Roger W. Brown, Jr. (born on December 16, 1966) is a former

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in the

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(NFL). He graduated from the

Cardinal Gibbons School , motto_translation = "Send forth Your Spirit" , accreditation = Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools , rival = Mount Saint Joseph High School , sister_school = Seton Keough High School , mascot = ...

in 1986, where he letter in football. He attended college at

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...

and was drafted by the

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in the eighth round of the

1990 NFL Draft The 1990 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 22–23, 1990, at the Marriott ...

. Brown played three seasons in the NFL, with the

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in 1990 and 1991 and the

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in 1992. He won the Super Bowl with the

1990 New York Giants The New York Giants season was the franchise's 66th season in the National Football League. The Giants, who play in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL), won their sixth championship and second Super Bowl ...

Personal

Brown lives in

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, is married and has 3 children. His father, Roger W. Brown, was a judge on the Circuit Court in Baltimore.

External links

Pro Football Reference
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