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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1983-01-27)January 27, 1983 (age 42) Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Greenwood (Greenwood, Mississippi) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Louisiana-Lafayette | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2005: 6th round, 188th pick | ||||||||||||
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Ceandris Nehemiah Brown (born January 27, 1983) is a formerAmerican footballsafety. He was selected by theHouston Texans in the sixth round of the2005 NFL draft. He playedcollege football atLouisiana-Lafayette, and was also enlisted in the Mississippi National Guard.
Brown was also a member of theNew York Giants,Detroit Lions andJacksonville Jaguars.
Brown was selected by theHouston Texans in the sixth round of the2005 NFL draft.[1] He started in all of his four years with the Texans.
Brown became a free agent in 2009 and signed a one-year deal with theNew York Giants. He was tendered to a one-year contract by the Giants following the2009 NFL season, but the tender was withdrawn after the Giants signedDeon Grant.[2]
On May 10, 2010, Brown signed a contract with the Detroit Lions.[3]
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2005 | HOU | 16 | 13 | 80 | 54 | 26 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | HOU | 15 | 15 | 77 | 67 | 10 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 84 | 64 | 20 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | NYG | 16 | 7 | 69 | 59 | 10 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | DET | 15 | 8 | 46 | 37 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | JAX | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | 62 | 374 | 295 | 79 | 1.0 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
Brown was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of health care fraud by theUnited States Department of Justice on December 12, 2019.[4] He initially pleaded not guilty to the charges,[5] but changed his plea to guilty.[6] He was sentenced to 12 months in prison and ordered to pay back $84,777 on June 22, 2020.[6][7]