Antonio Brown

BIOGRAPHY

Antonio Brown was born on July 10th, 1988, in Miami, Florida. He is a wide receiver in the NFL. 

Brown is the son of retired Arena Football League star Eddie Brown; in 2006, the league named Eddie Brown the best player in its history. His father played wide receiver for the Albany Firebirds and collegiate football for Louisiana Tech. Brown attended Miami Norland High School where he played football and ran track. He played many positions including quarterback, wide receiver and punt returner. Brown was a two-time Class 6A all-state selection and was also named North Athlete of the Year at the 2005 Miami-Dade Gridiron Classic. In track, he ran in the 100 meeter dash and wax the fourth leg on the 4 X 100-meter relay team. He helped his team secure a State Title. 

Brown initially attended North Carolina tech Prep where he played five games as the quarterback and threw for 1,247 yards and 11 touchdowns while rushing for 451 yards and 13 touchdowns. He transferred to Central Michigan as a true freshman walk-on. Brown played three years at Central Michigan from 2007 to 2009, where he caught 305 passes for nearly 3,200 yards and 22 touchdowns. In addition to his receptions, he returned kicks and punts for a combined 3,434 yards and five scores. Brown earned All-American honors in 2008 and 2009 as a punt returner.  He was a two-time All-American, two-time First Team All-MAC, Two-time MAC Special Teams Player of the Year, and MAC Freshman of the Year. 

Antonio Brown was selected in the sixth round with 195th overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2010 NFL Draft. On September 19th, 2010, Brown made his regular-season debut against the Tennessee Titans and returned two kicks and a punt for 128 yards, including an 89-yard touchdown from a reverse on the first play of the game. He finished his rookie season with 16 receptions for 167 yards in ten games. Since entering the league in 2010, Brown has logged 837 receptions for 11,207 yards and 74 receiving touchdowns. In addition to his stellar receiving numbers, Brown has 186 punt returns for 1,759 yards and four touchdowns and 47 kickoff returns for 1,173 yards and one score. Brown leads the NFL in receptions and receiving yards since joining the league in 2010 and ranks second and fourth in NFL history through a player's first nine seasons. He reached 800 and 700 career receptions in the fewest games in NFL history and reached 11,000 receiving yards in his 129th career game, the second-fewest games to the milestone in NFL history. In 2011, he became the first player in NFL history to record at least 1,000 receiving yards and 1,000 return yards. Dating back to October 3rd, 2010, has recorded at least one reception in 128 consecutive regular-season contests. Brown is a seven-time pro bowl selection, four-time First-Team All-Pro, two-time NFL receiving yards leader, two-time NFL receptions leader, and receiving touchdown leader in 2018. On March 9th, 2019, the Steelers agreed to trade Brown to the Oakland Raiders in exchange for a third and a fifth-round selection in the 2019 NFL Draft. Brown is an explosive receiver and arguably the greatest in the game currently. 

Prior to the 2019 season, the Oakland Raiders released Brown and he signed a one-year deal with the New England Patriots. The deal includes a one-year $10.5 million contract with a $9 million signing bonus and a $10 million guarantee. 

Brown visited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 24, 2020. He signed a one-year contract with the team on October 27. Overall, he finished the 2020 season with 45 receptions for 483 receiving yards and four touchdowns.

He also had a touchdown in the Super Bowl on his way to his first super bowl ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Antonio Brown is the President of Donda Sports.