Alex Brown (defensive end)

Brown was born in Jasper, Florida in 1979. He attended Hamilton County High School in Jasper, and played high school football for the Hamilton County Trojans. As the Trojans' senior quarterback in 1996, Brown threw for 863 yards and four touchdowns, and rushed for 767 yards and eighteen touchdowns; as a starting linebacker, he also compiled 117 total tackles (with seven tackles for loss), five blocked passes, four fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles and two blocked field goals. He was honored as a Florida Class 3A all-state selection and a National Recruiting Adviser and SuperPrep high school All-American. Brown was also a standout basketball player and track and field athlete, and was the state champion discus thrower in 1996. == College career ==

Brown accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1998 to 2001. The Gators coaching staff decided to red-shirt him as a true freshman in 1997. He was also the 2001 SEC Defensive Player of the Year, one of the four finalists for the Lombardi Award, and one of five finalists of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. == Professional career ==

Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears selected Brown in the fourth round (104th pick overall) of the 2002 NFL draft, and he played for the Bears from to . As a rookie, he started nine of the fifteen games in which he played at right defensive end and logged 2.5 quarterback sacks. He also totaled 40 tackles (31 unassisted) and three passes broken up, while also contributing on special teams coverage. New Orleans Saints On April 7, 2010, the New Orleans Saints signed Brown to a two-year contract. He played his final NFL season for the Saints, starting in all sixteen games at left defensive end. In his nine-season NFL career, Brown played in 143 regular season games, started 123 of them, and compiled 421 tackles, 43.5 quarterback sacks, forty-two deflected passes, seventeen forced fumbles with twelve recovered, and five interceptions. ==NFL career statistics==

Regular season Playoffs == Life after football ==

Brown works for Coyote Logistics. Brown is an analyst for the 120 Sports "Football Fix" in Chicago. He, former Bears teammate Desmond Clark, and "non-descript white guy" Ryan Steele also host the Dez Clark & Alex Brown Show sports radio talk show in Chicago. Following Bears games, Brown, David Kaplan, former teammate Lance Briggs, and former Bears head coach Dave Wannstedt serve as analysts for NBC Sports Chicago's Football Aftershow. He is a Republican precinct committeeman in Vernon Hills, Illinois where he resides with his wife, Kari, who serves as a village trustee. == See also ==