Brown grew up in the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen Township, New Jersey and attended St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel Township, New Jersey.[1] He became the team's starting quarterback going into his junior year and passed 2,198 yards and 25 touchdowns while rushing for 839 yards and eight touchdowns.[2] As a senior, he passed for 2,298 yards and 33 touchdowns while rushing for 604 yards and nine touchdowns and was named first-team All-State and the Shore Conference Football Player of the Year.[3]
College career
Brown redshirted his true freshman season at Boston College. The next year, Brown became the second freshman in school history to start a season opener and completed 134 of 258 passes for 1,367 yards and 11 touchdowns with nine interceptions before he suffered a season-ending knee injury.[4] He started all 12 of the Eagles' games and completed 158 of 285 pass attempt for 2,121 yards with 20 touchdowns and nine interceptions in his redshirt sophomore season.[5] As a redshirt junior, Brown completed 81-of-137 passes for 1,250 yards with nine touchdowns and two interceptions before suffering a season-ending knee injury six games into the season.[6] After the firing of head coach Steve Addazio at the end of the season, Brown announced that he would be leaving Boston College with the intention of playing elsewhere as a graduate transfer.[7] He committed to transfer to Oregon over Georgia, Mississippi State, Colorado, Michigan State, Vanderbilt, South Florida, and Northern Illinois.[8][9][10]
Brown began his first season at Oregon as the backup to starter Tyler Shough. He made his first appearance for the Ducks in the 2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, where he played mostly in goal line situations and completed three of four pass attempts for 17 yards and two touchdowns as Oregon won 31-24 over the USC Trojans.[11] Brown replaced Shough in the second quarter of the 2021 Fiesta Bowl against Iowa State and finished the game with 12-for-19 for 147 yards and two rushing touchdowns in a 34-17 loss. After the season, Brown opted to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.[12]
Brown was named the Ducks' starting quarterback going into the 2021 season after Shough had transferred to Texas Tech following the 2020 season.[13][14] He started all 14 of Oregon's games and completed 64.1% of his passes for a Pac-12 Conference-leading 2,989 yards with 18 touchdown passes and seven interceptions and also rushed 151 times for 658 yards and nine touchdowns.[15]
Brown signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent on May 6, 2022.[17] He was waived on August 30, 2022 and signed to the practice squad the next day.[18][19] He was elevated from the practice squad on December 11.[20] On the same day, he made his first career appearance in relief of injured quarterback Tyler Huntley, completing 3 of 5 passes for 16 yards and helping the Ravens win 16–14.[21][22][23] He was signed to the active roster on December 31.
