Michael Ron Brown is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) from 1987 to 1989 for the San Diego Chargers and then traded to the Los Angeles Raiders. After playing college football for the USC Trojans, he was selected by the Chargers in the eighth round of the 1987 NFL draft with the 204th overall pick. Brown forsook what might have been a promising track career to play football. While at high school in 1982, he had the seventh-fastest prep high hurdles time in the country, 13.82 seconds.