30 Facts About Jatavis Brown

Jatavis Antonio Brown was born on February 18,1994 and is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker.

Jatavis Brown attended Glades Central High School in Belle Glade, Florida and played college football for the Akron Zips.

Jatavis Brown was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL draft.

Jatavis Brown received the MAC Defensive Player of the Year honor in his senior season after recording a single season record 12.5 sacks, and school single season record 20.5 tackles for loss, and 116 total tackles.

On January 21,2016, it was announced that Jatavis Brown was selected to play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.

Jatavis Brown was instrumental in the victory and was a candidate for NFLPA Collegiate Bowl MVP.

On February 14,2016, Jatavis Brown attended the NFL's first Regional Scouting Combine in Houston, Texas.

Jatavis Brown performed combine drills for scouts and impressed them by running a 4.47s in the 40-yard dash.

On March 18,2016, Jatavis Brown attended Akron's pro day, and decided to run all of the combine drills again for team representatives and scouts.

Jatavis Brown beat his time in the Regional Combine in the 40-yard dash, finishing with 4.44s, to and had 33 reps in the bench press, which would've finished first among all linebackers at the NFL Scouting Combine.

Jatavis Brown was the 22nd linebacker drafted and the second linebacker drafted by the Chargers in 2016 after they selected Ohio State's Joshua Perry in the fourth round.

Jatavis Brown was the first linebacker drafted from Akron in school history and was the first player drafted from Akron since Reggie Corner in 2008.

Jatavis Brown became only the 15th player drafted from Akron since the inception of the NFL draft in 1936.

Jatavis Brown fell behind in the competition and had his progress stunted after he sustained an ankle injury that sidelined him for the Chargers' first three preseason games.

On October 2,2016, Jatavis Brown earned his first career start after Manti Te'o suffered a torn Achilles tendon during the Chargers' win in Indianapolis.

Jatavis Brown was expected to miss two games, but ended up being sidelined for four consecutive games.

Jatavis Brown finished his rookie season in 2016 with in 12 games with 79 combined tackles, 3.5 sacks, six passes defensed, and two forced fumbles in 12 games and seven starts.

Jatavis Brown finished first on the team with 79 combined tackles in 2016.

Jatavis Brown competed against Korey Toomer and Emanuel for the job as the starting weakside linebacker.

Head coach Anthony Lynn named Jatavis Brown the starting weakside linebacker and Korey Toomer the starting middle linebacker after Perryman tore an ankle ligament in the Chargers' first preseason game.

In Week 6, Jatavis Brown was replaced as the starter by Korey Toomer, while Hayes Pullard was named the starting middle linebacker.

Many analysts were confused by the demotion and speculated that Jatavis Brown was still feeling the effects of his high ankle sprain as that was seen as the only logical conclusion of his demotion.

Jatavis Brown saw his defensive snap count decrease dramatically after Perryman returned and Week 10 and was moved to starting weakside linebacker.

Jatavis Brown was relegated to special teams and a reserve role on defense, playing dime linebacker in certain situations that needed a linebacker cover a tight end or running back.

Jatavis Brown finished the 2017 regular season with a total of 79 combined tackles and a pass deflection in 16 games and five starts.

Jatavis Brown was given an overall grade of 70.8 by Pro Football Focus and ranked 46th among all linebackers in overall grade among linebackers in 2017.

Jatavis Brown entered the 2018 season as a starting outside linebacker alongside Emanuel and Perryman.

Jatavis Brown played in 15 games with 10 starts, finishing second on the team with 97 combined tackles, along with one sack, five passes defended, and a forced fumble.

Jatavis Brown suffered an ankle injury in Week 17, missed the Chargers wild-card win over the Baltimore Ravens, and was placed on injured reserve on January 7,2019.

On March 27,2020, Jatavis Brown signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.