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Tim Brown
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Receiver, Notre Dame, 1984–⁠87

Tim Brown

Born
Jul 22, 1966, in Dallas, Texas

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Tim Brown played receiver at Notre Dame (1984–⁠87). He won the 1987 Heisman Trophy and the 1987 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1987. The Los Angeles Raiders took Brown in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 1988 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.

Best season
1987
Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp Award and 3 more
Drafted
No. 6
Overall, 1988 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Raiders)

Honors

All-America: consensus 1987; AP first team 1986; UPI first team 1986; Football News first team 1986; Gannett News Service first team 1986; Scripps-Howard 1986; Sporting News 1986; NEA second team 1986

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 1988
Height6′0″
Weight193 lb
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.39 s
10-yard split1.59 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 9 (1988, 1991, 1993–⁠97, 1999, 2001) · First-team All-Pro: 2 (1988, 1997) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 1997

All-Pro teams: AP second team 1997; Pro Football Writers first team 1988; Sporting News first team 1988, 1997; Pro Football Weekly first team 1988.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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