1. Bryce Lee Brown was born on May 14,1991 and is an American former professional football running back who played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, and Seattle Seahawks.
30 Facts About Bryce Brown
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Bryce Brown attended the University of Tennessee his freshman year of college, but decided to transfer to Kansas State after head coach Lane Kiffin left the program for USC.
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Bryce Brown left the Kansas State football team early in the 2011 season to enter the 2012 NFL draft.
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Bryce Brown followed that up with an even more impressive sophomore campaign, rushing for 2,039 yards and 26 TDs.
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Bryce Brown was a consensus First-team All-State selection as well as EA Sports National Sophomore of the Year.
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Tom Lemming of CSTV considered Bryce Brown to be better than all of the senior running backs in the 2008 class.
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Bryce Brown was believed to be the top running back prospect from Kansas since Barry Sanders.
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In October 2008, Bryce Brown was selected to the 2009 US Army All-American Bowl.
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Bryce Brown finished the 2008 season with a Wichita City League regular-season record 1,873 yards rushing, giving him 7,209 rushing yards overall, a City League record.
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Bryce Brown was named to the USA Today All-USA First-team for the second consecutive time.
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Bryce Brown's workouts, recruiting, and news media requests were handled by Brian Butler, who identified himself as Brown's trainer and handler.
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At one point, Butler announced Bryce Brown was considering entering the Canadian Football League, but Bryce Brown backed down from that claim.
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On February 22,2008, Bryce Brown chose to follow his brother and verbally committed to the University of Miami.
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However, Bryce Brown did not sign a letter of intent on National Signing Day 2009, but instead planned to announce his decision on March 16, naming five other "finalists" despite his oral commitment to Miami: LSU, Tennessee, Oregon, USC, and Kansas State.
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However, Bryce Brown later told Wichita Eagle that Shannon still wanted him to be a Hurricane.
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On March 16,2009, Bryce Brown announced at a press conference at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in Wichita, Kansas, that he would attend the University of Tennessee.
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Bryce Brown spent the season as a backup to senior Montario Hardesty.
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Bryce Brown finished the season with 460 yards rushing, second on the team behind Hardesty.
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Volunteers' coach Derek Dooley said that Bryce Brown would remain enrolled at Tennessee for the rest of the spring semester but did not indicate if he would then transfer.
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Bryce Brown was selected in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Bryce Brown signed a four-year contract with the team on May 11,2012.
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Bryce Brown had over 100 yards and a touchdown in the first half alone, including a sixty-five yard touchdown run.
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Bryce Brown finished the game with 178 yards rushing on 19 carries, 2 touchdowns and 4 receptions for 11 yards, and 2 fumbles.
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The next week on December 2,2012, against the Dallas Cowboys, Bryce Brown rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns.
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Bryce Brown fumbled late in the fourth quarter and Dallas player Morris Claiborne returned the fumble 50 yards for the deciding score in the game.
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On May 10,2014, Bryce Brown was traded to the Buffalo Bills.
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On October 27,2015, Bryce Brown signed with the Seattle Seahawks.
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Bryce Brown spent the remainder of the 2015 season with the team.
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Bryce Brown met his wife, Morgan, at The University of Tennessee.
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Bryce Brown's brother Arthur Brown, Jr, played in the NFL and his uncle Lawrence Pete is a former Detroit Lions player.