiders in March. Brown won the starting SAM linebacker position in training camp and played in 7 games before a groin injury sidelined him before the week 9 match-up against theAtlanta Falcons. The groin injury ended up being a misdiagnosed sports hernia, orathletic pubalgia that eventually was surgically repaired after Brown was placed on Injured Reserve before the week 17 game against theTampa Bay Buccaneers.
In 2009, Brown was arestricted free agent, and received a 2nd Round Tender from Oakland in March. Brown signed the 1-year deal, and went into training camp playing both the SAM and MIKE linebacker positions. Brown andKirk Morrison were in competition for the MIKE linebacker position, eventually with Morrison playing MIKE and Brown playing SAM on 1st and 2nd downs, and Brown moving to MIKE on 3rd down, nickel situations. During the Raiders' week 5 match-up versus theNew York Giants, Brown suffered an ankle injury that would eventually end his season. Brown attempted to rehab the injury, but was placed on Injured Reserve during week 11. Brown had surgery 2 weeks later on the ankle.
In 2010, Brown was arestricted free agent again, and received a 2nd Round Tender from Oakland in March.[2] Brown signed the 1-year deal, and went into training camp as a back-up at MIKE linebacker behind 1st-round pickRolando McClain. Brown went on to play in 14 games, including 1 start.
In 2011, Brown received a 2nd Round Tender from Oakland in March, but the tender rendered invalid when a new collective bargaining agreement was reached on July 25, 2011, bringing unrestricted free agency back to 4 accrued seasons.
On August 20, 2011, signed a contract with theNew England Patriots. The terms of the contract were not disclosed.[3] He was released by the Patriots on September 2.
Brown re-signed with the Raiders on September 4. He was cut on November 29, 2011.
On July 25, 2012, Brown signed with theBaltimore Ravens. On August 31, 2012, Brown was place on injured reserve (head).
Brown began his coaching career as a quality control assistant atUSC in 2014, after a brief stint in the professional world as a wealth advisory associate forMorgan Stanley inLos Angeles.
Brown went on to coach at his alma mater,Boston College, in 2016 as the Director of Football Initiatives / Quality Control (Defense), then from 2017-2019 as the Special Teams Coordinator & Outside Linebackers Coach. He then would coachlinebackers for the 2020 season atLafayette.[4]
Brown would return to his nativeOhio, first atOhio State[5] for the 2021 season and then for the 2022 season atCincinnati, both as a special teams quality control coach.[6]
On February 28, 2023, Brown was announced as the Raiders/Strikers and Special Teams Coordinator forNavy under new head coachBrian Newberry.[citation needed]