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| No. 21 – Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Safety | ||||||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-03-21)March 21, 2000 (age 25) London, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 211 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school | South Collegiate (London) Saint Stephen's(Bradenton, Florida, U.S.) | ||||||||||||
| College | Illinois (2018–2022) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2023: 3rd round, 66th overall pick | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
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| Awards and highlights | |||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2025 | |||||||||||||
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Sydney Brown (born March 21, 2000) is a Canadian professionalAmerican footballsafety for thePhiladelphia Eagles of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theIllinois Fighting Illini.
Brown originally attended theLondon South Collegiate Institute inLondon, Ontario, Canada before transferring toSaint Stephen's Episcopal School inBradenton, Florida in 2016, along with his twin brother,Chase Brown.[1][2] Over his junior and senior seasons, he combined to have 132 tackles and threeinterceptions. He committed to theUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to playcollege football.
As a true freshman at Illinois in 2018, Brown started all 10 games he played in and had 55 tackles and one interceptions. In 2019, his brother, Chase joined Illinois after a year atWestern Michigan.[3][4] That season, he started 10 of 11 games, recording 88 tackles, three interceptions and an interception returned for a touchdown. He started all six games in theCOVID-19 shortened 2020 season, finishing with 36 tackles. In 2021, Brown started all 12 games, and had 81 tackles and one sack. He returned to Illinois for his senior year in 2022.[5][6]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft9+3⁄4 in (1.77 m) | 211 lb (96 kg) | 31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) | 10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 4.47 s | 1.51 s | 2.55 s | 40.5 in (1.03 m) | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) | 23 reps | ||
| All values from theNFL Combine[7][8] | ||||||||||||
Brown was ranked the #3 Canadian prospect ahead of the2023 CFL draft, but ultimately went undrafted.[9]
ThePhiladelphia Eagles selected Brown in the third round (66th overall) of the2023 NFL draft.[10] He notably became the last of five defensive backs drafted from the same Illinois' secondary spanning from 2018 to 2020. His fellow defensive backs from Illinois includedNate Hobbs(2021),Kerby Joseph(2022),Devon Witherspoon (2022), andQuan Martin (2023).[11]
In Week 17 against theArizona Cardinals, Brown recorded his first career interception and touchdown on the same play when he returned an interception 99 yards off aKyler Murray pass.[12] In Week 18 against theNew York Giants, Brown tore his ACL, ending his season.[13]
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Brown began the 2024 season on the reserve/PUP list, and activated on October 19, 2024.[14] Brown won a Super Bowl ring when the Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40–22 inSuper Bowl LIX.[15]
On September 28, in Week 4 of the 2025 season against theTampa Bay Buccaneers, Brown returned a punt that was blocked by teammateCameron Latu 35 yards for a touchdown in the Eagles 31–25 win.[16]
| Legend | |
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| Won theSuper Bowl | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2023 | PHI | 14 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 99.0 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | PHI | 11 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 25 | 6 | 52 | 38 | 14 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 120 | 60 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brown is theidentical twin brother ofCincinnati Bengals running backChase Brown. The two were teammates at Illinois.[17]
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