Jammal Filbert Brown was born on March 30,1981 and is a former American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League for seven seasons.
18 Facts About Jammal Brown
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Jammal Brown played college football for the University of Oklahoma, and received unanimous All-American recognition, and was chosen by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft.
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Jammal Brown attended MacArthur High School in Lawton, Oklahoma and was a letterman in football in the defensive lineman position.
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Jammal Brown attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played for coach Bob Stoops's Oklahoma Sooners football team from 2000 to 2004.
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Jammal Brown had been recruited as a defensive tackle, but was switched to offensive tackle in his sophomore year, and quickly blossomed, and secured a starting spot on the Sooners' offensive line.
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Jammal Brown was the anchor of an offensive line that paved the way for Adrian Peterson to set the record for most rushing yardage by a freshman in 2004.
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Jammal Brown's contributions were key to the Sooners winning the 2004 Big 12 Championship.
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Jammal Brown was a first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2003 and 2004, he was an All-American in 2003 and a unanimous first-team All-American in 2004.
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Jammal Brown was regarded as one of the best offensive tackles available in the 2005 NFL Draft, and drew comparisons to Jordan Gross.
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Jammal Brown was selected by the New Orleans Saints with the 13th overall pick.
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Jammal Brown was the first Sooner offensive lineman taken in the draft since Stockar McDougle went to the Detroit Lions as the 20th overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft.
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Remarkably, Jammal Brown was the highest selection among OU offensive lineman since Stan West was the No 8 pick by the Los Angeles Rams in 1950.
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Jammal Brown was selected to attend the 2006 Pro Bowl alongside the player he protected, quarterback Drew Brees, after anchoring the line that got the Saints to the NFC Championship Game.
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Jammal Brown led the league in rushing average behind left tackle while only allowing 3 sacks.
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Jammal Brown was again selected with Brees to participate in the 2008 Pro Bowl.
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Jammal Brown was traded to the Washington Redskins on June 19,2010 for a third or a fourth round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, depending on which pick is sent to the Eagles as a part of the trade for quarterback, Donovan McNabb.
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Jammal Brown was made the starting right tackle of the offensive line.
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At the start of 2012 training camp, Jammal Brown was placed on the physically unable to perform list due to hip soreness on July 26,2012.