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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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Born: | Austin, Texas, U.S. | September 28, 1974||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 241 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Austin (TX) Reagan | ||||||||
College: | Texas A&M | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1996 / round: 1 / pick: 17 | ||||||||
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Reginald Dwayne Brown (born September 28, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the first round (17th overall) of the 1996 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions. He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies.
Brown suffered a spinal cord contusion in the final game of the 1997 season. The injury nearly left him paralyzed, and it ended his professional football career.