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Eddie Brown

Paul Edward Brown

Position: DB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: February 19, 1952 in Jasper, TN
College: Tennessee

2-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 8th round (199th overall) of the 1974 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1974 22 CLE 13 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 6 138 0 36 23.0 138
1975 23 2TM 14 0 8 68 0 14 8.5 6 126 0 27 21.0 194
CLE 3 0 2 16 0 9 8.0 6 126 0 27 21.0 142
WAS 11 0 6 52 0 14 8.7 52
1976* 24 WAS RET 14 0 48 646 1 71 13.5 30 738 0 67 24.6 1384
1977* 25 WAS RET 14 0 57 452 0 43 7.9 34 852 0 46 25.1 1304
1978 26 RAM 1 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
1979 27 RAM fs 16 5 56 332 0 30 5.9 5 103 0 28 20.6 435
Career 72 5 172 1511 1 71 8.8 81 1957 0 67 24.2 3468
3 yrs WAS 39 0 111 1150 1 71 10.4 64 1590 0 67 24.8 2740
2 yrs CLE 16 0 4 16 0 9 4.0 12 264 0 36 22.0 280
2 yrs STL 17 5 57 345 0 30 6.1 5 103 0 28 20.6 448

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1974 22 CLE 13 0 2 24 0 24
1975 23 2TM 14 0 1 33 0 33 0 1 0 0
WAS 11 0 1 33 0 33 0 1 0 0
1976* 24 WAS RET 14 0 1 8 0 8 4 1 0 0
1977* 25 WAS RET 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 8 0
1979 27 RAM fs 16 5 3 32 0 25 3 5 24 0
Career 72 5 8 97 0 33 9 9 32 0
3 yrs WAS 39 0 3 41 0 33 6 4 8 0
2 yrs CLE 16 0 2 24 0 24
2 yrs STL 17 5 3 32 0 25 3 5 24 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1976* 24 WAS RET 14 0 1 6
Career 72 5 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1976
1977

Non-Offensive TDs

1976 NFL 1 (8)

Yds/Touch

1977 NFL 14.3 (1-- 88)

Kick Returns

1976 NFL 30 (2)
1977 NFL 34 (4)

Kick Return Yds

1976 NFL 738 (3)
1977 NFL 852 (4)

Long Kick Return

1976 NFL 67 (10)

Yds/Kick Return

1977 NFL 25.1 (7)
Career 24.2 (85)

Punt Returns

1976 NFL 48 (2-- 48)
1977 NFL 57 (1-- 8)
1979 NFL 56 (3-- 13)
Career 172 (49)

Punt Return Yds

1976 NFL 646 (1-- 10)
1977 NFL 452 (4)
1979 NFL 332 (6)
Career 1511 (60)

Punt Return TD

1976 NFL 1 (3-- 85)
Career 1 (137)

Long Punt Return

1976 NFL 71 (4)

Yds/Punt Return

1976 NFL 13.5 (2)
Career 8.8 (161)

Kick & Punt Returns

1976 NFL 78 (1)
1977 NFL 91 (1-- 33)
Career 253 (76)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1976 NFL 1384 (1)
1977 NFL 1304 (2)
Career 3468 (110)

Fumbles Recovered

1979 NFL 5 (6)

 

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1976 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1977 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.