Birth Date: | 18 July 1980 |
Birth Place: | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
Position: | Wide receiver Defensive back |
Number: | 37 |
College: | Florida State |
Playing Years1: | – |
Playing Team1: | Washington Redskins |
Playing Team2: | Hamburg Sea Devils |
Playing Years3: | – |
Playing Team3: | San Jose SaberCats |
Playing Team4: | Las Vegas Gladiators |
Playing Team5: | New York Dragons |
Playing Years6: | –present |
Playing Team6: | Arizona Rattlers |
Career Highlights: | |
Nfl: | BRO669783 |
Afl: | 1362815 |
Rufus Brown (born July 18, 1980) is a professional American football wide receiver/defensive back for the Arizona Rattlers[1] in the Arena Football League (AFL).
Brown graduated from Austin High School in El Paso, Texas. He attended Florida State University, where he played football all four years. After playing on the championship team in 1999, he was a starter for the latter two of those years, graduating in 2002 with a degree in Information management. He signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2004. After playing on the team's scout team for most of the season, he made his National Football League debut early in 2005. After that season, he was allocated to the Hamburg Sea Devils, for whom he posted fifteen tackles. In 2005, he signed with the San Jose SaberCats, where he spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons on injured reserve.
(48 yr old Rufus Brown victim of homicide was shot and killed feb 6th 2024 at 5:02 pm)